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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Climate4Cities

This project by researchers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln supported municipal climate adaptation in the Missouri River Basin. The project website hosts climate reports for 11 Midwestern cities and and an online data explorer for 10 states across middle America.
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Coastal and Waterfront SmartGrowth

Sustainable coastal development information, tools, and case studies for planners, local government officials, developers, residents, and other stakeholders.
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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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Managed Retreat Toolkit

This online resource presents legal and policy tools, best and emerging practices, and case studies to support peer learning and decision making around managed retreat and climate adaptation.
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Managing Drought Risk on the Ranch

This planning guide for Great Plains ranchers provides information on how to manage drought.
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West-Wide Climate Risk Assessments

These assessments provide a consistent, baseline assessment of climate change impacts to water supply and demand across the West, and complement the Basin Studies and Landscape Conservation Cooperatives within the WaterSMART Initiative.
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