ASAP and CRC Launch Ready-to-Fund Resilience Toolkit
The Ready-to-Fund Resilience Toolkit is Here! Are you struggling to attract investment for your climate resilience projects? Do you want to use innovative finance tools but worry they may carry extra risks or costs? Are you looking to learn how and why to center social equity in your climate resilience projects? As climate impacts intensify…
Read MoreA Look at the Infrastructure Investment Jobs Act and Climate Resilience Financing – March 2022
By: Camilla Gardner, Urban Sustainability Directors Network and T. Jonathan Lee, Climate Resilience Consulting The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), a US law that went into effect on November 15, 2021, serves as a pivotal moment in local government resilience finance. Because of IIJA, it is no longer true in all cases that “there…
Read MoreASAP Needs Your Help Encouraging Members of Congress to Sponsor NCARS!
On January 20, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.), along with a bipartisan group of seven colleagues, introduced the National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act (H.R.6461/S.3531). How Can you Help ASAP? You can learn more about the bill and why ASAP is excited about it in our statement of support. If…
Read MoreJoin ASAP in Thanking Members of Congress for Introducing the National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act (NCARS)!
On January 20, Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Rep. Scott Peters (D-Calif.) along with a bipartisan group of seven colleagues introduced the National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act (H.R.6461/S.3531). You can learn more about the bill and why ASAP is excited about it in our statement of support. ASAP is encouraging members to reach…
Read MoreJoin ASAP at the 5th National Climate Assessment Engagement Meetings
The 5th National Climate Assessment Chapters Engagement Meetings are now scheduled and open to the public! Public engagement sessions will take place between January and February 2022. All ASAP members are encouraged to attend at least one NCA Chapter Meeting to provide their input and expertise on this important national resource. Space is limited at…
Read MoreStatement of Support for National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act from American Society of Adaptation Professionals
Members of the American Society of Adaptation Professionals (ASAP) applaud the introduction of the National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act (NCARS). This is a highly functional piece of legislation that would end the ad hoc nature of climate adaptation planning at the national level and form a dependable and consistent basis for us to…
Read MoreThe Color of ASAP: Race & Ethnicity in our Network
ASAP is an anti-racist organization. That means we are finding and rooting out racism in our network and the adaptation field. And it means we are prioritizing accessibility and inclusion in ASAP for people who identify as Black, Indigenous, or other person of color (BIPOC). We are asking for your support by completing a short…
Read MoreMentorship Spotlight: Can Regenerative Food and Farming Enhance Community Resilience?
Mentee Laura Lengnick is an award-winning soil scientist with 30 years of experience putting sustainable values into action in food and farming. She contributed to the 3rd National Climate Assessment as the lead author of the USDA report, Climate Change and Agriculture in the United States: Effects and Adaptation. In 2015, Laura founded Cultivating Resilience,…
Read MoreJEDI and MLK Day 2022
At ASAP, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a time for us to put more than just words behind our racial justice goals: it is a day to ACT. MLK’s Dream remains a powerful vision of the just and equitable world we want to live in. Take action with us to build that world. We…
Read MoreNCA5 Adaptation Chapter Public Engagement Workshop
February 7, 2022 | 11:00am – 3:30pm ET Please join the authors of the Fifth National Climate Assessment for a virtual workshop to share your thoughts on the climate change-related issues most important to include in the Adaptation chapter. We really need your input! The workshop is free and open to the public. The information gathered will help…
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