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Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) - Climate Change Collaborative
ASTHO formed the Climate Change Collaborative (CCC) to help state and territorial health agencies (STHAs) prepare for, mitigate and react to the effects of climate change.
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Association of State Floodplain Managers
The Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) is an organization of professionals involved in floodplain management, flood hazard mitigation, National Flood Insurance Program, and flood preparedness, warning and recovery. ASFPM is a respected voice in floodplain management practice and policy in the United States because it represents flood hazard specialists of local, state and federal government, research community, insurance industry, and the fields of engineering, hydrologic forecasting, emergency response, water resources and others.
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Aspen Global Change Institute
The Aspen Global Change Institute is an independent nonprofit dedicated to furthering scientific understanding of Earth systems and global environmental change. Its work includes interdisciplinary research, education and outreach, and collaboration with resource managers and policy-makers. The Institute works to facilitate scientific discussion for the betterment of society and natural systems, while promoting practical solutions to the challenges of today's changing Earth systems. .
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Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA)
The Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) is comprised of member fish and wildlife agencies from every level of government. The Association provides member agencies with coordination services on cross-cutting as well as species-based programs that range from birds, fish habitat and energy development to climate change, wildlife action plans, conservation education, leadership training and international relations. The Association represents its state agency members on Capitol Hill and before the Administration on key conservation and management policies, and works to ensure that all fish and wildlife entities work collaboratively on the most important issues.
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Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA)
In addition to being a policy-making organization for metropolitan drinking water suppliers, AMWA tracks daily climate change related events, news, publications, and announcements at federal, regional, and state levels relevant to U.S. water resource managers in general.
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Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program
The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP) is one of five Working Groups of the Arctic Council. The primary function of AMAP is to advise the governments of the eight Arctic countries (Canada, Denmark/Greenland, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States) on matters relating to threats to the Arctic region from pollution, and associated issues including climate change.
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Arid Lands Institute
The Arid Land Institute (ALI) is established on “design innovation at the nexus of water, energy and climate change.” ALI provides educational and research opportunities in the Los Angeles, California region - to train designers and citizens to innovate in response to hydrologic variability brought on by climate change, in any region.
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Arizona State Climate Office
The Office of the Arizona State Climatologist is housed within the School of Geographical Sciences at Arizona State University. The purpose of the program is to: (1) disseminate climatological information about the State of Arizona, (2) monitor the climate of Arizona and the region, (3) collaborate with state agencies in need of climate data and advisement, and (4) study the climate of Arizona and conduct research aimed at a better understanding of the Arizona climate. The State Climatologist is an active member of the state's Drought Task Force, Arizona Flood Warning System, and the State Hazard Mitigation Task Force, and is engaged in research on the urban heat island, climate variability in the southwest, and water resource planning.
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Arkansas State Climatologist
The purpose of the State Climatologist is to provide information on weather and climate to the citizens of Arkansas. The website provides links to climate related information from NOAA, the National Weather Service, and other climate centers.
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Asian Pacific Environmental Network
The Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN) holds the vision that all people have a right to a clean and healthy environment in which their communities can live, work, learn, play, and thrive. APEN was founded in 1993 and seeks to bring together a collective voice among the diverse Asian Pacific Islander communities in the US. Through a strategy which combines grassroots community organizing, civic engagement, and policy, APEN works to develop an alternative agenda for environmental, social, and economic justice.
