Options Database

Build climate leadership and civic capacity among frontline communities and youth.

Build K-12-to-career pipelines by embedding climate and clean-energy content into schools, colleges, and curricula.

Build public understanding of climate change and its implications to the local community.

Collect and analyze workforce data to track program outcomes, job growth, and skill gaps.

Collect and track data on climate impacts and community indicators.

Communicate hazard and risk information to residents.

Conduct climate vulnerability and risk assessments of community assets, facilities, and infrastructure.

Conduct emergency preparedness and services continuity planning.

Conduct feasibility studies for resilient infrastructure investments.

Conduct outreach on safe storage of fuels and hazardous materials.

Conduct preparedness outreach to vulnerable populations.

Conserve and restore habitat corridors for shifting species.

Consider and adopt hazard-resistant building codes and design standards

Construct and operate flood barriers, levees, and diversions.

Convene expert and stakeholder forums for water assessment and planning.

Coordinate land use and development planning across jurisdictions at watershed scale.

Coordinate regional transportation resilience and route redundancy.

Create dedicated staff positions for resilience programs.

Deliver crisis services to vulnerable populations through cross-sector partnerships.

Deliver hands-on technical training and certification programs to build clean-energy and climate trade skills.