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Delaware Climate Action Plan (2025)
December 2025
In December of 2025, Delaware published their 2025 Climate Action Plan. As mandated by the 2023 Delaware Climate Change Solutions Act, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)’s Division of Climate, Coastal, and Energy led the plan’s development. Since the 2021 Climate Action Plan, Delaware has continued to experience increased temperatures, sea-level rise, changing precipitation patterns, and extreme weather. A 2025 survey found that 55% of Delawareans had “personally experienced local impacts of climate change.”
Related Organizations: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)
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I-ADAPT: A Flood Planning and Adaptation Tool
April 2024
In April 2024, Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) launched the Individual Adaptation Decision and Planning Tool, or I-ADAPT. I-ADAPT is designed to help homeowners, renters, and business property owners and renters determine appropriate adaptation measures for their flood risk.
Related Organizations: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)
Resource Category: Data and tools
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Delaware Climate Solutions Act of 2023
August 3, 2023
The Delaware Climate Solutions Act of 2023 was signed into law in August 2023, building on the framework provided in 2021 by Delaware’s Climate Action Plan and calling for the state to boost efforts to reduce emissions and build resilience.
Related Organizations: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC), State of Delaware
Resource Category: Law and Governance
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Delaware’s Climate Action Plan
November 4, 2021
In November 2021, Delaware released its statewide Climate Action Plan. Delaware has been affected by climate change in the form of increased temperatures, change in precipitation patterns, extreme weather, flooding, and sea-level rise. Delaware created the plan to strategically address future climate change impacts in the state. The plan was prepared by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control.
Related Organizations: State of Delaware
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Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project
The Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project (SERCAP) was established through funding from the U.S. Government’s Office of Economic Opportunity in the 1960s. The Project helps low-income rural communities in the mid-Atlantic and the Southeastern U.S. obtain water and wastewater infrastructure for running water, indoor plumbing, and wastewater treatment. Water utilities in these rural areas often lack funding to provide such infrastructure. Households that are not supplied with drinking water tend to rely on wells and septic tanks, which can get contaminated by pollution from agricultural activity and the lack of suitable wastewater treatment. SERCAP assists both individuals and municipalities, and its services include installing infrastructure, providing financing and loans, and offering technical support. In addition to providing services related to water, SERCAP also provides support on housing issues.
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Mid-Atlantic Forest Ecosystem Vulnerability Assessment and Synthesis: A Report from the Mid-Atlantic Climate Change Response Framework Project
October 2018
This U. S. Forest Service report develop provides an assessment of the vulnerability of forest ecosystems in the Mid-Atlantic region and was designed to help resource managers incorporate climate change considerations into management practices. The report synthesizes the best available scientific information on climate change and forest ecosystems, focusing on a study area including 60 million acres of land across eastern Maryland, southern New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Of this area, about 32 million acres are forested.
Related Organizations: U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), USFS Northern Research Station
Resource Category: Assessments
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From the Ground Up: The State of the States on Climate Adaptation for Agriculture
March 2018
Recognizing the leading role that states are playing in addressing climate change, this report from the Institute for Agriculture & Trade Policy catalogues policies related to the need for agricultural adaptation in the 18 states states with climate adaptation plans (or specific agricultural policy papers). These states include: Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Utah, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin.
Related Organizations: The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy
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Patterns and Projections of High Tide Flooding Along the U.S. Coastline Using a Common Impact Threshold
February 2018
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) analyzes "high tide flooding" (also known as "nuisance flooding") in this report, and finds that it is becoming more commonplace due to sea level rise. High tide flooding impacts roads, beaches, parks, and private property, and is generally more disruptive than damaging. However, there are places such as Norfolk, Virginia; San Diego, California; and the U. S Marshall islands where it is currently a serious problem. Even more, with continued sea level rise, flooding is likely to increase.
Related Organizations: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Authors or Affiliated Users: William Sweet, Greg Dusek, Jayantha Obeysekera, John Marra
Resource Category: Data and tools
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Delaware Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Planning
October 9, 2017
The Climate Mitigation and Adaptation Planning (CMAP) report for Delaware was prepared by the state’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control as part of a pilot project to address the risk climate change poses to public use and critical function facilities. Three pilot facilities were assessed for both their ability to maintain operations during climate change fueled weather events and at higher temperatures - including the Delaware State Parks Indian River Life Saving Station, a Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) building, and a state police facility.
Related Organizations: Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC)
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Delaware DOT Strategic Implementation Plan for Climate Change, Sustainability & Resilience for Transportation
July 2017
Developed in 2017 by the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT), this plan aims to promote a resilient and sustainable transportation system by providing a framework to enable implementation of key transportation-related recommendations.
Related Organizations: Delaware Department of Transportation, State of Delaware
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