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: Review guidance and access resources on how to design stormwater infrastructure to limit the number of disease-carrying mosquitoes. Reports of mosquito-borne diseases, such as West Nile, encephalitis and eastern equine encephalomyelitis, has provoked public concern about mosquitoes in stormwater facilities, especially as climate change impacts increase their numbers.
Hosted by: NC State Extension
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Learn approaches for developing metrics to measure and evaluate the effectiveness of climate resilience projects. The document provides examples of quantitative and qualitative indicators, advice for measuring success during the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit’s Steps to Resilience, and more.
Hosted by: NOAA
Released: 2022
Use this resource to: Learn who is most at risk from extreme heat; find tools, resources and funding opportunities to help your community plan and prepare; read about the signs of heat related illness and more. The web portal aims to help communities reduce the health, economic and infrastructural impacts of extreme heat. Some information is available in Spanish.
Hosted by: NOAA
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Use natural and nature-based features to improve the resilience of transportation systems. The Federal Highway Administration produced research and technical assistance to enable transportation agencies to use green infrastructure to improve transportation resilience. Resources include an implementation guide, a peer exchange report and more.
Hosted by: US Department of Transportation
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Review FEMA’s resources for nature-based solutions (NBS). Peruse a NBS guide for local communities on the benefits associated with using NBS to advance natural hazard mitigation and climate adaptation, a report describing five key strategies for implementing successful NBS, a list of examples of NBS and planning, training and funding resources.
Hosted by: FEMA
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: This webpage focuses on an action plan report that describes opportunities in North Carolina for nature-based stormwater strategies in new development, stormwater retrofits, roadways and working lands. The page also includes example projects, fact sheets and more.
Hosted by: NC Coastal Federation
Released: 2021
Use this resource to: Access the information needed to weigh the ecological significance of natural areas and to evaluate potential ecological impacts of conservation and development projects. The tool helps project planners and landowners make decisions that have the most benefit for society and the economy, while having the least ecological damage.
Hosted by: NC Deparment of Natural and Culture Resources - Natural Heritage Program
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Identify locations for pocosin restoration. View the status (vegetation and drainage) and ownership (government, private conservation, easement or other) of pocosin wetlands in North Carolina.
Hosted by: Duke University
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: View interactive maps, charts and resources to help you identify census tracts that may be more impacted by climate change. The mapping tool shows where people may experience unequal impacts from hurricanes, flooding and extreme heat.
Hosted by: Headwaters Economics; US Department of Commerce
Released: 2019
Use this resource to: See the history, key benefits and driving issues that warrant a scenario-based approach for transportation planning. The resource includes a framework for scoping a scenario planning process tailored to specific issues and local agency capacity. It also illustrates the different considerations associated with conducting a scenario planning.
Hosted by: US DOT Federal Highway Administration
Released: 2017
Use this resource to: Review resources on development a No Adverse Impact policy. The webpage includes a NAI Toolkit, how-to guides, a handbook in English and Spanish, case studies and more.
Hosted by: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Released: 2019
Use this resource to: Access legal resources for No Adverse Impact (NAI) programs. NAI operates on the principle that the actions of one property owner should not be allowed to adversely affect the rights of other members of the community. The report was developed for community representatives and municipal attorneys who design, implement and defend NAI programs.
Hosted by: Association of State Floodplain Managers
Released: 2023
Use this resource to: Access communications materials focused on climate change and health. Materials include toolkits and fact sheets – in English and Spanish – for communicating with vulnerable groups. The site also hosts a fact sheet on North Carolina and information on how air quality, heat, vector-borne diseases and other hazards impact health.
Hosted by: NC Institute for Climate Studies
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Understand the key steps for effective, community-level resilience planning. The site also provides guidance on how to build resilience and climate change considerations into existing efforts such as comprehensive land use, hazard mitigation and capital improvement planning. The guide also points to relevant tools, resources and examples.
Hosted by: NC Department of Environmental Quality - Division of Coastal Management
Released: Unknown
Use this resource to: Access a dashboard of community information, including permitting and incident tracking, flood zones, managed conservation areas and more. The tool also features an environmental justice tool that allows all users to understand the sociodemographic and health characteristics of communities across North Carolina.
Hosted by: NC Department of Environmental Quality
Released: Unknown