Saint Paul RiverCentre
175 West Kellogg Boulevard
55102 Saint Paul
United States
We proudly sponsored the National Adaptation Forum (NAF), a biennial gathering for experts to network and discuss current and emerging climate adaptation concerns.
At Abt Global, our climate experts understand that a focus on locally led, context-specific solutions is critical to successfully scaling climate adaptation solutions and bridging gaps in policy, finance, and technical expertise. Our approach combines deep expertise in climate risk assessments, geospatial analytics, and policy analysis with our global work across sectors. We partner with communities and stakeholders to identify entry points for action and develop evidence-based, multi-sectoral strategies that center equity and strengthen resilience to climate impacts.
Find information on our presentations below.
Panel: Tackling the Disproportionate and Combined Effects of Climate and Contamination on Indigenous Lands Through Adaptation
Tuesday, May 14 from 3:10-4:40 PM ET, Rooms 5 & 6
Speakers:
- Heather Hosterman, Senior Associate, Abt Global
- Kaylene Ritter, President & CEO, Natural Nexus, LLC
- Raymond Martinez, Pueblo de San Ildefonso, Director, Department of Cultural and Environmental Preservation
- Brian Crossley, Spokane Tribe of Indians, Water and Fish Program Manager
- Tabitha Langston, Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma, Deputy Environmental Director
The panel will tell the story of three Indigenous groups implementing climate adaptation measures, and their experiences with the combined and disproportionate effects of climate and contamination.
Poster: Manoomin Characterization Study and Climate Impacts in the Lake Superior Region
Tuesday, May 14 from 6:30-8:30 PM ET, Grand Ballroom; Grand Ballroom Concourse
Abt Speaker: Heather Hosterman, Senior Associate
A variety of environmental factors threaten manoomin (wild rice) in the Lake Superior Basin, including climate change. This poster explores a novel, non-monetary approach to characterize the value of manoomin habitats (including the degraded functionality of manoomin habitats and the amount of equivalent habitat restoration needed to counterbalance the losses), and how Tribal communities are working to restore manoomin habitat in the face of climate change.
Poster: Extreme Heat Findings: Behaviors of People and Practitioners as a Key to Inform Future Action
Tuesday, May 14 from 6:30-8:30 PM ET, Grand Ballroom; Grand Ballroom Concourse
Abt Speaker: Alexis St. Juliana, Senior Associate
This poster features a recently completed project for the National Weather Service on extreme heat behaviors. It profiles findings for communicating and messaging impacts of heat on human health from three work streams including a literature review, practitioner focus groups, and a survey of the general public.
Additional Resources
Climate Impacts and Risk Assessment (CIRA) Modeling
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…
Climate HealthCounts™
Abt’s Climate HealthCounts™ takes readily available data from governments’ existing climate action planning to generate estimates of the public health benefits that result from air quality improvements.
Examining Present and Potential Contamination near the Pueblo de San Ildefonso
Abt Global is conducting contaminant fate and transport analyses for the Pueblo de San Ildefonso. The Pueblo is located immediately downstream of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, a federal nuclear facility located in New Mexico. Abt staff, working for…
Amplifying EPA’s Heat Island Reduction Program
Structures such as buildings and roads, absorb and re-emit much more of the sun’s heat than do natural landscapes such as forests and bodies of water. Urban areas with highly concentrated structures become “islands” of higher temperatures compared to…
Lake Superior Manoomin and Ecosystem Characterization Study
A variety of environmental factors threaten manoomin (wild rice) in the Lake Superior Basin. Given that, as part of the Lake Superior Wild Rice Initiative, Lake Superior Basin Anishinaabe communities, NOAA, and state agencies sought to document and…
Increasing Climate Change Resilience Among HUD Grantees
Climate change is a crisis impacting communities across the United States, and Americans are already feeling its effects. While climate-related hazards have devastating effects on all communities, low- and moderate-income communities, including…
Understanding Public Perception of Extreme Heat and Health Risks
This report by CRC, Abt, and the National Weather Service profiles public perception of dangerous heat events & recommends actionable messaging.
Spotlight On: Climate Risk, Adaptation and Resilience
At Abt Global, our climate experts understand that a focus on locally led, context-specific solutions is critical to successfully scaling climate adaptation solutions and bridging the current gaps in policy, finance, and technical expertise.