Announcements

The U.S. Global Change Research Program released the Fifth National Climate Assessment Report in 2023. Public webinars focusing on various chapters of the report were held through March of 2024. A series of podcasts, the NCA5 Companion Podcast, was also released.

The White House announced the availability of the Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation portal in September, 2022. The site integrates information and data on climate-related hazards from across the Federal government, and gives users a way to check their local exposures to conditions related to these hazards.

Visit the Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation portal at https://resilience.climate.gov.

The goal of this series is to advance the practice of monitoring and evaluating (M&E) climate adaptation work. The four-part series will highlight different approaches, examples, and frameworks from across the adaptation community, spanning natural, built, and social systems. Ample opportunity for Q&A and a training session to conclude the series will help attendees to deepen their knowledge and enhance their ability to integrate M&E into their adaptation work.

Water utilities have been working on climate adaptation for more than a decade. Now, they’re ready to share lessons learned with other sectors. This webinar series aims to expand the exchange of knowledge across sectors of society to foster effective adaptation practices and improve community resilience. 

The latest version of the Climate Explorer now offers climate projections for every county in the entire United States. The recent addition of climate projection data for Hawai'i and U.S. island territories in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea complements the tool’s original contiguous U.S (CONUS) coverage and the addition of data for Alaska in 2020.

Launch the Climate Explorer Tool »

The Resilience Ecosystem (RE) is an open and inclusive community of public and private entities working individually and collectively to help communities and businesses in all U.S. regions and sectors to adapt/build resilience to climate-related hazards. Though federal and non-profit entities are committed to sustaining organizational and financial support for it, the RE is not an entity, organization, or professional society; it is not “owned” by any person or group and it doesn’t seek to compete with anyone.    
 

It’s still winter, but heat season is right around the corner!

To reduce the risk of heat illness that arrives with hot days, the National Integrated Heat Health Information System (NIHHIS) encourages municipalities to gather data and produce a map of their community’s hottest neighborhoods. Pending availability of federal funds, NIHHIS intends to provide financial support to 20 cities where groups are willing to organize and run volunteer mapping campaigns, and then engage municipal leaders in addressing their issues of urban heat. The application for funding is now available.