U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Successes of CDC's Climate-Ready States and Cities Initiative. CDC's Climate and Health Program helps states, cities, territories, and tribes protect human health from a changing climate. CDC provides ...

The Pacific Islands Climate Storybook. To empower community climate adaptation in the Pacific Islands, a multi-island coalition expanded upon a 2015 comprehensive template for writing climate stories ...

Tribal Community Partners with Researchers to Monitor Food and Climate. Residents of a rural Alaska village are studying their environment to understand and protect their food. Their research partners ...

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 ...

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 ...

Luck Is Not a Policy We Can Count On: Boston Takes a Proactive Approach to Climate Adaptation. After witnessing what happened in New York City during Hurricane Sandy, Boston city leaders were determin ...

When Weather Becomes a Problem: Motivating Resilience Action in Texas. In San Angelo, a focus on addressing current weather-related concerns provided an avenue for taking action and created a foundati ...

Eighth Graders and Emergency Preparedness in Oklahoma. Educating local middle-schoolers about emergency preparedness allows the small city of Miami to build climate resilience in an accessible way—and ...

Catalyzing Investment and Building Capacity in Las Cruces. Planning with extreme weather thresholds catalyzes a $400,000 green infrastructure investment in a historically underserved neighborhood in L ...

Moving Forward Together: Building Tribal Resiliency and Partnerships. The four member tribes of the Upper Snake River Tribes Foundation collaborated on a Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment, resul ...