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The Climate Economic Analysis for Development, Investment and Resilience (CEADIR) project is hosting a webinar as part of a series entitled, Navigating the Climate Economy: Investing for Growth and Resilience. CEADIR helps governments, USAID missions, and the private sector shift to low-emission, sustainable, and climate-resilient development by bringing together rigorous economic analysis and scaling up public-private financial assistance.This month, the CEADIR Series will discuss, "Assessing and Reducing the Environmental Effects of Rural Road Construction, Improvement, and Use in Developing Countries." Rural road construction, improvement, and use in developing countries can have substantial environmental impacts that can decrease with better design and siting decisions. This webinar summarizes the findings of a literature review on the types and magnitudes of common environmental impacts and options for reducing these risks.The event will be moderated by Marcia Trump, Abt principal associate and Chief of Party, CEADIR. She will be joined by David Cooley, Senior Analyst at Abt and Gordon Smith, CEADIR Technical Lead for Sustainable Landscapes.When: Thursday, September 20, 2018, 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. EDTLearn more about the CEADIR project and view previous webinars and presentations from this series.Register for the webinar. 

This report by CRC, Abt, and the National Weather Service profiles public perception of dangerous heat events & recommends actionable messaging.

Abt has decades of expertise in climate risk and resilience with unparalleled experience working with homelessness response systems across the U.S.

Stakeholders can use information generated from cost-benefit, co-benefit, and general economic analyses to make informed, evidence-based decisions for health.

Abt experts co-authored a study explaining how stakeholders—including individual citizens—can better estimate PFAS blood levels from water concentrations.

Abt supported EPA’s Guide to Action Interconnection and Net Metering, which describes state policies that can help utility customers invest in clean energy.