Manager of Climate Adaptation
jfoster@ccap.org 

Josh manages CCAP's Urban Leaders Adaptation Initiative, designed to equip U.S. partner cities and counties make effective policy and investment decisions to increase their resiliency to the impacts of climate change.

Josh has over 14 years of experience working on climate adaptation, including 13 at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Science Program Office as a manager for climate research applications and services. His work focused on decision support, drought and water resources management, local urban preparedness, and engagement with the private sector. He was the project manager for NOAA's Climate Resilient Communities project from 2005-08 in collaboration with ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability.

In the past, he has also worked on development of NOAA's National Climate Services, National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), Regional Integrated Climate Sciences and Assessments (RISA) Program, the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), the Nobel Prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the US Global Change Research Program, the United Nations Development Program, the White House Office on Environmental Policy, and the White House Subcommittee on Water Availability and Quality (SWAQ).

Josh holds Masters in International Relations and in Environmental Management from Yale University, and a B.A. in International Relations and Environmental Policy, Minor in Latin American Studies, from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.