Practice Areas

Environment, Resources & Climate Change

 

Environment, Resources & Climate Change

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Abt is one of the premier providers of analytic support to key environmental agencies. Since 1979, we have contributed to improvements in water quality, cleaner air, safer drinking water, less hazardous chemical products, safer pesticide usage, and less risky dams and levees. We are also analyzing the impacts of, and strategies to mitigate and adapt to, climate change.

Our unbiased, state-of-the-art solutions help ensure that investments in environmental protection provide the greatest possible returns—and, as a result, save lives and restore ecosystems.

Our research and analytic staff consists of economists, scientists, ecologists, engineers, programmers, environmental modelers, and public health professionals. Our clients include the Environmental Protection Agency, Army Corps of Engineers, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Coast Guard, and Department of Energy, as well as other federal agencies, state and local governments, and non-profit organizations.

Abt also works across the globe. Our international environment and climate change projects are funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the World Bank, foreign ministries, and select private sector clients.

Air Quality

Abt has helped EPA develop and evaluate regulations controlling air pollution for more than 20 years.

Climate Change

In addressing the diverse issues related to climate change, Abt draws upon an equally diverse set of disciplines. Our national and international experts integrate environmental and energy policy, public health, ecosystem protection, economic growth, and agriculture, among other sectors.

Climate-Smart Development Support

Food security in developing countries is threatened by climatic changes attributed to greenhouse gas emissions. Abt mitigates the impact of climate change by promoting resilient farming systems that will sustainably raise incomes, conserve the environment and improve health.

Communication & Training

Successful communication is a multi-step process. Abt’s communications work for environment, resources and climate change clients takes into account the client’s goal, the audience’s motivators and incentives, suitable types of materials and delivery mechanisms, and an evaluation plan that includes baseline measurement.

Decision-Support Tools & IT Solutions

Abt develops innovative and data-centered IT solutions that reduce the cost of decision-making while increasing the effectiveness of public access and communication.

Ecological Risk Assessment

Abt has conducted quantitative risk assessments to support environmental policy and regulatory decisions in the U.S. and overseas for more than two decades.

Economic & Regulatory Analysis

Abt is the leading provider of economic and regulatory analysis to the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal and state agencies. We are known for our ability to develop new analytical methods that withstand scientific and public scrutiny and provide complete rulemaking support within tight timetables.

Emergency Management

Abt’s Global Emergency Management Services (GEMS) Group is an international and domestic leader in emergency management and homeland security. We support incident response, program evaluation, planning, and implementation.

Environmental Assessment

Abt provides a wide spectrum of environmental assessment technical services, typically in support of federal rulemaking.

Environmental Modeling

Abt’s team of software developers, ecologists, economists, human health risk assessors, and engineers develop and analyze a simplified version of these systems, incorporating uncertainty analysis.

Facilitation, Mediation and Meeting Management

Our staff—which includes trained and certified Master facilitators and mediators—believes the key to effective meetings and outcomes is developing clear and achievable objectives from the start.

Human Health Risk Assessment

Abt has more than 20 years of domestic and international experience conducting quantitative risk assessments to support environmental policy and regulatory decisions.

Materials Management

Abt collaborates with clients to evaluate innovative approaches to materials management, whether they are based on regulatory structures, voluntary partnerships, or other forms of stakeholder engagement. 

Toxic Chemical Management

Abt is the premier provider of economic and policy analysis for national toxic chemical management, offering regulatory support to the Environmental Protection Agency and others since 1987.

TRI Training

Water Resources

We help protect the quality of surface and ground water resources and human health by improving the quality of drinking water. We evaluate the benefits and costs of alternative water resource management projects for flood control, navigation, water supply, hydropower, and coastal protection.