Reports and Tools

Find interactive websites, reports, mapping and other tools to help you achieve your resilience goals. To narrow down the list, use the check boxes and then scroll down to click the "Apply" button located below the list of options.

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Building Resilience Against Climate Effects (BRACE) Framework

Use this resource to: Develop strategies to prepare communities for the health effects of climate change. Designed for health officials, the BRACE framework is a five-step planning process that shows users how to incorporate atmospheric data and climate projections into public health planning and response activities. The site also hosts resources for each step.

Hosted by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Released: Unknown

Building Resilience Together: Military and Local Government Collaboration for Climate Adaptation

Use this resource to: Review strategies for collaboration between military services and local government to improve collective capacity to address climate change.

Hosted by: RAND Corporation

Released: 2020

Centering Equity in Climate Resilience Planning and Action: A Practitioner’s Guide

Use this resource to: Learn the principles and best practices for centering equity in climate resilience planning and action. Designed to accompany the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit’s Steps to Resilience, the guide describes terminology and historical contexts, lists 10 steps for genuinely addressing equity, includes considerations for specific groups and more.

Hosted by: NOAA

Released: 2022

City Green: Innovative Green Infrastructure Solutions for Downtowns and Infill Locations

Use this resource to: Learn best practices for shaping redevelopment projects with green infrastructure in downtowns and infill locations and read 12 case studies showcasing projects that have overcome common challenges to green infrastructure at sites surrounded by existing development and infrastructure.

Hosted by: EPA

Released: 2016

Climate Action Planning Vertical Integration Guide

Use this resource to: Understand the principles of enabling climate action by aligning local, state and national plans (i.e., “vertical integration”). The document and introductory video provide examples from around the world as well as tools and resources, such as a templates and worksheets, to help local governments. 

Hosted by: C40

Released: Unknown

Climate and Environmental Justice Screening Tool

Use this resource to: Locate and access information about census tracts that are overburdened by climate change impacts and underserved.

Hosted by: White House Council on Environmental Quality

Released: 2022

Climate and Health Resources for North Carolina

Use this resource to: Review climate-related health indicators; reports on weekly heat-related emergency department visits; facts and figures related to extreme heat, air quality and extreme weather; and more. All resources are specific to North Carolina.

Hosted by: NC Department of Health and Human Services

Released: Unknown

Climate Change Adaptation Resource Center (ARC-X)

Use this resource to: Use this interactive resource to address your climate change challenges. Create an integrated package of information tailored specifically to your needs. Find information about the risks posed by climate change, relevant adaptation strategies, case studies, tools and EPA funding opportunities. 

Hosted by: EPA

Released: 2016

Climate Change and Health Playbook: Adaptation Planning for Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Use this resource to: Read this three-part guide, which serves as a supplement to BRACE, to understand how to embed justice, equity, diversity and inclusion into climate adaptation planning, or watch the recorded webinar. 

Hosted by: American Public Health Association

Released: Unknown

Climate Change Scenario Planning Showcase

Use this resource to: Learn the difference between scenario-based climate change adaptation planning and forecast planning. This resource also contains examples of climate change adaptation planning in action, along with a list of additional resources on the topic.

Hosted by: National Parks Service

Released: Unknown

Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation

Use this resource to: Assess your local exposure to climate-related hazards with past, real-time and future-looking maps. You can also see lists of federal funding opportunities, policies and datasets supporting climate resilience. CMRA is intended for people wishing to pursue funding available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and other federal sources.

Hosted by: US Global Change Research Program

Released: 2022

Climate Resilience for Frontline Clinics Toolkit

Use this resource to: Access English and Spanish handouts designed to help residents protect their health from the growing impacts of heat, wildfires, hurricanes and floods. 

Hosted by: Harvard Center for Climate, Health and the Global Environment; Americares

Released: 2019

Climate Voyager

Use this resource to: Access a suite of tools designed to inform decision-making related to agriculture, land management and other long-term planning purposes. The tools in Climate Voyager use climate model projections to show the range of possible future outcomes for various climate features that can affect the growth and viability of plants, animals and humans. 

Hosted by: State Climate Office of North Carolina

Released: 2016

Coastal Carolinas Conservation Blueprint

Use this resource to: View sites across the Carolinas coast that the National Audubon Society marks as high value for priority, legacy and state-listed birds; as high integrity and resilience or high exposure to threats; and as high co-benefits for frontline communities. The tool focuses on beaches, marshes and waterbird colony locations. 

Hosted by: National Audubon Society

Released: Unknown

Coastal County Snapshots

Use this resource to: Choose your coastal county and topic of interest to create a printable handout that helps articulate your community resilience message. Use the handout to show community leaders where the county is most vulnerable. Snapshot topics include flood exposure, jobs, critical facilities, marine economy, total economy and exposure to sea level rise.

Hosted by: NOAA Office for Coastal Management

Released: Unknown