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Colorado Wildfire Resiliency Code
June 1, 2025
In response to the growing intensity and frequency of wildfires, Colorado adopted a Wildfire Resilience Code, which sets minimum standards for structural hardening and fire hazard risk reduction for new buildings located in the wildland-urban interface.
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Exceeding Minimum Standards for Local Floodplain Ordinances: 11 Examples
October 31, 2025
Georgetown Climate Center studied local ordinance-centered approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and identifying and reducing climate-driven flood risk in an October 2025 report, “Local Ordinances for Climate Adaptation & Mitigation. ” As part of that project, GCC’s research identified 11 ordinances from Connecticut, Florida, Maryland, New Hampshire, and New Jersey that represent some of the best uses of local ordinances to advance climate adaptation and protect people and property.
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Hawai’i SB 1396 (2025): A Green Fee to Mitigate Climate Impacts and Build Resilience in Hawai’i
May 27, 2025
On May 27, 2025, Hawai’i’s governor signed the nation’s first “Green Fee” into law, in an effort to “build resiliency against the impacts of climate change by providing a stable source of funding for environmental stewardship, hazard mitigation, and sustainable tourism.”
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Arizona Executive Order 2025-09: Protecting Arizonans from Heat Risk in the Workplace
May 22, 2025
Following back-to-back record breaking heat in 2023 and 2024, the Executive Department of Arizona under Governor Katie Hobbs issued Executive Order 2025-09 to address extreme heat as a recognized occupational hazard and require stronger workplace protections.
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Hampton, New Hampshire: 2025 Zoning Ordinance, Building Codes, and Impact Fee Ordinance
May 16, 2025
In May 2025, the Hampton, New Hampshire Planning Board adopted the annual update of the Zoning Ordinance and Building Codes to restrict development of critical facilities in flood-prone areas, incorporate sea-level rise, and update freeboard values.
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An Act to Increase Storm Preparedness for Maine's Communities, Homes and Infrastructure
April 22, 2025
Passed by the state legislature in April 2025, “An Act to Increase Storm Preparedness for Maine's Communities, Homes and Infrastructure” (LD1) establishes the Maine State Resilience Office, creates a new home resiliency program, creates a revolving loan fund for resilience improvements, and provides funding to implement these new programs.
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California Executive Order N-18-25 (2025): Urban Conflagration (Increasing Wildfire Resilience)
February 6, 2025
Following the devastating Los Angeles and Ventura County California wildfires in January 2025, the Executive Department of California under Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-18-25 (“Urban Conflagration”) to increase wildfire resilience for individual homeowners and neighborhoods, and improve mapping and communications around wildfire incident management.
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State Chief Resilience Officers: Establishment, Authority & Governance
February 3, 2025
As the human and financial toll of the climate crisis continues to climb, a growing number of jurisdictions are establishing a new role – the Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) – to lead pre-disaster planning and risk reduction efforts to build resilience to climate-fueled hazards. Released by the Georgetown Climate Center, State Chief Resilience Officers: Establishment, Authority & Governance explores the position and functioning of Chief Resilience Officers across 12 states and provides recommendations for states considering creating a CRO position.
Author or Affiliated User: joshua saks
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Coastal Hazards Overlay District Guide: Creating More Resilient Communities
January 2025
The Coastal Hazards Overlay Guidebook, published January 2025, by North Carolina State University provides a framework to help design and integrate a coastal hazards overlay district into existing local codes and standards in order to guide resilience efforts and requirements within geographically defined areas.
Authors or Affiliated Users: Gavin Smith, Chitali Biswas
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Rhode Island Resilience Technical Assistance Program
Rhode Island’s Resilience Technical Assistance Program partners localities with the Division of Statewide Planning in facilitating consultant-led audits of local ordinances and regulations with the goal of increasing community resilience to the impacts of climate change.
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