The Options Database contains over a thousand resilience-building solutions considered by other communities. To see examples of adaptation strategies in practice, explore the Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange and the Climate Resilience Toolkit case study libraries. For examples specifically focused on state and local adaptation policy, explore the Adaptation Clearinghouse.

Understand your community's vulnerabilities, then design strategies to reduce those vulnerabilities and increase your ability deliver on services, protect assets, and provide actionable outcomes. 

The Steps to Resilience: Investigate Options can help you compile an extensive list of actions that could reduce your current vulnerabilities and risk.

The Steps to Resilience Training is a six-module e-learning course designed to help practitioners lead local resilience efforts. The best way to receive updates about future trainings is to join the Climate Smart Communities mailing list. In the meantime, if you’d like to know more about the Steps to Resilience, there is a great overview on the Climate Resilience Toolkit.