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Climate Impacts and Risk Assessment (CIRA) Modeling
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Abt Global’s staff has developed and implemented spatially specific modeling approaches for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to quantify, and often estimate the cost of, the impacts of climate change on a number of sectors and dynamics in…
Supporting EPA Develop Indicators of Climate Change
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In its 2016 edition of Climate Change Indicators in the United States, more than 40 indicators of climate change demonstrate that global warming is already affecting the environment and society worldwide. The report, supported in part with data from Abt…
The Vulnerabilities of Water Systems to Climate Change in the Philippines
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USAID released its climate-resilient development (CRD) framework in March 2014 to ensure consideration of climate issues in development decision-making. The goals included reducing climate vulnerabilities and improving development outcomes. The framework…
The C5+1 Project Helped Nations Plan Climate Resilience
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To support climate resilience activities at the regional level and in Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, high-level discussions between the U.S. Secretary of State and C5 Foreign Ministers led to the launch…
Local Health System Sustainability Project (LHSS)
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Abt helped 25 countries reform their own health financing, improve access to and quality of health services, and prevent and contain disease outbreaks.
Spotlight On: Facilitating Actionable Insights to Address COVID-19 Impacts
Spotlight On
The COVID-19 pandemic is producing an unprecedented need for rapid short-term and longer-range actions on the part of government agencies, foundations, grantees, service providers, and other stakeholders.
Analyzing If An Oncology Care Model Will Improve Care and Lower Costs
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Cancer strikes 1.6 million Americans each year. It imposes huge costs: heartache, death, and an estimated $263.8 billion in medical care and lost productivity in 2010, the most recent data available. Cancer care is complex and improving it faces a legal…
Heart Valve Disease: Increasing Education and Awareness
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The Abt team developed, implemented, and evaluated a communication campaign to increase education about and awareness of heart valve disease among the public, those at risk, and healthcare professionals.
Digital Tools, Data Visualization, and Storytelling Bring the Impacts of Climate Change Home
Impact Brief