Administrator Power at Gallaudet University
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On International Day of Persons with Disabilities, USAID Administrator Power delivered virtual remarks at an event with Gallaudet University. Here, she announced the public comment period for the forthcoming update to USAID's Disability Policy, open for comment until December 15.
Administrator Power at COP28 - Advancing Low-Carbon and Climate-Resilient Solutions in Cities
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USAID Administrator Samantha Power speaks with Sky News Al Arabiya at COP28.
Administrator Power at COP28 - PREPARE Call to Action
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Administrator Samantha Power speaks at the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE) Call to Action event introducing a new cohort of private sector partners responding to the Call to Action to the Private Sector and showcasing how key private sector actors are taking bol
Administrator Samantha Power Interview with CNBC at COP28
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To what we know, even if we do everything right – and we can hold warming to where we are now, meet the nationally determined contributions that each country actually implement those national action plans that people have put out there – communities are still going to be suffering from extreme flooding, from extreme drought. And we have a responsibility particularly as historic emitters – as one of the world’s largest emitters – to support communities who’ve had almost nothing to do, I mean, an infinitesimal contribution to emissions even today, and so that historic responsibility is something that weighs on us, but also motivates us.
Administrator Samantha Power at the COP28 PREPARE Call to Action Event
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Over the past year, the ten companies that responded to our PREPARE Call to Action have made really important progress on their commitments. Microsoft, for example, opened its AI for Good Lab in Kenya, where they are training African climate scientists. MasterCard has built a digital platform connecting millions of smallholder farmers to advisory services and credit to help them build more resilient farms. All told, the ten initial companies are mobilizing more than $610 million and supporting more than 9 million people to adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Administrator Samantha Power Interview with Sky News Arabia at COP28
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Well, as you know, Egypt has built a kind of humanitarian hub over the last month to ensure that the maximum amount of humanitarian supplies get into Gaza. Most of the population in Gaza is entirely dependent, right now, on humanitarian aid.