We are thrilled to partner with World Resources Institute, the International Institute for Sustainable Development/National Adaptation Plan Global Network, and Purdue Applied Research Institute to lead USAID’s Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI), a global flagship program which will help countries meet their Paris Agreement commitments through developing and implementing bold climate adaptation policies.
A new series of reports, created in partnership with the Global Climate and Health Alliance, identifies top opportunities to reduce methane emissions in the energy, waste, and agriculture sectors and improve global health. Methane is an enormous contributor to the climate crisis and rising respiratory and cancer-related deaths, among other health impacts. Read more or watch animated video.
Although they represent 48 percent of the global labor force, women account for only 22 percent of the conventional energy sector workforce. In this blog, Ellen Bomasang shares four proven pathways to foster women’s leadership in the clean energy transition.
For millions of people in Africa, the closest health center doesn’t have electricity or has unreliable power—and electrification efforts have largely proved short term as equipment stops working. Abt’s Joan Chahenza explains how a new initiative is shifting away from traditional procurement models toholistically support long-term operation and maintenance for health facilities—often at a lower cost.
Panelists from the USAID Healthy Mother Healthy Baby Activity, the Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC), Equidev, the Agency of Hydro Meteorology of Tajikistan, and Abt Associates held an engaging Women Deliver virtual session on women’s well-being and climate change in Tajikistan.
As harmful particulate matter from wildfires crosses international borders and there is a rise in COVID-19 activity, we’re reminded yet again that safeguarding air quality for public health is a balancing act that we can’t afford to get wrong. Drs. Tiffany Harris and Jonathan Dorn discuss the challenges—and possible solutions.
As the recent heat wave has shown, people experiencing homelessness are particularly at-risk to temperature extremes and other impacts due to climate hazards. Learn how Abt can help communities develop strategies to make housing and homelessness response systems more resilient to climate shocks.
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