USAID’s new climate strategy will not be successful without critical input and support from our partners. In the first phase of the strategy development process, USAID conducted a robust and inclusive external engagement process with a wide range of stakeholders from across the globe to gather input, recommendations, and evidence to inform the foundations of the strategy.
USAID hosted 29 external listening sessions with dozens of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), youth activists, community leaders, Indigenous Peoples organizations, other donors, implementing partners, the private sector, and in-country stakeholders, among other groups. USAID is grateful for the time and effort of these organizations and individuals in providing us thoughtful input. We are especially grateful for the organizations that partnered with us to organize and co-host listening sessions for different stakeholder communities.
Calendar of External Listening Sessions
| Events | Dates |
|---|---|
| USAID Climate Change Alumni Roundtable | May 6 |
| Realizing National Climate Ambition with City-Led Action | June 3 |
| NGO Listening Session hosted by InterAction | June 4 |
| Beyond Ambition: The NDCs on the Ground | June 8 |
| Regional Local Private Sector (Africa) | June 9 |
| Foundation Roundtable hosted by the Climate and Land Use Alliance | June 9 |
| Regional Local Private Sector (Asia/Pacific) | June 9 |
| Locally Led Adaptation Community of Practice convened by World Resources Institute | June 10 |
| Centering Climate Strategy in Climate and Environmental Justice | June 10 |
| Climate and Youth | June 11 |
| Blended Finance | June 11 |
| Global Private Sector | June 15 |
| SID-Washington hosted Listening Session | June 15 |
| InterAction Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) Working Group | June 15 |
| Water, Sanitation, and Climate Change Governance and Finance hosted by Sanitation and Water for All Partnership | June 16 |
| Regional Local Private Sector (Latin America and the Carribean) | June 16 |
| Indigenous Peoples Organizations (Spanish, French, Portuguese, English) hosted in collaboration with Forest Stewardship Council Indigenous Foundation | June 17 |
| Local Perspectives from Asia/Middle East hosted by InterAction and Adventist Relief and Development | June 21 |
| Local Perspectives from Latin America and the Carribean hosted by InterAction and Mennonite Central Committee (Spanish) | June 21 |
| Local Perspectives from Africa hosted by InterAction and WaterAid America (English and French) | June 23 |
| Gender and Climate | June 23 |
| G7 Initiative to Increase Business Action for Sustainable Supply Chains in the Food and Agriculture Sector, co-hosted with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce | June 23 |
| Basic Education Coalition | June 23 |
| Water Security & Sanitation in Adaptation and Mitigation, Inter-Agency Water Working Group (IWWG) | June 24 |
| Global Campaign for Education - U.S. | June 25 |
| Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (English/French) | June 28 |
| Global Network of Civil Society Organisations for Disaster Reduction (English/Spanish) | June 29 |
| WWF and the Climate Impacts working group of the Kitchen Cabinet | July 1 |
| United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Asia-Pacific Climate Week | July 7 |