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Sustainable Facilities Tool

The Sustainable Facilities Tool helps users discover ways to increase the sustainability of, or "green," their projects. This easy-to-navigate tool helps users identify and prioritize cost-effective strategies they can implement across a range of operations and building projects.

The site provides guidance for individual roles such as facility managers and procurement managers. It also covers a range of sustainability topics, legal requirements, and agency-specific procurement issues.

Using Climate Data, Satellite Imagery, and Local Knowledge to Prevent Famine

Stressors and impacts

In the face of rapidly expanding population, economic instability, and civil unrest, Ethiopia sometimes struggles to ensure that its citizens have access to adequate food resources. In this already-dry region, food production shocks that result from droughts, floods, and heat waves can further compound the problem of inadequate food. When these events occur, they can devastate crops and livestock, further reducing the quantity of food resources and decreasing farmers’ llivelihoods.

COMET-Farm

The COMET-Farm™ tool enables farmers and ranchers to estimate carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas emissions related to annual crop production, livestock, and on-farm energy use. This producer-focused tool provides a convenient yet scientifically rigorous way to evaluate the benefits of various conservation practices in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon sequestration.

Ranchers in Marin County Consider Carbon Credits

Stressors and impacts

As society recognizes the global problem of carbon pollution, consumer demand for “green” products and services is growing and companies are looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprints. These trends are evident in corporate efforts to restructure supply chains, global food companies’ participation in initiatives to promote sustainable agricultural practices, and companies providing support for healthy soils initiatives that can increase carbon storage.

Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) Program

Risk Mapping, Assessment, and Planning (Risk MAP) is the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) program that provides communities with flood information and tools they can use to enhance their mitigation plans and take action to better protect their citizens. Through more precise flood mapping products, risk assessment tools, and planning and outreach support, Risk MAP strengthens local ability to make informed decisions about reducing risk.

Great Lakes Coastal Resilience Planning Guide

The Great Lakes Coastal Resilience Planning Guide shows how coastal communities are using science-based information to address coastal hazards such as flooding, shore erosion, and lake-level fluctuations. This online resource connects people with the tools and data needed to consider natural hazards and climate change in local planning efforts.

The planning guide features the following resources:

Beach-fx

As part of its civil works mission, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is responsible for the design, construction, and maintenance of federally-authorized shore protection projects. To solve the complex problem of modeling and measuring the costs and benefits of protecting existing infrastructure against erosion, inundation, and wave attack damages, researchers at the USACE ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory and the Institute for Water Resources created Beach-fx.

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