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A Year of Impact: Reflections on ASAP’s 2024 Projects and Programs

Dec 18, 2024

As we draw near the end of 2024, it’s a perfect opportunity to celebrate the remarkable accomplishments and milestones of the past year. At ASAP, we’ve had the privilege of collaborating with diverse partners, fostering growth, and making significant strides in climate adaptation and resilience. None of this would have been possible without the invaluable…

Introducing Maya Buchanan, ASAP’s New Board President

January 23, 2024

To start the year, we are excited to share recent changes to ASAP’s Board of Directors! Effective this January 2024, Maya Buchanan became the newly elected President of ASAP’s Board of Directors. Join us in celebrating the hope and opportunity that a wave of new leadership brings. 2023 represented a significant transition year for ASAP,…

A Year-End Message From ASAP’s Executive Director

December 20, 2023

Warmest greetings to the entire ASAP Network during this holiday season. As the Executive Director of the American Society of Adaptation Professionals, I would like to thank each of you, my staff, and the Board of Directors for a prosperous and successful 2023. From April to December of this year and to 2024 and beyond,…

A Year in Review: Climate Policy and the White House Summit on Climate Resilient Communities

December 20, 2023

The Biden Administration has undoubtedly made more progress on climate change adaptation and climate resilience than any other U.S. Presidential administration in history. One high point was last month’s White House Summit on Building Climate Resilient Communities. The Summit was hailed as the first high-level event explicitly focused on climate resilience in the federal government,…

New Community of Practice for Coastal Inundation

December 13, 2023

The American Society of Adaptation Professionals has partnered with NOAA’s Office for Coastal Management (“OCM”) and the National Sea Grant Office (“NSGO”) to bring together the people and ideas needed to build resilience to coastal inundation. As climate change impacts worsen, so does coastal inundation (i.e., water on normally dry ground as a result of…

Climate-Resilient Water Infrastructure in the Great Lakes

November 30, 2023

ASAP is Excited to Support Delta Institute as an EPA Region 5 Environmental Finance Center (EFC) for Water Infrastructure We are excited to announce that ASAP Is teaming up with Delta Institute as a partner in an Environmental Finance Center (EFC) for EPA’s Region 5 alongside the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT) and Current Water…