Intermediate

Using a climate resilience planning process—the Steps to Resilience documented in the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit—this curriculum is designed to help you use geographic information to document climate hazards that could harm the people and places you care about, decide which situations you most want to avoid, and come up with workable solutions to reduce your climate-related risks.

This Implementation Guide is designed to help transportation practitioners understand how and where nature-based and hybrid solutions can be used to improve the resilience of coastal roads and bridges. Upfront, it summarizes the potential flood-reduction benefits and co-benefits of these strategies. From there, the guide follows the steps in the project delivery process, providing guidance on how to consider nature-based solutions in the planning process, how to conduct a site assessment to determine whether nature-based solutions are appropriate, key engineering and ecological design considerations, permitting approaches, construction considerations, and monitoring and maintenance strategies. The guide also includes appendices with site characterization tools, decision support for selecting nature-based solutions, suggested performance metrics, and links to additional tools and resources.

Developed for stormwater and floodplain managers, as well as land use planners, this interactive website incorporates tools and methods to derive critical coastal water-level thresholds, as well as assess the potential impacts of exceeding those thresholds on stormwater infrastructure. Managers can take various actions to address the issue, and this guide introduces planning, policy, on-the-ground, and funding options.

The practices described in this handout can be used to reduce flooding and help communities design a green infrastructure strategy. It should be noted that while green infrastructure practices make communities more resilient, flooding might not be totally alleviated. Topics explored in this training include green infrastructure practices, considerations for planning and implementation, and guidance on estimating storage potential and costs. This document is a companion piece to the NOAA's Process Guide for Assessing Costs and Benefits of Green Infrastructure for Flood Mitigation.

When communities reduce flood risk, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) can offer discounts on flood insurance premiums for policyholders. Participant communities in FEMA’s Community Rating System receive credits to determine the amount. One way to earn credits is by preserving floodplains. Conserving this open space and implementing land use policies that encourage development away from wetlands, dunes, and other naturally protective features allows a floodplain to serve its natural function and absorb excess water during a flood event. This “how-to” provides a step-by-step approach for earning this credit in areas that are already protected, and identifying places where additional credit could be earned through future preservation efforts. It also provides templates and worksheets to compile verification information. The steps draw from FEMA’s Community Rating System Coordinator’s Manual, and reference related elements in other Community Rating System activities, such as floodplain mapping.

This training course for water utility managers and consultants, developed by the Water Utility Climate Alliance (WUCA), covers methods for including climate science in water supply planning processes.

The course is delivered via video: it contains recorded presentations delivered in May 2019 as part of a two-day technical training course held in Tampa, Florida. The course was attended by drinking water and wastewater utility managers and consultants from across the United States.

Free online training to help rural communities become more resilient to extreme weather and changing climate conditions.
RRAP Module 1: Resilient Land Use Planning - Integrating Land Use Strategies in Comprehensive Plans
RRAP Module 2: Rural Flood Mitigation - Implementing Resilient Land Use Strategies for Flood Mitigation

NASA POWER offers solar and meteorological data sets for support of renewable energy, building energy efficiency, and agricultural needs.

This session provides a brief review of the NASA Prediction of Worldwide renewable Energy Resources (POWER) Project web services, tools, and key partnerships that facilitate usage of NASA Earth Observations (EOs) data. Then, illustrative case studies of how POWER data are used for applications in solar energy, wind energy, and energy efficiency will be discussed in depth.

NASA POWER offers solar and meteorological data sets for support of renewable energy, building energy efficiency, and agricultural needs.

This session presents an overview of the Earth Observations (EOs) data products available through the NASA Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) Project to support Renewable Energy and Building Energy Efficiency Applications, including how the EOs data products are produced and how they can be accessed through the POWER web services and tools.

This session includes an introduction to the energy sector and climate resilience, including how NASA Earth Observations (EOs) can support efforts in improving climate resilience and sustainability for improved energy management. A demonstration of an ESRI StoryMap for Electric Utilities will be offered to explore various energy-specific data parameters and variables.