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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Being Prepared for Climate Change: A Workbook for Developing Risk-Based Adaptation Plans

Organizations that manage environmental resources can use this guide to prepare a broad, risk-based adaptation plan.

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Bringing Wetlands to Market: BWM Wetland GHG Model

Coastal managers can use this Excel® spreadsheet file to estimate the potential carbon storage of a wetland region.

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.

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Climate Change Indicator Platform

View and download charts and other visualizations of key climate change indicators from across the federal government.

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Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment Tool for Coastal Habitats (CCVATCH)

Land and marine managers can use this guidance document and spreadsheet tool to calculate numerical vulnerability scores for habitats. Scores indicate the degree to which various habitats may be vulnerable to current and future climate stressors.

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 Blue Carbon in Practice

This Manual for Using the VCS Methodology for Tidal Wetlands and Seagrass Restoration documents how wetlands restoration efforts can generate carbon offsets.

Coastal Blue Carbon Manual

Scientists and coastal managers can use this practical manual to assess carbon stocks and emissions factors in mangroves, tidal salt marshes, and seagrass meadows.

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.

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Economics: National Ocean Watch (ENOW) Explorer

Explore economic data that characterize the size and makeup of the ocean economy in about 400 counties of the U.S.

Essential Fish Habitat Mapper

Access visualizations of the spatial distribution of fish species, their life stages, and important habitats.

Federal Crowdsourcing and Citizen Science Toolkit

Explore examples and learn how to design and maintain crowdsourcing and citizen science projects.

Fish Species Climate Vulnerability Assessment Methodology

Researchers and managers can use this methodology to develop estimates of marine fish and invertebrate species' vulnerability to a changing environment. Results can help start discussions about adaptive management strategies.

Fisheries Resilience Index

Fisheries businesses and communities can use this simple self-assessment to check if they are prepared to maintain operations during and after disasters.

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.

National Marine Ecosystem Status (NaMES)

This website provides data on major marine ecosystem indicators, capturing the status and trends of seven U.S. ecosystem regions, as well as an overall national status. It also directs users to more detailed sources of NOAA data and information.

National Sea Grant Resilience Toolkit

Search for tools and resources developed by the Sea Grant Network to help coastal communities across the nation become more resilient.

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NOAA Climate Change Web Portal—Oceans and Marine Ecosystems

Display or download climate projection output for from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP5) that informed the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report.

North American Marine Protected Area Rapid Vulnerability Assessment Tool

Marine Protected Area managers can use this tool to conduct a rapid vulnerability assessment and adaptation strategy development process.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Rolling Easements Primer

Residents and planners in coastal areas can refer to this primer in considering options for adapting to sea level rise.

Storm Events Database

Access National Weather Service storm data and unusual weather phenomenon reports from 1950 to the present.

Synthesis of Adaptation Options for Coastal Areas

Coastal managers can consult this guide to help them understand adaptation options that are relevant to estuarine management goals.

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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.

Vulnerability and Resilience of Fishing Communities: Indicator Map

View the status of 13 indicators of social vulnerability and resilience in more than 3,800 fishing communities in the United States.

Vulnerability, Consequences, and Adaptation Planning Scenarios (VCAPS)

This planning process can help local decision makers link outcomes such as sea level rise and increased stormwater runoff to consequences in their community, and then identify strategies for adaptation and hazard management.

Worldview

Access over 800 global satellite imagery layers, and the underlying data, from NASA to see how the entire Earth looks "right now."