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Atlas of Sustainability Action Planning
2021This interactive map illustrates local sustainability and climate action planning in the United States. -
Climate Impacts
2022This interactive map provides information that can help inform climate adaptation and mitigation efforts. -
Adaptation Toolkit: Sea-Level Rise and Coastal Land Use
October 2011by: Jessica GrannisThis toolkit highlights land-use tools that can help decision-makers address the risks associated with sea-level rise. -
USDN Socioeconomic Mapping Tool for Climate Risk Planning
2019This interactive map and tool provide access to local data on climate exposure, climate projections, and the most vulnerable population. -
Indigenous People's Resilience Actions
2022This interactive map showcases indigenous communities’ efforts to adapt to the impacts of the changing climate. -
Building Climate-Resilient Cities Toolkit
June 2015This toolkit provides resources to help expand multi-stakeholder collaboration in addressing climate change. -
Integrating Climate Adaptation: A Toolkit for Urban Planners and Adaptation Practitioners
October 2020by: Flavio Coppola, Laura JayThis toolkit provides information to help planners and climate adaptation specialists integrate climate adaptation into urban planning practice. -
Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Planning Toolkit
November 2019This toolkit provides information to support tribal communities’ climate change adaptation efforts. -
U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
August 2021This toolkit provides access to resources to help communities build resilience to the impacts of a changing climate -
15 Steps to Create Effective Climate Communications
2017This guide presents a method to help planners, leaders, and other decision-makers effectively create and deliver climate change communications. -
Being Prepared for Climate Change: A Workbook for Developing Risk-Based Adaptation Plans
August 2014This guide provides information to help professional and organizations that manage environmental resources develop climate adaptation plans by employing a risk management methodology. -
Building Resilient Cities: From Risk Assessment to Redevelopment
November 2013by: Jeb BrugmannThis guide offers a four-stage adaptation planning framework to help create zones more resilient to the impacts of climate change. -
California Climate Action for Health: Integrating Public Health into Climate Action Planning
February 2012by: Solange Gould, Kathy DervinThis guide offers recommendations on how to integrate public health into climate action plans. -
Climate Action Planning Framework
March 2020This guide offers a framework to help communities develop climate action plans aligned with the Paris Agreement’s objectives. -
Climate and Health Adaptation Planning Guide for Michigan Communities
October 2020by: Wayne Beyea, AICP, Bradley Neumann, AICP, Lorraine CameronThis guide offers information to help municipalities in Michigan develop climate and health adaptation plans or integrate climate and health into existing programs. -
CMAP, IL, Climate Adaptation Guidebook for Municipalities in the Chicago Region
June 2013This guide offers information to help municipalities in the Chicago metropolitan region develop adaptation plans to address the impacts of climate change. -
Climate Change Adaptation Through Local Comprehensive Planning: Guidance for Puget Sound Communities
February 2017by: L Hansen, Stacey Nordgren, Eric MielbrechtThis guide provides information to help Puget Sound communities incorporate climate-informed decisions in their comprehensive plans. -
Climate Change Handbook for Regional Water Planning
November 2011by: Andrew Schwarz, Suzanne Marr, Karen SchwinnThis guide presents information to guide decision-makers in incorporating adaptation and mitigation practices into watershed and water supply planning processes. -
California Climate Change Communication Guide
March 2020This guide contains communication best practices to help agencies and organizations advance collaboration between partners and the public to address climate change. -
Why Climate Change Action Cannot Succeed Without Social Equity
San Diego UrbDeZine, March 8, 2016by: Murtaza Baxamusa, AICPThis blog post critiques climate action plans, and the sustainability framework, for not meaningfully engaging with social equity. -
Community-Driven Climate Resilience Planning: A Framework
October 2017by: Rosa Gonzalez, Taj James, Jovida RossThis guide provides a framework for a community-driven planning process that builds on the experiences and information of those most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. -
Oregon Cool Planning: A Handbook on Local Strategies to Slow Climate Change
September 2010by: David Siegel, FAICP, Mitch Rohse, Joe Dills, AICPThis guide provides information to help planners, planning commissioners, community organizations, elected officials, and developers reduce their communities’ greenhouse gas emissions through community development, land use, and transportation planning. -
Global Protocol for Community-Scale Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories
2014by: Wee Fong, Michael Doust, Ana MarquesThis guide offers a framework to help communities calculate and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. -
Florida Adaptation Planning Guidebook
