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.
Use this resource to: Local governments and tribal councils can locate technical resources and training on how to create a hazard mitigation plan. The “Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide” and the local and tribal planning handbooks offer guidance on addressing climate change impacts within hazard mitigation plans.
Hosted by: FEMA
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Access tools, training and technical assistance to increase resilience to climate change. The tool is designed for drinking water, wastewater and stormwater utilities. The resource includes the “Resilient Strategies Guide” and the “Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool,” which can help you assess risks to utility assets and operations.
Hosted by: EPA
Released: 2014
Use this resource to: View the location of crops, by crop type, across North Carolina and the US. Export the data to use in your own GIS analysis to understand how seasonal changes and other climate change impacts might affect crop success and your local economy. User guides and instructional videos are available through the tool’s website.
Hosted by: US Department of Agriculture
Released: 2024
Use this resource to: Learn about daylighting streams, a technique that can assist communities in reducing polluted runoff, addressing flash flooding concerns, keeping stormwater out of combined sewer systems and reducing culvert maintenance costs. This report reviews these benefits and provides the context for why many of today’s urban streams are buried.
Hosted by: American Rivers
Released: 2016
Use this resource to: Locate coastal exposure maps and datasets, and find the tools, training and information needed to make these data useful. You can also use or download land cover data from 2024. NOAA designed this content for the coastal management community.
Hosted by: NOAA Office for Coastal Management
Released: 2007
Use this resource to: Review this introduction to workforce disaster resilience, which outlines ways local economies can prepare, stabilize and recover from natural disasters. The resource includes a checklist for local leaders who want to build a disaster-resilient workforce.
Hosted by: Jobs for the Future; Bloomberg Philanthropies
Released: 2021
Use this resource to: Identify real-time information on events affecting travel across the state, which roads have a history of flooding, the length of the detour and the length of time the road was closed. View the map in your browser, via direct download or through a story map. The map is behind a login, but it’s free to create an account.
Hosted by: NC Department of Transportation
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Access materials to help you educate the public on health effects of drought. Some resources are available in Spanish. Target audiences for education materials include homeowners, recreational facilities, industry and vulnerable populations.
Hosted by: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Released: 2020
Use this resource to: Access links to more information about adaptation strategies for protecting wetlands, shorelines, habitats, water quality and more. This resource is part of the EPA’s Climate Change Adaptation Resource Center, ARC-X.
Hosted by: EPA
Released: 2016
Use this resource to: Review a model supplemental code that establishes a set of minimum standards to reduce the loss of property from wildfire. The purpose of these standards is to prevent wildfire spreading from vegetation to a building.
Hosted by: International Code Council
Released: 2023
Use this resource to: See maps of population demographics, environmental hazards (e.g., toxic waste, ozone), environmental justice indices, climate change data and more. Users can select any geographic area in the US. The website includes resources to help you learn how to use EJScreen.
Hosted by: EPA
Released: 2014
Use this resource to: Access a collection of resources on the best practices and innovative approaches states and cities have used to implement performance contracting for energy efficient buildings.
Hosted by: US Department of Energy
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Read a compilation of best practices and lessons learned to help you communicate with underserved communities about coastal hazards in a more effective way. This NOAA resource includes related stories and trainings.
Hosted by: NOAA
Released: 2022
Use this resource to: Understand the science of how the natural environment provides ecosystem services and positive health outcomes. Use this website to help articulate how wetlands, drylands, forests, urban ecosystems and agro-ecosystems impact air temperatures, water quality, health outcomes and more.
Hosted by: EPA
Released: 2015
Use this resource to: As you are planning for climate change impacts, use these maps and interactive dashboards to understand and visualize transportation disadvantage and the disproportionate impact of transportation barriers on communities of color. You can also use the tool to help inform policies, planning and project development decision making.
Hosted by: NC Department of Transportation
Released: Unknown