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.

A Rural Capacity Map

This tool helps to identify communities where investments in staffing and expertise are needed to support infrastructure and climate resilience projects.

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Aquatic Connectivity Assessment and Prioritization Tool

Users in the North Atlantic—from Maine to West Virginia—can access this database and these tools to help identify bridges and culverts that impede aquatic connectivity.

Cal-Adapt

California residents and city and county planners can identify potential climate change risks in specific areas throughout the state and access easy-to-understand resources for local planning efforts.

Climate Adaptation For DoD Natural Resource Managers

This guide and the accompanying documents and spreadsheets can help Department of Defense installation managers incorporate climate considerations into integrated natural resource management plans.

Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE)

Access adaptation case studies, virtual library resources, a directory of adaptation practitioners, and a database of relevant tools on this comprehensive website. Users can also participate in community forums or contribute resources.

Coastal County Snapshots

Select a coastal county and explore summary snapshots describing its flood exposure, wetland benefits, or economic benefits from ocean jobs. Communities access these reports to benchmark current conditions and identify opportunities for building resilience.

Coastal Resilience Decision Support System

Coastal residents and planners use this suite of GIS-based tools to visualize flood risks from sea level rise and storm surge and identify areas and populations at risk.

Environmental Resilience Institute Toolkit (ERIT)

This interactive resource helps decision makers create an integrated package of information about climate change tailored specifically to their community and their needs.

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.

National Risk Index (NRI)

This online mapping tool provides an at-a-glance overview of multiple risk factors related to natural hazards. The comprehensive view can assist communities as they set priorities for their resilience efforts.

Our Coast, Our Future

Coastal resource managers and planners in the San Francisco Bay region can use locally relevant, online maps and tools to explore, visualize, and anticipate vulnerabilities related to sea level rise and storms.

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Precipitation Frequency Data Server (PFDS)

Access precipitation frequency estimates for precipitation depth or intensity as tables, graphs, or GIS layers for any location in the contiguous United States.

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Thriving Earth Exchange (TEX)

This program matches volunteer scientists with community leaders across the globe to advance local projects related to natural hazards, natural resources, and climate change.