U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Mandeville, Louisiana: A City that Stays Afloat by Promoting Elevations. The City of Mandeville, located in St. Tammany Parish, decided to commit to helping residents escape troublesome flood waters. ...

Amending Land Use Codes for Natural Infrastructure Planning. Learn how a Sea Grant agent is working with one community to audit and amend its existing land use codes and ordinances to be more inclusiv ...

Community-Led Resilience Program Leads to Shovel-Ready Projects. Learn how the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management is helping communities build their resilience to coastal flood hazards thro ...

How New Battery Capacity Helped California Avoid Another Blackout. New battery capacity in the form of battery energy storage (BES) units was a key difference-maker that contributed, along with demand ...

City of Fayetteville's Watershed Master Plan. In order to better assess the severity of city-wide floods and create flood mitigation solutions, Fayetteville, North Carolina's city officials embarked o ...

Resiliency Officer Helps Design An Environmental Impact Bond To Finance Community Resilience Projects. Hampton, Virginia's Resiliency Officer led the development of Virginia's first ever Environmental ...

Zoning Ordinance Overhauled To Increase Community Resilience To Flooding. The city of Norfolk, Virginia, is like many other coastal communities facing sea level rise. The city chose to take a bold ste ...

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 ...

Home Elevation Program Helps Demystify The Process. Partners in the Keyswide Home Elevation Education Project developed trainings and informational materials to demystify the process and increase know ...

Cleveland Metroparks — Cleveland Harbor Eastern Embayment Resilience Study (CHEERS). Cleveland Metroparks needed to consider how to engage surrounding neighborhoods and residents in restoring Lake Eri ...