June 2018This guide provides information to help planners develop or update adaptation plans in Florida communities to address the impacts of climate change. -
Guide to Equitable, Community-Driven Climate Preparedness Planning
May 2017by: Tina Yuen, Eric Yurkovich, Lauren GrabowskiThis guide belongs to the Climate Change and Social Equity collections. -
Making Equity Real in Climate Adaptation and Community Resilience Policies and Programs
August 2019by: Sona Mohnot, Jordyn Bishop, Alvaro SanchezThis guide provides information to help policymakers and agencies integrate equity into policies and programs that address climate adaptation and resilience. -
Guiding Principles for City Climate Action Planning
2015by: Rafael Tuts, Robert Kehew, Alexander AylettThis guide presents principles to help cities reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build resilience to climate change. -
Guide to Climate Change Adaptation in Cities
2011by: Elizabeth Willmott, Missy Stults, Eric ChuThis guide provides information to help cities implement adaptation strategies to address the impacts of climate change. -
Planning Framework for a Climate-Resilient Economy
April 2016by: Megan Susman, Rosemary MonahanThis guide provides a framework to help communities assess their economic vulnerability to climate change and establish strategies to become more resilient to issues. -
King County, WA, Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments
September 2017by: Amy Snover, Ron Sims, Michelle WymanThis guide for local, regional, and state-level governments contains recommendations of processes, resources, and tools for planning for climate change preparedness. -
Small and Rural Communities Climate Action Guidebook
2021by: Adlar Gross, Megan MeaneyThis guide provides information to help small and rural communities develop and implement strategies for mitigating the impacts of climate change. -
GCCG, CA, Climate Adaptation Model General Plan Language
December 2018This model plan provides a template to help communities develop climate adaptation plans. -
Recurrent Flooding and Social Vulnerability: A Model Ordinance
February 2017by: Sarah EdwardsThis article and model ordinance belongs to the Climate Change and Hazard Mitigation collections. -
Alameda, CA, General Plan 2040
Adopted November 2021This comprehensive plan belongs to the Climate Change and Urban Heat Resilience collections. -
MAPC, MA, Sample Climate Zoning Language for Somerville
June 2019This model ordinance provides a template to help communities address climate change issues through climate zoning. -
Broward County, FL, Broward Next
Adopted March 2019The county’s comprehensive belongs to the Climate Change, Hazard Mitigation, and Shared Mobility collections. -
Fort Lauderdale, FL, Advance Fort Lauderdale Comprehensive Plan
Adopted November 2020The city’s comprehensive plan contains a Climate Change Element with core principles of addressing the impacts of climate change from a holistic perspective, reducing the impacts of climate change through mitigation strategies, and recognizing and utilizing the opportunities brought forth by climate change. -
Everett, WA, Comprehensive Plan
Updated January 2021The city’s comprehensive plan contains several climate mitigation and adaptation goals and policies in its Climate Change and Sustainability chapter. -
Edina, MN, 2040 Comprehensive Plan
Adopted August 2020The city’s comprehensive plan addresses the impacts of climate change in its Energy and Environment chapter. -
Lakewood, WA, Comprehensive Plan
Updated August 2021The city’s comprehensive plan contains an Energy and Climate Change chapter with policies to help the city respond to climate change impacts. -
Las Vegas, NV, Master Plan 2050
Adopted July 2021The city’s comprehensive plan contains several goals to help the city address the impacts of climate change. -
Oklahoma City, OK, PlanOKC
Updated December 2017This comprehensive plan belongs to the Capital Improvements Programming and Climate Change collections. -
Somerville, MA, SomerVision 2040
Adopted October 2021The city’s comprehensive plan addresses climate change mitigation and adaptation in its Climate and Sustainability Chapter. -
Tompkins County, NY, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted March 2015This comprehensive plan belongs to the Climate Change and Wind Energy collections. -
Warren, MI, Master Plan
Adopted January 2021The city’s comprehensive plan addresses climate change impacts in its Resiliency Chapter. -
Wilmington, DE, Comprehensive Plan
Adopted December 2019The city’s comprehensive plan contains a Sustainable and Resilient City Section with strategies to address the impacts of climate change. -
Alexandria, VA, Environmental Action Plan 2040
Adopted July 2019This functional plan includes several goals, targets, and actions to help create a more sustainable future for the city of Alameda, CA, and its residents. -
Alameda, CA, Climate Action and Resiliency Plan
Adopted 2019This functional plan contains goals and strategies to help the community mitigate and adapt to the impacts of climate change. -
Anchorage, AK, Climate Action Plan
Adopted May 2019This functional plan establishes the community’s goal to become more resilient to the impacts of climate change. -
Austin, TX, Climate Equity Plan
Adopted September 2021This functional plan includes the city’s vision to reach net-zero community-wide greenhouse emissions using a racial equity lens.