Environment & Energy
Effective climate action isn’t just about mitigating threats. It’s also about advancing global environmental justice, renewable energy resources, and economic opportunity to create fair, resilient, sustainable, and secure societies. Abt Global develops inclusive, evidence-based, and impactful climate solutions in partnership with governments, the private sector, and communities on the frontlines of climate change. Our multidisciplinary approach helps our clients confront climate change at the necessary speed and scale while restoring our natural world and responding to an existential threat to the planet. We also aggressively reduce greenhouse gas emissions within our own operations, supply chain, and products and services as we head toward our own net zero emission goal.
Abt applies a climate lens across sectors, from clean energy and circular economy solutions to improving air and water quality and building climate-resilient food and health systems. We co-design policies for countries to meet their Paris Agreement commitments, build methane capture solutions for clean energy, and help U.S. Tribal Organizations win grants for climate and environmental projects.
Lead USAID’s global flagship program to design programs and policies that help countries meet their Paris Agreement climate commitments
Build countries’ capacity through the Global Methane Initiative to capture methane from waste and harness it as a source of local clean energy
Forge public-private partnerships to connect health facilities across sub-Saharan Africa with clean energy and digital connectivity
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HETA: Powering Health with Clean Energy in Africa
Across sub-Saharan Africa, at least 100,000 health facilities lack access to reliable electricity and internet connections. This gap threatens health when clinics can’t keep the lights on for nighttime services or reliably provide patients with oxygen…
USAID Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI)
The climate crisis, an existential challenge for all of humanity, disproportionately affects women, youth, Indigenous Peoples, and other marginalized groups. To avoid the most calamitous effects, governments must take decisive action soon to implement…
Capturing Methane From Wastewater in Developing Countries
Municipal wastewater accounts for a substantial amount of methane emissions worldwide. Capturing and using methane from wastewater systems can help mitigate climate change and provide a source of local clean energy. However, cities in developing…
Best Practices to Improve International Solid Waste Management
Many medium and large cities in developing countries lack the capacity to adequately manage solid waste. Limited awareness of best practices for waste management and lack of access to key technical resources are key barriers to improvement. Inadequate…
How Can We Deliver Reliable Energy to Africa’s Health Sector?
Joan Chahenza shares how the Power Africa Health Electrification and Telecommunications Alliance (HETA) is working to enhance private sector participation in health facility electrification in sub-Saharan Africa.
Linking Municipal Solid Waste, Methane Emissions, and Health Ahead of COP28
Organic waste generates methane, which causes as many as 1 million deaths annually; this blog identifies steps to manage waste and reduce methane.
Why Climate Should be the Beating Heart of the U.S. Strategy in the Pacific
Abt’s Satyendra Prasad and Eric Reading unpack why building long-term climate resilience should be central to the U.S. strategy in the Pacific.
Through a Planetary Health Lens: Coordinating Climate Resilience Efforts Worldwide
As the climate crisis grows, how can we coordinate systems to go beyond human health to planetary health? Abt experts share their ideas in this podcast.
Ukraine to Rwanda: Integrating Renewable Energy with Gender Equity
In this podcast, Joan Chahenza and Nadiia Zaritska discuss how building resilient energy systems—from Ukraine to sub-Saharan Africa—can support gender equity.
Breathless: Climate Change, Infectious Disease, and Indoor Air Quality
To reduce greenhouse gases, we need air-tight buildings. To reduce transmission of diseases we need better circulation. In this podcast we discuss the balance.
Climate Integration: Why the Future of Health Systems and Global Development Depends on It
Health systems function at the mercy of climate change; in this episode of The Intersect, we explain the need for climate integration in global development.
Health Benefits of New York’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act
New York State’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) calls for the state to achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. Reducing GHG emissions will also reduce other harmful air pollutants, such as fine particulate matter…
New Abt Tool Helps Tribes Maximize Benefits of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Abt Global developed a tool to help Tribal Nations identify environmental funding opportunities in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Spotlight On: PFAS, Environmental Contamination, and Health
Abt has extensive experience investigating and addressing the complex effects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment and on human health.
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The Next Phase of Financing for Resilience
In our webinar, explore innovative financial strategies to enhance climate resilience and scale finance for sustainable development in emerging markets.
Building Climate Resilience Through Private Sector Partnerships
The Partnership for Climate Action, led by USAID CACCI, helps the private sector contribute to climate resilience through investment and innovation.
Health Systems Research (HSR) 2024
Abt Global is exhibiting and presenting at Health Systems Research (HSR) in Nagasaki, Japan in November 2024.
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Circular Economy & Waste
Inadequate solid waste management threatens human health and the environment—and represents a missed economic opportunity to create jobs and recover the value of discarded materials. Abt Global works with clients to promote a circular economy—a systematic approach to reduce the health, environmental, social, and economic impacts of solid waste through the design of restorative and regenerative materials, products, systems, and business models. We align our clients' resource management strategies with key principles of sustainable consumption and production. We also integrate environmental justice, environmental and economic sustainability, and equity concerns into the design and implementation of circular economy projects.
