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.

Food Access Research Atlas

View maps and download data on food access indicators by census tract, including low-income designation, distance to nearest supermarket, vehicle availability, and group quarters.

Food Environment Atlas

Users can view maps—and download data—for a variety of food environment factors, including store/restaurant proximity, food prices, food and nutrition assistance programs, and community socioeconomic and demographic characteristics.

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.

FuelCast

This fuel and rangeland production forecasting system provides actionable geospatial intelligence for rangeland managers, fire specialists, and producers.

Future San Francisco Bay Tidal Marshes

Explore how sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay area may impact coastal marshes and the important ecosystem services and habitat they provide.

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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.

GeoHEALTH Platform

This secure GIS-based interactive mapping application incorporates information from many sources into a single visual environment for enhanced situational awareness, assessment, and management of resources for planning and response to natural, man-made, or pandemic events.

Georgia Habitat and Restoration Interactive Maps

The Georgia Department of Natural Resources created three interactive maps for users to find locations and details of reef restoration projects.

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.

Getting to Resilience

This self-assessment guide for communities in New Jersey links planning with climate change mitigation and adaptation to reduce vulnerability and increase preparedness.

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.

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Grassland Productivity Forecast (Grass-Cast)

This innovative forecast tool can help producers in the Great Plains determine how much grass will be available for livestock to graze during summer months.

Great Lakes Climate and Demographic Atlas

This interactive site shows how the social and economic characteristics of the Great Lakes region are impacted by regionally specific changes in climate.

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Great Lakes Coastal Resilience Planning Guide

This guidebook shows how Great Lakes counties and municipalities can use science-based information to address coastal hazards and incorporate concerns for climate change in local planning efforts.

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Great Lakes Coastal Wetland Decision-Support Tool

People involved in coastal wetland conservation management can use this mapping tool to interact with information relevant to Great Lakes coastal wetland conservation and management. This includes accessing data, viewing and ranking wetlands, and using results for further analysis.

Great Lakes Observing System | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

The Great Lakes Observing System provides end-to-end data services that support science, policy, management, and industry in the Great Lakes.

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.

Great Lakes Shoreviewer

Residents and businesses along Michigan's coastline can view aerial photographs and potential risk rankings for coastal property, buildings, roads, and infrastructure.

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Great Lakes Silviculture Library

Forest managers in the Great Lakes can use this library to exchange forest plans and learn about the outcomes of on-the-ground management activities.

Great Lakes Water Level Dashboard

Businesses and residents in the Great Lakes region can use this dashboard to visualize dynamic water levels and seasonal and long-term forecasts.

Green Infrastructure Benefits Handout

Use this handout to communicate with local officials about the benefits of green infrastructure to reduce climate and hazard impacts.

Green-Gray Analysis (GGA)

This methodology facilitates objective comparison of the costs and benefits of water management options that utilize green (natural) and gray (conventional) infrastructure.

Groundwater and Soil Moisture Conditions from GRACE Data Assimilation

View and download maps displaying drought indicators for the contiguous United States from 2003 to the present, as well as the underlying data.

Groundwater Watch

Water managers can use these webpages to obtain basic statistics about water-level data from around 850,000 wells in the United States.

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.

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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 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 Coastal Plains and Ozarks LCC Conservation Planning Atlas

Regional conservation managers in the Gulf Coastal Plains and Ozarks 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.

Gulf of Mexico Coastal Observing System (GCOOS) | An IOOS Regional Data Portal

This site provides on-demand information to benefit people, ecosystems, and the economy in the Gulf of Mexico’s coastal and open ocean waters.

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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Hawai'i and U.S. Pacific Islands Region Climate Impacts and Outlook

Quarterly reports document recent climate conditions across the Pacific. The reports also provide precipitation forecasts for the coming season.

Hawai'i Climate Adaptation Portal

This website offers information on climate science and adaptation in Hawai'i. Users can also monitor the work of the state's Interagency Climate Adaptation Committee.

Hawai'i Coastal Erosion Website

This website provides the public and government partners with shoreline change data—such as maps, photos, and plots—to assist in coastal zone decision making.

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