CAP/RISA Teams

The CAP/RISA Program supports research projects that address climate-sensitive issues of concern to decision makers and policy planners at a regional level. There are currently 12 active CAP/RISA teams across the country.

• Alaska: Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy (ACCAP)
  Program Manager: Alison Hayden, abhayden@alaska.edu
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• Carolinas: Carolinas Collaborative on Climate, Health, and Equity (C3HE)
  Lead PI: Kathie Dello, kddello@ncsu.edu
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• Great Lakes: Great Lakes Integrated Sciences and Assessments (GLISA)
  Program Manager: Jenna Jorns, jljorns@umich.edu
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• Intermountain West: Western Water Assessment (WWA)
  Program Manager: Benet Duncan, benet.duncan@colorado.edu
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• Mid-Atlantic: Mid-Atlantic Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (MARISA)
  Program Manager: Krista Romita Grocholski, kristarg@rand.org
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• Pacific Islands: Pacific Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (Pacific RISA)
  Program Manager: Gwendalyn Sisior, gsisior@asu.edu
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• Pacific Northwest: Northwest Climate Resilience Collaborative (NCRC)
  Program Manager: Zack Thill, zthill@uw.edu
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• South Central: Southern Climate Impacts Planning Program (SCIPP)
  Program Manager: Caylah Cruickshank, caylahc@ou.edu
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• Southwest: Climate Assessment for the Southwest (CLIMAS)
  Program Manager: Gigi Owen, gigi@email.arizona.edu
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• Urban Northeast: Consortium on Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN)
  Program Manager: Dan Bader, dab2145@columbia.edu
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• US Caribbean: Caribbean Climate Adaptation Network (CCAN) NEW
  Lead Principal Investigator: Pablo Mendez Lazaro, pablo.mendez1@upr.edu
  2022 Annual Report Not Generated
  
  
• West: California-Nevada Applications Program (CNAP)
  Program Manager: Julie Kalansky, jkalansky@ucsd.edu
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