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.

Alaska and Northwestern Canada Quarterly Climate Impacts and Outlook

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

Arctic Adaptation Exchange

Share or access information about climate adaptation across the Arctic region. Explore an interactive map by theme and browse circumpolar adaptation information resources

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.

Climate Inspector

Explore maps showing projected changes in temperature or precipitation for any location on the globe for four different emissions trajectories. View or download maps, trend data, or projected annual cycle data.

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.

Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)

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

Giovanni—Geospatial Interactive Online Visualization and Analysis Infrastructure

Use this web app to visualize, analyze, and access vast amounts of earth science remote sensing data.

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.

Global Ecosystems Map Viewer

Access map data on ecosystems and landforms for the contiguous United States, South America, and Africa. Maps are available at scales appropriate for local to global research, management, or planning applications.

Gulf Coast Prairie LCC Conservation Planning Atlas

Regional conservation managers in the Gulf Coast Prairie region can view, retrieve, and perform analyses on spatial information as they consider how to meet specific conservation goals.

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.

Imiq Data Portal

Access hydrology and climate data gathered across and around Alaska over time. A map interface shows where, what, and when data have been obtained. Submit a custom data query and the portal will aggregate and export data records from multiple sources in a common format.

Integrated Valuation of Environmental Services and Tradeoffs (InVEST)

Analysts can produce maps showing the location and value of ecosystem services to inform land use decisions. The downloadable tool set requires a desktop GIS.

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International Guidelines on Natural and Nature-Based Features for Flood Risk Management

This set of guidelines provides practitioners with the best available information concerning the conceptualization, planning, design, engineering, construction, and maintenance of NNBF to support resilience and flood risk reduction for coastlines, bays, and estuaries, as well as river and freshwater systems.