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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NYStretch Energy Code—2020

This statewide model code for New York jurisdictions helps them meet their energy and climate goals by voluntarily adopting local building energy codes.

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Ocean Acidification Curriculum Collection

Use this database to download free K–12 lesson plans and other educational materials relating to ocean acidification.

Ocean at the Door Map

Homeowners, planners, renters, and real-estate investors can examine vulnerability of old and new housing stock to rising seas to understand the consequences of the changing climate for coastal property.

Ocean Ecosystem Indicators

Marine managers can use information from this site to help them forecast salmon returns in the northern California Current, and to build their understanding of how variations in ocean conditions might affect recruitment of fish stocks, seabirds, and other marine animals.

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OceanAdapt

Explore how the distribution of almost 650 marine species—including those of interest to commercial and recreational fishing—have changed over the past 40 years.

OceanReports

Draw a custom area anywhere in U.S. waters or pick from a predefined list of locations to get instant custom reports that include descriptive infographics and supporting data for offshore planning, permitting, environmental review, and public relations.

OnTheMap for Emergency Management

Easily retrieve real-time reports containing detailed workforce, population, and housing characteristics for areas being affected by natural disasters.

OpenClimateGIS Software

With this downloadable software package, users gain ready access to climate model datasets in commonly used, modern geospatial formats used by GIS software, browser-based mapping tools, and virtual globes.

OpenNSPECT

GIS users can use this open-source version of the Nonpoint-Source Pollution and Erosion Comparison Tool (N-SPECT) to investigate potential water quality impacts from development, other land uses, and climate change.

Oregon Coastal Atlas

This website offers a collection of digital tools and background information to inform decision making for the Oregon Coastal Zone.

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OSHA Heat Illness Prevention Resources

Employers can download free outreach materials from OSHA to help raise awareness about the health risks of extreme heat at work.

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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Pacific Climate Information System - PaCIS Dashboard

A range of regional partners collaborate to produce quarterly climate impact reports and outlooks for the next season. Links to regional collaborators make it easy for users to find expertise for their resilience-building efforts.

Pacific El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Update

This quarterly newsletter provides practical and technical information regarding climate variability for the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands.

Pacific Island Ocean Observing System (PacIOOS)

Local government agencies, residents, and visitors can find real-time coastal and ocean observations as well as wave and water-level forecasts for many islands in the Pacific Ocean.

Pacific Island Sea Level Forecasts

This experimental product provides an outlook of monthly sea level anomalies for the next one to two seasons. We combine sea level forecasts with astronomical tide predictions to provide more accurate predictions of coastal water level compared to tide predictions alone.

Pacific Islands Regional Climate Assessment (PIRCA)

This site can help Pacific Island residents better understand how climate variability and change impact the their region and its communities. Content includes collections of publications, multimedia, maps, and case studies.

Pan Inuit Trails Atlas

Access digitized maps and historical evidence of Inuit presence across most of the Canadian Arctic. The atlas offers map- and text-based searches to help users find material obtained from hundreds of published and unpublished documents.

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Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Support Tool

Farmers, ranchers, and their crop insurance agents evaluate insurance programs to select appropriate coverage for managing risks.

PCSWMM

Professional modeling software for managing stormwater, wastewater, watershed, and water distribution systems.

Peril of Flood | Florida's Coastal Resiliency Portal

Planners in Florida can find best practice approaches along with resources and tools for building coastal resilience.

PINEMAP Decision Support System

Resource managers can use tools in this system to explore climate-based risks and opportunities for loblolly pine growth in planted forests in the southeastern U.S.

Planning Framework for a Climate-Resilient Economy

Municipal officials interested in improving the resilience of their economy can use this flexible tool to get a "big picture" assessment of their climate vulnerabilities or to dive deeper and map out specific economic impacts or threats and business opportunities.

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Planning Framework for Protecting Commercial Building Occupants from Smoke During Wildfire Events

This planning framework provides recommended heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) and building measures to minimize occupant exposures and health impacts from smoke during wildfire and prescribed burn events.

Populations at Risk

Climate change practitioners can use this tool to gather fine-scale information about populations within geographies of interest. Reports from the tool can be very useful for developing city-wide vulnerability assessments.

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Ports Resilience Index

Port management organizations can use this self-assessment to determine if they are prepared to maintain operations during and after disasters.

POWER Project Services Platform

NASA's Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project offers user communities data for solar and wind powered renewable energy systems, estimated building energy efficiency, and agroclimatology for crop models.

Precip.net: Extreme Precipitation in New York and New England

Researchers can use this resource to assess extreme rainfall return frequency for New York and New England, using an alternate methodology to that used in NOAA Atlas 14.

Precipitation and Applications Viewer

View and download global precipitation data and flood and landslide nowcasts.

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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.

Probable Futures

Find interactive maps, science, historical context, and stories to help everyone envision a range of potential climate futures.

Public Involvement Techniques for Transportation Decisionmaking

This guide provides a variety of tools to secure meaningful input from the public on transportation plans, programs, and projects. Though designed specifically for transportation, the strategies can also be useful for other sectors.

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Puerto Rico 1930 Georeferenced: A Coastal Mosaic

Download georeferenced aerial photographs from 1930 for the coastal areas of Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rico Climate Change Council Website

Individuals, businesses, and municipalities working on climate adaptation in Puerto Rico can find information about climate change and local adaptation projects, as well as contact information for people working on climate change issues in Puerto Rico.

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Puerto Rico Coastal Vulnerability Viewer

View coastal resources and infrastructure that may be at risk due to climate change and sea level rise in the islands of Puerto Rico.

Quick Drought Response Index (QuickDRI)

Designed to detect rapid-onset, “flash drought” events, which can have devastating economic impacts on the agricultural sector and can quickly change conditions during a drought.

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