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Several years ago, my family took in a young man and his elderly mother after a flood destroyed their home. Eleven inches of rain had fallen in two days on tiny Painesville, Ohio, a community of 20,000 not far from Lake Erie. The Grand River had swollen to nine times its size and spilled into a row of low-income condominiums. Floodwater pushed past first-floor ceilings, in some cases rising to 17 feet.

Our thoughts on where the UK’s new international development strategy should focus for maximum impact, and why.

In this blog, Abt’s Jonathan Dorn, Ph.D., explains why “scientific uncertainty” doesn’t mean scientists aren’t certain that humans are causing climate change.

Lessons learned from the technology response in a Hurricane Katrina shelter can help us manage and focus technology responses to Hurricane Ida.

In this blog, Abt’s James White outlines what it might take to create resilient supply chains that can function unimpeded during crises such as COVID-19.

With Abt’s support, the Pipeline Hazardous Materials Safety Administration is developing rules to reduce methane emissions from natural gas pipelines.

In this blog, Abt explains Justice40’s approach to ensuring equity in federal programs, and how agencies can meet those goals.

Capturing methane can provide quick returns for mitigating climate change and economic benefits.

The Biden Administration is pushing the adoption of electric vehicles to reduce greenhouse gases; this blog investigates if there’s enough funding to support that goal.

The need for governments at all levels to connect with citizens they serve and the means for doing so have evolved over the past decade.