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.

Bering Strait Response Teaching Tool

This webpage provides resources to help those in the Bering Strait understand the risk of oil spills and their impact on Arctic marine life.

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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.

Cal-Adapt

California residents and city and county planners can identify potential climate change risks in specific areas throughout the state and access easy-to-understand resources for local planning efforts.

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Caribbean Marine Maps

Interactive maps including satellite imagery, airborne imagery, and data from drones and divers are available to help advance ocean conservation and climate adaptation.

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 Change Adaptation Planning Manual for Coastal Alaskans and Marine-Dependent Communities

Planners in coastal Alaska can use this guide to help with local adaptation efforts.

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.

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.

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.

New England Seaweed Culture Handbook

This illustrated handbook shows how to culture four ecologically and economically important seaweeds native to New England. Methods outlined in the handbook can be used for new agribusiness for food or energy.

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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.

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.

Reef Resilience Toolkit

Marine managers and practitioners from around the world use this site to learn the basics of reef resilience and access syntheses of recent science. The site serves as a gateway to the Reef Resilience Network, where practitioners can share ideas, experiences, and expertise.