Registry of Adaptation Practitioners

The Registry of Adaptation Practitioners is a curated directory of vetted adaptation service providers designed to connect climate adaptation service providers and communities who need support with adaptation. The Registry helps users identify practitioners whose expertise aligns with their needs, while offering service providers visibility, credibility, and an opportunity to showcase their organization and its skills.

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Apply to the Registry

Does your organization provide adaptation services to communities? See if your organization is a good fit for the Registry and submit an application to be recognized as a vetted provider of climate adaptation services.

How to Apply

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Does your community need support with climate adaptation? Search the Registry to identify and connect with qualified practitioners whose expertise and focus match your needs, are committed to following best practices, and have a track record of high-quality results.

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The Benefits of Joining

1. Access to funding from this Initiative: Only adaptation service provider organizations approved for the Registry will be eligible to partner with U.S. communities on a CSCI grant.

2. Opportunities beyond this Initiative: Organizations listed in the Registry can be found by community leaders who are actively seeking adaptation assistance, increasing your chances of connecting with meaningful projects that make a real-world impact.

3. Showcase your organization: The Registry enables practitioner organizations to showcase their expertise, skills, and experience, enhancing an organization’s visibility and connects it with meaningful projects that make a real-world impact.

Is Your Organization a Good Fit for the Registry?

The Registry is designed to connect climate adaptation service providers and communities who need support with adaptation. An adaptation service provider is an organization that focuses on helping communities prepare for the impacts of climate change (note that reducing greenhouse gas emissions is an important component of climate action, but not a focus of this Registry!).

Some of the defining characteristics of adaptation service providers who should be included in this Registry include:

• Experience assisting communities with planning efforts and projects specifically designed to proactively address local impacts of climate change
• Ability to skillfully incorporate climate change considerations into projects and processes
• Understanding of climate data and projections, including when and how to utilize them, as well as how to communicate about it to community leaders and residents
• Ability to engage whole communities and ensure adaptation projects center equity
• Willing to be contacted by communities looking for support with adaptation needs

All organizations in the Registry, regardless of the type of services that they provide, must demonstrate that they are sought out for the adaptation expertise that they provide. They must also show that the services they offer are intentional about incorporating consideration of climate impacts and proactively addressing them, rather than simple acknowledgement that work focused on other topics or community needs also happens to have adaptation benefits.

Eligibility Requirements

The Registry is open to all organizations that provide climate adaptation and resilience services to communities and free to join. To ensure the quality and integrity of the Registry, applicant organizations must meet the following criteria: 

• Applications must be on behalf of an organization
  Applications should be submitted on behalf of nonprofit organizations, governmental entities, academic institutions, consulting firms, or sole proprietorships that offer adaptation services.

• Demonstrated experience
  Organizations must have at least three years of professional experience providing adaptation services, and must submit 2-3 project examples demonstrating those services and the quality of their work.

• Terms and Conditions
  Applicants must commit to upholding professional standards and the Registry Terms and Conditions

Application Process & Timeline

The application process is designed to be straightforward and transparent:

• Preview Questions
  Application questions can be downloaded from the Registry website, which organizations can use to collect required information and draft their answers.
• Submit Application
  Submit the application through the Registry’s online form.
• Review Period
  Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and the Registry team will contact applicants with a decision or to request additional information. All applicants will be contacted within two months of submission.
• Notification & Listing
  The primary organization contact listed in the application will be notified of the decision within two months of submission. Reviews may take longer if additional information is required or during busy periods. Approved organizations will be listed in the Registry shortly thereafter.

Contact Us

Have other questions about the Registry? Email info@AdaptationRegistry.org.