Resilience

Resilience

Alliance members are integrating physical climate risk and prioritizing climate adaptation and equity in state planning and decision making to help communities prevent, reduce, withstand, and recover from climate-related impacts and disasters. States, which have varying needs and capacity, will utilize and share best practices to bolster resilience and tailor effective solutions.

Resilience | Governor Newsom in California | Photo credit: CAL FIRE

Member Action

Resilience

Below are tallies of the number of members that have adopted or are in the process of adopting statutory and executive policies and actions.

For the most up-to-date, in-depth breakdown of resilience climate actions across our membership, explore the Alliance Policy Database.

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Member Spotlight

North Carolina Focuses on Community Resilience in Storm-Impacted Areas

North Carolina’s Regions Innovating for Strong Economies and Environment (RISE) program, led by the North Carolina Office of Recovery and Resiliency and partnered with the North Carolina Rural Center and other nonprofit and government agencies, provides resources and training to further develop community resilience. The program holds leadership training workshops, offers various tools and guides, and supplies coaching and technical assistance to regional partners for better support with community vulnerability assessments and resilience actions.

Source: ReBUILD NC

An update to the 2018 version, the 2021 Governors’ Climate Resilience Playbook outlines 12 foundational steps to set and achieve an effective state-level climate resilience agenda.

November 2021

An update to the 2018 version, the 2021 Governors’ Climate Resilience Playbook outlines 12 foundational steps to set and achieve an effective state-level climate resilience agenda.

November 2021

Report | 2022

U.S. Climate Alliance 2022 Annual Report | Full Speed Ahead: The Alliance's 24 states and territories are tackling climate change while achieving lower levels of harmful local air pollution, delivering more energy savings, employing more clean energy workers and preparing more effectively for climate impacts.
2022 Annual Report | Full Speed Ahead

States Delivering the Next Generation of Climate Action

Guide | 2018

The New Governors’ Resilience Playbook helps new governors mitigate costs and threats from extreme weather and natural disasters through effective resilience and climate preparedness strategies.
New Governors’ Resilience Playbook

The New Governors’ Resilience Playbook helps new governors mitigate costs and threats from extreme weather and natural disasters.