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Addressing Climate Change Across Sectors

Greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted from sources as diverse as huge power plants, agriculture, and household cooking are among the primary contributors to climate change. Abt is working to scale up long-term alternatives on many levels.

Under the Abt-led Clean Power Asia project, the Lower Mekong Delta is deploying renewable energy through the region’s power grids. We have improved planning tools, fostered supportive policies, and mobilized financing from the private sector. More than 400 developers, bankers, and investors have been trained in renewable energy project finance and modeling to scale-up investments in solar and wind technologies. To date, Abt’s assistance has facilitated $346 million in investment to achieve 287 megawatts in renewable energy.

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Farmers around the world are confronting a changing climate. The prospects of less rain or warmer days are especially daunting for low-income farmers, such as cacao producers in Ghana. A coalition of researchers, practitioners, and development organizations is advancing new agricultural practices to help them. Abt is analyzing the benefits and costs of climate-smart options compared with conventional agricultural practices. The analysis considers farmers’ perspectives and the global benefits of improved practices, such as a reduction in GHG emissions.

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U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

Project

Clean Power Asia
Climate Economic Analysis for Development, Investment and Resilience (CEADIR)

Advancing U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

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Safeguarding the Nation’s Drinking Water

Thousands of products contain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which enter the drinking supply and are linked to serious health problems. PFAS can contaminate soil and water for decades. Environmental health challenges as complex as PFAS require multidisciplinary solutions. Abt brings together health, data science, regulatory, and technical expertise to make drinking water safer and healthier.

Abt is characterizing the complex effects of PFAS for state and federal agencies, indigenous groups in the United States and Canada, and private firms. Our work ranges from identifying the effects of PFAS in communities to analyzing remediation options.

In order to predict an individual’s blood level of PFAS from contaminated drinking water, Abt developed and validated a robust series of biologically based models. Additionally, Abt’s scientific reviews and cost-modeling provide essential information to drive evidence-based decision making by water agencies, regulators, and others. We’ve used the data from this extensive effort to update U.S. EPA’s treatment cost models and treatability database. The EPA Administrator singled out the database and cost models as priorities in the agency’s 2019 PFAS Action Plan.

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Client

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Project

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Research, Monitoring, & Evaluation

Advancing U.N. Sustainable Development Goals

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