Support Resources

Climate Resilience Information System (CRIS) Data Explorer

An open, interoperable platform that streamlines public access to Federal agencies’ decision-relevant data for climate adaptation and resilience planning. Climate services providers can use it to help get this information to the people who need it.

CMRA – Climate Mapping For Resilience and Adaptation

Provides climate hazard information to assist federal agencies and the recipients of federal funds with prioritizing, identifying, and implementing climate-informed infrastructure investments.

Coastal Risk Finder (Climate Central)

Provides maps and analysis of the people, homes, and land at risk from worsening coastal flooding driven by rising seas in the contiguous U.S.

Tribal Resilience Action Database

This database brings together partners from Tribes across North America to create a culturally sensitive and useful database of climate adaptation strategies and community examples published by Tribes that can be used to inform climate adaptation and resilience work in Tribal communities.

Steps to Resilience Course

Composed of six e-learning modules, this course helps climate resilience champions, government decision makers, and community leaders address their greatest risks. These steps draw from many risk assessment and management frameworks.

Facilitation Basics for Coastal Managers

In this course, participants will learn basic facilitation skills, tools to engage participants, and techniques for dealing with disruptive behaviors.

The Spectrum of Community Engagement to Ownership

This tool is a resource for governments and nonprofit organizations to acknowledge marginalization, assert a clear vision for change, articulate a developmental process, and assess the impact of their efforts, describing six levels of community engagement.

Ready-to-Fund Resilience – Adaptation Professionals

The toolkit and related the training is designed as a self-guided resource for local government staff and technical assistance providers.

Benefit-Cost Analysis | FEMA.gov

Benefit-cost analysis (BCA) is a decision-making tool that FEMA uses to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of hazard mitigation projects.

U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

A one-stop shop for credible, federally-vetted climate data, tools, and expertise. Navigate to the Adaptation Options Database and Financing lists.

Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE)

CAKE is a database of adaptation resources and case studies to help you learn from others in situations similar to yours, plus an opportunities board of upcoming events and job and funding listings.

CAKE’s Monitoring, Evaluation and Efficacy Testing Dashboard

Consolidates resources on climate adaptation monitoring, evaluation, and efficacy testing of strategies, including indicators and metrics, frameworks, example plans, and efficacy results.