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Meet the Challenges of a Changing Climate

Find information and tools to help you understand and address your climate risks.

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Adapting to new climate conditions may require developing new expertise. Decision makers across the nation are using data and tools to confront their climate hazards, identify vulnerabilities, and reduce their risks from the impacts of climate​ variability and change.

Building Resilience: Getting Started

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. You’ll find:

  • Steps to Resilience framework
  • Case studies
  • Science-based tools
  • Easy-to-understand topic narratives
  • Links to authoritative reports, regional experts, and training courses
  • Climate Explorer visualization tool
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Steps To Resilience
Use this framework to discover and document climate hazards, then develop workable solutions to lower climate-related risks. Click any step to learn more.
Explore Hazards
Assess Vulnerability & Risks
Investigate Options
Prioritize & Plan
Take Action
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Case Studies
Explore case studies to see how people are building resilience for their businesses and in their communities. Click dots on the map below to preview case studies, or browse all case studies by clicking the button below the map.
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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:
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National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS)

This online portal provides information and resources to help communities understand—and prepare for—the health impacts of extreme heat.
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Regions

Alaska and the Arctic
Hawai‘i and Pacific Islands
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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

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Topics

Built Environment
Coasts
Ecosystems
Energy
Food
Health
Marine
Transportation
Tribal Nations
Water
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Climate Explorer
Use this visualization tool to explore interactive graphs and maps of climate projections and observations for any county in the contiguous United States. Display historical temperature and precipitation observations for hundreds of climate stations, or explore map layers of valued assets and climate hazards.
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