U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

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 ...

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 ...

Drought Response and Recovery Project for Water Utilities in North Marin Water District, CA. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's storymap contains case studies and videos that describe the exp ...

Drought Response and Recovery Project for Water Utilities in Castine, Maine. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's storymap contains case studies and videos that describe the experiences of smal ...

Drought Response and Recovery Project for Water Utilities in Hays and Russell, KS. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency's storymap contains case studies and videos that describe the experiences o ...

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 ...