U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

South Carolina's Lowcountry Prepares for Changing Global Conditions. The coastal "Lowcountry" region of South Carolina faces unique vulnerabilities to climate change. Researchers engaged with this soc ...

North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality. Local governments often lack capacity to implement coastal resilience projects. This department provided voluntary incentives for communities to par ...

The Nature Conservancy — Wetlands Restoration for Ecosystem and Community Resilience in He'eia O'ahu. To restore function in a degraded but historically, culturally, and ecologically important watersh ...

Florida Experiment Lessens Shoreline Damage from High-Energy Waves. Along a shoreline that was buffeted by fierce wave action and boat wakes, a dual-defense strategy led to a 30 to 90 percent reductio ...

California State Coastal Conservancy: Gravel Beach and Berm for Shorebird Habitat Creation, Erosion Control and Flood Protection. An adaptive management plan was used in a pilot project to design a 30 ...

American Rivers: Increasing Community and Ecological resilience by Removing a Patapsco River Fish Barrier. American Rivers created an adaptive management plan to help mitigate and respond to potential ...

Drought in the ACF River Basin. Explore the historical context of drought in the Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint (ACF) Basin, a primer on how water resources are managed there, and a look ahead to th ...

Innovative Green Infrastructure Project Has Diverse Funding And Financing Portfolio. Once a defunct golf course, Exploration Green is now a 200-acre urban green space providing the community with an i ...

Pollution and Coral Health in the Virgin Islands. Coral communities are under pressure from land-based pollutants and sediments. Now, coastal managers now can access an effective tool to correlate hum ...

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 ...