U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Body :. Steps to Resilience Overview. What is Resilience? Resilience refers to the ability of a system to recover from or adjust to misfortune or change. More formally, resilience is the capacity of a ...

Body :. Step 2. Assess Vulnerability & Risk. Understanding Vulnerability. Looking over your list of asset-hazard pairs, you may notice that all assets on the list are not equally likely to be damaged. ...

Body :. Step 1. Explore Hazards. What could happen? Identify the things your community cares about. Identify the people, places, and services—collectively referred to as assets—that your community agr ...

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Body :. Step 5. Take Action. Implement your plan. * Get started! Ensure that you’ve communicated the intended outcomes of your actions broadly, and then get started on your plan. Acknowledge the stake ...

Body :. Step 4. Prioritize & Plan. Consolidate actions into a cohesive plan. * Combine similar actions and sequence them to reduce risk across assets. In this step, you’ll raise the group’s perspectiv ...

Body :. Step 3. Investigate Options. Brainstorm potential solutions. * Develop a wide-ranging list of strategies that could reduce risk. Though some community members may already have a favored soluti ...