Elizabeth Cooner, Executive Director of the New Jersey State Policy Lab talks about the Lab’s mission of conducting rigorous evidence-based research to help inform New Jersey’s policymakers on solutions to important policy questions that are effective, innovative, and always have a focus on equity.
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New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance
Building Better Communities: Bloustein’s Environmental Analysis and Communications Group
Jeanne Herb gives the history of EAC and an overview of its vision of community-based environmental planning, its connection to health and equity, and their growing focus on the intersection of environment and people in both the natural and built environments.
The Voorhees Transportation Center: A Leader in Transportation Research, Education and Training
VTC’s core strengths relate to transportation in the built environment and its work in transit-oriented development, pedestrian and bicycle mobility and safety, healthy community design, smart growth, and transportation and social equity.
Bloustein students are recipients of 2016-17 Gallagher Fellowships
The James J. Gallagher Family Fellowship has been established to allow graduate students from Rutgers University interested in climate change preparedness measures to undertake projects to help advance the mission and objectives of the New Jersey Climate Adaptation...
Moran, Murphy are 2015 recipients of Gallagher Fellowship
In 2014 the New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance established the James J. Gallagher Family Fellowship, which allows graduate students from Rutgers University interested in climate change preparedness measures to undertake projects to help advance the mission and...
McKenna, Watson are recipients of new Gallagher Family Fellowship
Rutgers Universlty’s New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance is pleased to announce the establishment of the James J. Gallagher Family Fellowship and recognize the first recipients of the fellowship. The new fellowship will allow graduate students from Rutgers...
NJ Climate Adaptation Alliance offers recommendations to help NJ better prepare for climate change
Calls for establishment of statewide working group to address those most at risk A mix of policymakers, public and private sector practitioners, academics, nongovernmental organizations and business leaders has issued recommendations to help New Jersey better prepare...
New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance releases policy gap analysis report
The New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance, formed in response to a diverse group of stakeholders to focus on climate change preparedness in New Jersey in key impacted sectors (public health; watersheds, rivers and coastal communities; built infrastructure;...
Rutgers Hosts Statewide Conference on Climate Change Preparedness in NJ
On May 22, a diverse group of public and private New Jersey leaders gathered at Rutgers University to engage in a dialogue about enhancing capacity in the Garden State to better plan for and adapt to a changing climate. Organized by the New Jersey Climate Adaptation...
PSEG Foundation awards seed money for New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance
The PSEG Foundation has awarded seed funds to help establish the New Jersey Climate Adaptation Alliance, a statewide network of policymakers, practitioners, and stakeholders working together to move New Jersey forward in strategic planning and implementation to...