U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Published : . October 2018. This special report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change describes the impacts of global warming of 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels. The r ...

Published : . May 2018. As incomes rise and populations grow, especially in the world's hotter regions, the use of air conditioners is becoming increasingly common. In fact, the use o ...

Published : . April 2018. In the coming decades, Indiana's changing climate will bring with it higher temperatures, longer heat waves, more extremely hot days, and more frequent extre ...

Published : . October 2017. On March 13, 2017, the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine and the Roundtable on Population Health Improvement jointly conv ...

Published : . January 2018. The goal of this concerted effort is to help Thurston County (Washington) and the broader South Puget Sound region prepare for and adjust to climate change ...

Narrative : . This program from the American Geophysical Union (AGU) helps volunteer scientists and community leaders work together to use science, especially Earth and space science, to tac ...

Where Do We Need Shade? Mapping Urban Heat Islands in Richmond, Virginia. Citizen-scientists took to the streets on specially equipped bikes and cars to find out where it's hottest—and where residents ...

Narrative : . Gulf TREE (Tools for Resilience Exploration Engine) is a search engine; it uses a decision-support tree to match Gulf Coast users with relevant climate resilience tools. The br ...

Developing an Early Warning System to Prevent Heat Illness. Residents of the Carolinas are familiar with hot summers, but in some areas excessive heat events bring a higher risk for heat-related illne ...

Narrative : . Coastal flooding in the United States is already occurring and the risk of flooding is expected to grow in most coastal regions, in part due to climate change. The Centers for ...