Tools | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Tools are available to help you manage your climate-related risks and opportunities, and to help guide you in building resilience to extreme events. Browse the list below, or filter by topic and/or tool functionality in the boxes above. To expand your results, click the Clear Filters link.

Eastern Region Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

Each issue of this two-page report describes weather and climate highlights from the previous quarter, and indicates the most likely temperature and precipitation conditions for the upcoming quarter.

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Emergency Preparedness and Response: Natural Disasters and Severe Weather

Look to this website from the CDC to find out how to protect your, your family's, and your community's health and safety before, during, and after a natural disaster or severe weather event.

EnviroAtlas

Access a range of interactive maps and resources to explore the benefits people receive from nature. Map analysis tools can help you understand potential ecological and human health outcomes of various activities.

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Environmental Resilience Tools Wizard

This online tool was created to help state and local emergency managers, environmental or health agencies, and anyone who may not be familiar with EPA resources that help build community resilience to disasters.

Environmental Sensitivity Index

Access maps to check the sensitivity of coastal resources to oil spills.

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ESFLG Model and Data Inventory

An inventory of disaster-related datasets and models useful to decision makers planning for, and responding to, disasters.

Essential Fish Habitat Mapper

Access visualizations of the spatial distribution of fish species, their life stages, and important habitats.

Explore Climate Impacts

This interactive map—a companion to the Adaptation Workbook—lets you see how climate change may affect different regions and ecosystems in the U.S.

Federal Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Toolkit

Explore examples and learn how to design and maintain crowdsourcing and citizen science projects.

FEMA and Tribal Nations: A Pocket Guide

This guide helps federally recognized tribes find and access programs offered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

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FEMA Flood Map Service Center

Users can find, view, analyze, and print flood hazard maps from FEMA.

Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)

View and download satellite data showing near real-time active fire locations worldwide.

ForWarn Forest Change Assessment Viewer

Resource managers and forest landowners can monitor forest health using satellite images taken every eight days. Tools help them attribute abnormalities to insects, disease, wildfire, storms, human development, or unusual weather.

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G-WOW (Guiding for Tomorrow) Changing Climate, Changing Culture Initiative

Incorporating scientific research with place-based evidence, this unique approach increases awareness of climate change impacts around Lake Superior. Outreach tools include a web-based service learning curriculum and educator training.

Geothermal Prospector

Explore map layers—such as geothermal potential, energy infrastructure, and leasing/ownership information—to determine locations that may be favorable for geothermal energy development.

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

Discover the locations where plant and animal species have been documented. Access this database to support scientific, educational, and policy-making activities regarding species occurrence and distribution.

Great Lakes Region Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

Each issue of this two-page report describes weather and climate highlights from the previous quarter, and indicates the most likely temperature and precipitation conditions for the upcoming quarter.

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Guidelines for Considering Traditional Knowledges in Climate Change Initiatives

Tribes, agencies, and organizations can use this guide as a framework to increase understanding of issues relating to access and protection of traditional knowledges in climate initiatives.

Gulf of Maine Region Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

Each issue of this two-page report describes the region's weather and climate highlights from the previous quarter, and indicates the most likely temperature and precipitation conditions for the upcoming quarter.

Gulf TREE (Tools for Resilience Exploration Engine)

This site walks Gulf Coast users through a decision-support tree framework to match them with relevant climate resilience tools.

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Indigenous Health Indicators Tool

Native communities can use this tool to better evaluate and manage public environmental health risks and impacts in six categories.

J-SCOPE (JISAO’s Seasonal Coastal Ocean Prediction of the Ecosystem)

Marine managers can use this site's forecasts to support the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (IEA). Results provide forecast indicators requested by the Pacific Fishery Management Council.

LandCarbon

Explore carbon storage capacity and carbon flux of ecoregions in the contiguous United States. For each ecosystem, examine baseline values and projected estimates for future carbon storage and flux under three emissions scenarios.

LANDFIRE

Access more than 20 national geospatial map layers, databases, and ecological models related to fire for the United States and some island territories. An array of video tutorials can help new users accomplish common tasks.

LASSO—Locating and Selecting Scenarios Online

GIS specialists who need climate projection data can locate, select, and download files of climate change projections that align with given research questions or objectives.

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Local Environmental Observer (LEO) Network

Network members post unique or unusual environmental events onto public, web-based maps. The network provides a model for connecting community members with technical experts and resources.

Local Sea Level Rise Two-Pager Template

Extension and outreach professionals can use this set of files to generate a two-page print document to communicate projected changes in local sea level and high-tide flooding.

Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)

This program helps keep families safe and healthy by providing federally funded assistance with home energy bills, energy crises, and weatherization and energy-related minor home repairs.

Managed Retreat Toolkit

This online resource presents legal and policy tools, best and emerging practices, and case studies to support peer learning and decision making around managed retreat and climate adaptation.

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Midwest Glacial Lakes Partnership Conservation Planner

Access data to inform communication, management, and research that benefits fish habitat and lake ecosystems in the Great Lakes, Midwest, and Northern Great Plains.

Midwest Region Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

Each issue of this two-page report describes weather and climate highlights for the region from the previous quarter, and indicates the most likely temperature and precipitation conditions for the upcoming quarter.

Missouri River Basin Region Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

Each issue of this two-page report describes weather and climate highlights from the previous quarter, and indicates the most likely temperature and precipitation conditions for the upcoming quarter.

Multiscale Integrated Earth Systems Model (MIMES)

Use this analytical framework to understand and visualize ecosystem service values.

NACo County Explorer

This visualization tool provides key county-level information on a wide variety of topics: demographics, the economy, education, healthcare, and public safety.

NASA Disasters Mapping Portal

Find news, maps, and apps on recent Earth science disasters including information on response, recovery, and early warning systems.

National Climate Change Viewer

Display maps, climographs, and histograms of projected change in temperature and precipitation from models in the CMIP5 experiment. Focus on any state, county, or hydrologic unit in the contiguous United States.

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