Watch our three-minute video to learn about the purpose and components of the Climate Resilience Toolkit, or scroll down to explore features of the site.
Meet the Challenges of a Changing Climate
Learn about potential climate hazards so you can protect vulnerable assets.
Steps To Resilience
This framework helps you document climate hazards that could harm the things you care about, decide which situations you most want to avoid, and come up with workable solutions to reduce your climate-related risks. Preparing a city to withstand weather and climate-related hazards can be addressed by applying these steps to regular updates of municipal plans. Watch the video, get an overview of the steps, or click any step to learn more.
Tools
Looking for climate data? Need to compile a Climate Vulnerability Assessment or Adaptation Plan? Our catalog of more than 200 digital tools can help you take steps to build resilience, from engaging a community to developing a climate action plan. Here's one example of the tools in our catalog:
This worksheet helps communities compile readily available climate data and local knowledge to assess their climate vulnerability and collaboratively develop adaptation strategies.
Regions
Not all U.S. regions are currently represented on the site. To date, we have developed sections for the regions listed below. We are in the midst of developing content for additional regions, and are actively seeking volunteers who will gather teams of experts for the remaining regions. If your region is not listed below, you can find useful information on the rest of the site, including our Topic pages. For case studies and tools, you can use the Filter by region > links at the top of each page to find available information for all regions.
Expertise
Find Experts
Locate climate science and service centers that can help you build resilience
Reports
Access climate-relevant reports issued by government agencies and scientific organizations
Training Courses
Learn about new tools or build your knowledge and skills to manage climate-related risks and opportunities
State Climate Summaries
Find state-level climate information from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information
Climate Explorer
Explore interactive graphs and compare time-series maps showing climate projections and observations for any county in the contiguous United States. You can also explore historical temperature and precipitation observations at hundreds of climate stations, and view observed and projected days of high-tide flooding at more than 90 coastal tide-gauge stations.
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Hero image: Ned Point Lighthouse, Mattapoisett, Massachusetts, cropped. Learn more about how this town has prepared its residents for a future that includes more intense weather in our case study Weather Ready Mattapoisett: A Community Prepares for Extreme Weather. Image credit: schlitzer90, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.