Teachers learned about local climate change data, conditions and impacts and explored NJ ADAPT digital tools, with Rutgers experts Dr. Marjorie Kaplan of the Rutgers Climate and Energy Institute and NJ Climate Change Resource Center, and Lucas Marxen and Dr. James Shope of the New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center.
Environmental Analysis & Communications
Webinar Series on Sustainable Healthy Futures: Extreme Heat in our Communities
Watch here: https://youtu.be/90CA63nAzC0 A collaborative research team from The Bloustein School at Rutgers University and Florida State University...
EAC Included in $16 Million Climate Project Funding
University researchers to lead green infrastructure, community engagement, K-12 education and planning initiatives as part of a $72.5 million...
New Jersey Food System Dashboard Launched
This public tool was co-developed by the Rutgers Cooperative Extension Department of Family and Community Health Sciences, NJ Food Democracy Collaborative, community partners from Newark, New Brunswick and Camden, and the Environmental Analysis and Communications Group, which is part of the Center for Urban Policy Research at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy.
Event: A Conversation with New Jersey’s Flood Experts
A Conversation with New Jersey’s Flood Experts Friday, September 15, 2023, 2pm The New Jersey Climate Change Resource Center and the Rutgers...
$3.25M in Grants Awarded to Create Inclusive Healthy Communities in NJ
In partnership with CUPR's Environmental Analysis & Communications Group, led by Executive Director Jeanne Herb, the Inclusive Healthy...
Ensuring Access to Nature and Outdoor Recreation: Advancing Health Equity for People with Disabilities
The following blog was published by the New Jersey State Policy Lab, February 23, 2023 By Jeanne Herb The US Centers for Disease Control and...
Jeanne Herb chairs National Academy of Sciences workshop planning committee on Communities, Climate Change and Health Equity.
As climate change worsens air pollution, expands urban heat islands, and intensifies extreme weather events, communities least able to respond often...
Jeanne Herb to serve as Interim Administrative Director of new regional climate resilience hub
Advancing its mission and leadership role to improve climate risk management critical to societal well-being, Rutgers, The State University of New...
EAC’s work in C2R2 highlighted in Rutgers Magazine
Read about EAC's participation in the Rutgers Coastal Climate Risk and Resilience Training Program in the current edition of Rutgers Magazine. Learn...
Recent Products
Stakeholder and Subject Matter Expert Feedback Regarding the Content of a New Jersey Ocean Acidification Action Plan
This report summarizes stakeholder and subject matter expert feedback regarding the potential elements and content of a New Jersey Ocean Acidification (OA) Action Plan. Feedback was provided by twenty-eight individuals through a stakeholder engagement process which...
Tech Fitness for Local Elected Officials and Administrators
These articles were designed to help local government leaders develop “tech fitness” for their organizations. The idea of tech fitness is to ensure that organizations can meet expectations for technologically driven services, which today, include most government...
AI in Local Government, Helpful or Harmful?
Chatbots are software programs that use natural language processing to have conversations with people. Also called conversational agents, they can answer questions, provide recommendations, and complete tasks. Leading companies like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, and...
TECH UPDATES: What Municipal CAOs Need to Know, Part 1: Tech Fitness and Cyber Hygiene
There are two basic elements of technology that every municipality must have. Most places already do this, but it doesn’t hurt to highlight them. The first is an expert to advise you and your governing body on technology issues. As with other experts you hire—a police...