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July 13, 2022

America's Aging Electric Grid Suggests Blackouts Could Spread Nationwide

Newsweek spoke to Abt’s Paul Anninos about the danger of an increasing number of power outages as climate change worsens. While the article’s initial focus was on Texas’ recent troubles, Paul provided broader context for the data used to plan for energy usage.

"All these weather events are climate-driven,” he explained. “We've already seen increasing frequency, increasing intensity, so when we think about energy grid infrastructure, we just have to stop thinking about what the historical patterns are and start using predictive analytics to understand what the next 10 years, the next 20 years looks like."

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Environment & Energy in North America

Housing California Annual Conference 2025

Join Abt Global and other leaders for the Housing California 2025 annual conference in Sacramento.

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2025 Innovations and Solutions for Ending Unsheltered Homelessness (NAEH)

Meet the Abt Global team at NAEH’s 2025 Innovations and Solutions for Ending Unsheltered Homelessness conference in Los Angeles.

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USAID Catalytic Action through Localized Policy Solutions (CATALYST)

USAID CATALYST is a global program that helps countries build policy and institutional frameworks that enable greater investment in sustainability and resilience across sectors.

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Shelter from the Storm: Addressing the Dual Crisis of Extreme Weather and Homelessness

Homeless response systems need support to strengthen their resilience to extreme weather shocks and the disproportionate harm that extreme weather has on people experiencing homelessness.

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