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Adapt Virginia (AdaptVA)
2017
Adapt Virginia ("AdaptVA") is a web portal designed to provide climate information, data, and tools tailored for Virginia users, including local governments, emergency managers, state agencies, and home and business owners, among others. The portal includes data, tools, case studies, example plans, laws and policies to help Virginia decisionmakers adapt to rising seas and other impacts of climate change.
Related Organizations: Wetlands Watch, Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS), College of William and Mary
Resource Category: Adaptation Websites
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Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool Version 3.0 Methodology Guide
May 2016
This guide is a supplement describing how to use the EPA’s Climate Resilience Evaluation and Awareness Tool (CREAT) Version 3.0, a tool designed for local drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater utilities to conduct climate change risk assessments. CREAT and this guide are part of the EPA’s Climate Water Ready Utilities suite of resources.
Related Organizations: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Resource Category: Adaptation Websites
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Water Research Foundation Climate Change Knowledge Portal
The Water Research Foundation has developed a website of “Knowledge Portals” on various topics relating to water resources and water utilities management - including climate change. The portal includes publications by the Foundation on climate impacts, vulnerability assessments, adaptation and mitigation in the water sector, and communication resources.
Related Organizations: Water Research Foundation
Resource Category: Adaptation Websites
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Climatelinks
November 2015
Climatelinks, officially launched November 2015, is a clearinghouse built for USAID staff, implementing partners, and the broader global community working at the intersection of climate change and international development. The portal provides access to USAID documents and resources that offer technical guidance and information aimed at helping countries mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Related Organizations: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Resource Category: Adaptation Websites
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NOAA Climate.gov
NOAA's Climate.gov is a source of timely and authoritative scientific data and information about climate. The goals of the site are to promote public understanding of climate science and climate-related events, to make NOAA data products and services easy to access and use, to provide climate-related support to the private sector and the Nation’s economy, and to serve people making climate-related decisions with tools and resources that help them answer specific questions.
Related Organizations: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Resource Category: Adaptation Websites
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APA Washington Chapter - Climate Change Adaptation website
November 2015
The Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association offers a website focused on climate impacts, adaptation and resilience. The site links to many issue briefs which demonstrate detailed climate adaptation and mitigation strategies for local governments in Washington State.
Related Organizations: American Planning Association (APA)
Resource Category: Adaptation Websites
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U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit
November 17, 2014
The U. S. Climate Resilience Toolkit, as called for in President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, is a website developed by a partnership of federal agencies and organizations led by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Toolkit will enable decision-makers to take action to improve their climate resilience using data-driven tools, information, and subject-matter expertise. The comprehensive site is designed to serve interested citizens, communities, businesses, resource managers, planners, and policy leaders at all levels of government.
Related Organizations: NOAA Climate Program Office, U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
Author or Affiliated User: Nina Hall
Resource Category: Adaptation Websites
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AMWA Resilience and Climate Adaptation Website
July 7, 2015
Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA) is an association of the largest publicly owned drinking water systems in the United States. This climate change focused website provides high impact reports from government and utility associations, links to recent climate-water news items, and descriptions of related AMWA activities to provide up-to-date information to members.
Related Organizations: Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies (AMWA)
Resource Category: Adaptation Websites
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Hawaii Climate Adaptation Portal
November 2015
The State of Hawai’i has developed the Hawai’i Climate Adaptation Portal web tool to provide the public with information on climate change, its impacts, and adaptation. The portal contains adaptation tools and strategies; reviews of the climate adaptation initiatives Hawai’i has taken; and introductory material on climate change, sea level rise, mitigation and adaptation.
Related Organizations: State of Hawaii
Resource Category: Adaptation Websites
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San Francisco Climate and Health Profile
November 2014
The San Francisco Department of Public Health’s (SFDPH) Climate and Health Program works to address the public health consequences of climate change at the local level and improve climate change preparedness and resilience in San Francisco, California. The SFDPH's Climate and Health Profile is an assessment and educational resource that links climate change impacts with their associated health outcomes, and identifies populations and locations most vulnerable to these health outcomes.
Related Organizations: San Francisco Department of Public Health, City and County of San Francisco, California
Resource Category: Assessments