Clean Air, Water & Land
Clean air, water, and land are fundamental to sustaining ecosystems, supporting human health, fostering biodiversity, and ensuring economic prosperity. Abt Global is at the forefront of sustainable solutions, shaping quality standards, regulations, and policies that protect human health and the environment. We design cutting-edge tools and models that monitor greenhouse gas emissions and help quantify public health effects from air pollution. We are leaders in methane mitigation, developing solutions at the nexus of solid waste, methane, and health. We have extensive experience with evaluating water quality impacts and addressing contamination caused by chemical compounds like per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the federal, state, and community level. We are champions of a circular economy approach to solid waste management. Our multidisciplinary expertise in data analysis, regulatory support, toxicology, policy development, and environmental and human health informs tailored sustainable solutions for our clients that address immediate environmental challenges and foster a healthier and more prosperous future for communities worldwide.
Disaster Risk & Emergency Management
Abt Global’s experts provide sustainable, resilient, and equitable disaster relief and emergency preparedness solutions to protect human health and wellbeing, as well as the environment. Oue economists, scientists, engineers, and communicators partner with government agencies and communities to prevent, address, and reduce environmental emergencies such as toxic releases and wastes from industries and municipalities. We lower barriers to climate and disaster risk finance and boost investments in the resilience of various sectors, including energy and agriculture. We facilitate informed decision-making through climate information services and early warning systems. From analyzing regulatory and policy options, to characterizing historical contamination , to evaluating resilience and response activities, we collaborate with clients and communities to meet their needs.
Energy, Infrastructure & Transportation
In the face of climate change and complex energy transitions, Abt Global supports and invests in solutions for clean energy, resilient infrastructure, and sustainable transportation. We mitigate methane emissions. We electrify health facilities. We conduct thorough environmental and economic policy analyses. We facilitate green investments. We lead the industry in measuring and modeling greenhouse gas emissions and helping countries meet their climate commitments. With our collaborators--governments, utilities, investors, developers, and communities--we facilitate just energy transitions, establish circular economies, decarbonize infrastructure and industry, improve energy efficiency, and advance low emission development. We set these same goals for ourselves to help build a sustainable, equitable future for all.
Environmental Research, Assessment & Restoration
Our natural environment has exceptional capacity to revitalize and renew. But as injuries to natural resources accumulate—from oil spills to climate change degradation—today’s communities and decision makers need the knowledge and tools to assess them and implement ecological restoration.
Abt Global leads and innovates Natural Resource Damage Assessments (NRDAs), restoration planning, and related environmental science. We have assisted federal, state, and Tribal clients with scientific, legal, and strategic support on more than 150 NRDA cases.
Nature & Biodiversity
Nature and biodiversity support critical ecosystems services: regulating climate, providing clean air and water, protecting coastlines, and supporting livelihoods and cultural activities. Abt Global works with partners around the world to protect, restore, and sustain the habitats, natural resources, and species that people rely on. Together, we restore ecosystems exposed to oil or hazardous substances; improve resilience and address climate risks; repair habitats degraded by improperly designed infrastructure; protect mangroves, seagrass and aquatic carbon sinks; catalyze investments in the blue economy; and advance nature-based carbon markets. We tailor our approach to local, environmental, and cultural needs, and co-develop nature and biodiversity solutions with the communities whose intimate knowledge of their land and ecosystem are at the heart of meaningful and sustainable conservation and adaptation measures.
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Medicaid CHIP Senior/Principal Associate (Remote Flexible)
Abt Global seeks a Senior/Principal Associate with deep policy and management consulting experience relevant to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) monitoring and oversight. The successful candidate will have leadership roles on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) funded projects and also support business development opportunities within Abt’s Healthcare portfolio. The candidate enjoys working with large teams and building and maintaining relationships with clients. They will maintain excellent relationships with federal agencies/sponsors as well as Abt partners and consultants and be regarded within target agencies and organizations as a subject matter expert in Medicaid and CHIP policy.
Private Sector Partnerships & Investment Director, Morocco EcoRise Activity
Abt Global (Abt) seeks a Private Sector Partnerships and Investment Director for the anticipated USAID-funded Morocco EcoRise Activity. The activity will leverage the private sector for sustainable, inclusive economic growth and strengthen Morocco’s resilience to shocks and long-term stressors, including water scarcity and drought. Interventions will seek to improve the enabling environment for investment and business growth for a sustainable economy, assist early-stage entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) through access to finance and technical support to create and scale innovative solutions increasing economic resilience, and promote a skilled workforce to support the development and growth of a sustainable and equitable economy.
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Director, USAID/Madagascar Resilient Health Systems
Madagascar
Abt Global is preparing for an upcoming USAID-funded health system project in Madagascar that aims to build resilience of health systems and improve health system performance in Madagascar.
As the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Director, you will report to the COP and have primary responsibility for designing and reviewing the project’s monitoring and evaluation plan and agenda. You will be responsible for creating systems to measure and document program process, output and impact data results by routinely and systematically collecting, analyzing and presenting program data for project staff, partners and donors.