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.

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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.

Climate Change Preparedness and Resiliency Checklist

The City of Boston requires new construction and redevelopment projects to consider present and future climate conditions. This checklist helps decision makers consider the range of issues building and their inhabitants may face.

Coastal Restoration Toolkit

This web-based toolkit offers a wealth of tools and resources to help coastal residents address flooding, coastal erosion, water quality, invasive species, and wildlife habitat restoration.

Community Resource Guide for Planning Living Shorelines Projects

This guidebook provides community leaders, citizens, and contractors with guidance on key elements that should be considered when embarking on living shoreline projects.

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Delaware Homeowners Handbook to Prepare for Natural Hazards

Download this Handbook for a handy guide that covers everything from common myths about natural hazards to protecting your property with insurance, as well as adapting to the impacts of climate change.

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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.

Extreme Heat Prevention Guide

Individuals and communities can find information, guidance, and practical solutions relating to the health effects of extreme heat.

Flood Resilience Checklist

Local governments, community organizations, and nonprofits can use the checklist to assess their community’s readiness to prepare for, deal with, and recover from floods.

FloodHelpNY

New York City homeowners can use this digital platform to learn about how they can protect their home and finances from flooding—which is expected to worsen with rising sea levels.

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Floodplain Ecosystem Service mapper

This web mapping application displays helps users assess, quantify, and value the ecosystem services provided by floodplains in the Delaware River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds.

Guidance for Thin-Layer Sediment Placement

This 34-page guide details the research performed on thin-layer sediment placement for tidal marsh resilience in eight Estuarine Research Reserves across the United States.

Hazus-MH

Planners and emergency managers use this downloadable software package to access FEMA models that estimate potential losses from earthquakes, floods, and hurricanes and evaluate costs and benefits of mitigation options.

Massachusetts Wildlife Climate Action Tool

Users in Massachusetts can access this tool to better understand the vulnerability of fish, wildlife, and natural resources to climate change, learn how to implement adaptation actions on the ground, and explore climate data and projections.

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Nature-Based Solutions for Coastal Highway Resilience: An Implementation Guide

This Implementation Guide is designed to help transportation practitioners understand how and where nature-based and hybrid solutions can be used to improve the resilience of coastal roads and bridges.

Neighborhoods at Risk

View local maps of socioeconomic and climate data to identify communities that may be vulnerable to extreme weather and climate change, now and in the future. Obtain authoritative reports and data to make informed decisions when prioritizing capital improvements, informing land use and policy decisions, and updating Hazard Mitigation Plans.