Climate Resilience Toolkit

NOAA

This is a rich compilation of resources and tools to help decision-makers across the US identify their local climate threats and vulnerabilities and reduce their risks from impacts of climate variability and change. As part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan, the toolkit was developed by NOAA in partnership with NASA and other departments and agencies in the U.S. Global Change Research Program.

Click to View

Notes from our reviewers

The CLEAN collection is hand-picked and rigorously reviewed for scientific accuracy and classroom effectiveness. Read what our review team had to say about this resource below or learn more about how CLEAN reviews teaching materials.

Toolkit was developed for communities to approach real climate challenges; in a classroom setting, it could be used in a group project focused on a particular climate resilience issue or in concert with local community efforts. A great resource to use for preliminary research on a number of different topics within the climate change education umbrella. The regional reports are particularly useful as a starting point in discussing how climate change is affecting each region of the US. Can be used for students to study resilience in their community or region.
The toolkit helps users identify and respond to climate-related challenges that they and their communities face. Case studies outline strategies that various groups and communities have used to address climate changes specific to their location. Interactive and static maps and other tools, some overarching and some regionally-specific, are listed alphabetically. Comments from expert scientist: Scientific strengths: Would be such a great long term group project! - Step by step procedure on how to understand, address and combat climate change on a variety of different scales and subjects
Toolkit invites exploration by regions of the US (Alaska and the Arctic, Northeast, Hawaii and Pacific Islands), and topics (such as ecosystems, coasts, tribal nations); provides guidance via steps to resilience, case studies, and expertise (print resources, individuals, training opportunities). A short video provides an overview of how the toolkit has been and can be used. It is a self-guided resource; no instructional pedagogy is provided. Case studies can be used for student projects. The "Steps to Resilience" framework could be used as a stand-alone student activity.