Abt Associates is a global leader in providing technical analysis and capacity development across all major sectors. We offer expertise in the following activities:
Modeling sector impacts: Abt staff has developed and applied sector-specific tools and models to help clients evaluate the environmental, economic, financial, and social
impacts of climate change on vulnerable sectors. For example, Abt created several models to evaluate climate change impacts on health, ecosystems, and infrastructure for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 2015 report “
Climate Change in the United States: Benefits of Global Action.”
Evaluating vulnerability and adaptive capacity: Certain sectors are especially
vulnerable to changes in climate, such as infrastructure, coastal areas, health, and water resources. Understanding the vulnerability of resources and activities in these sectors is critical for taking action to build
adaptive capacity. Abt has assisted clients in evaluating the vulnerability and adaptive capacity of specific sectors. For example, we evaluated the vulnerability of the nation’s bridges to projected changes in precipitation for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Abt Associates developed this map for the non-profit Clean Air-Cool Planet. The map illustrates the effects of a one-meter rise in sea levels in New Orleans, La. and shows unprotected areas outside the Army Corp of Engineers' 100-year levees being inundated by rising seas.
Analyzing greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation potential: Abt’s analysts have conducted a wide range of sector-specific assessments of
greenhouse gas emissions and mitigation potential. For example, on behalf of the USAID, Abt is working with the Philippine government to evaluate the costs and benefits of greenhouse gas emissions mitigation options in the agriculture, energy, forestry, industry, and waste sectors. Abt has also designed pioneering internet-based
tools, such as AirCounts™ and CarbonCounts™, that can be used to estimate, report, and monitor progress toward environmental, health, and economic goals related to mitigating climate change.
Other strategic support: Abt provides strategic assistance for sector-specific efforts to address climate change, including
monitoring and evaluation, planning, financing, and communications and outreach support. For example, Abt is advising the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the states of Connecticut and Rhode Island on the costs and potential emissions mitigation benefits of a range of measures, for these states’ climate change plans.
Read more about Abt’s work in climate change:
Global Climate Change: Strategies for Mitigating and Adapting to a Changing World
View a list of Abt's climate change experts.
