Options Database

Build climate leadership and civic capacity among frontline communities and youth.

Build K-12-to-career pipelines by embedding climate and clean-energy content into schools, colleges, and curricula.

Build public understanding of climate change and its implications to the local community

Collect and analyze workforce data to track program outcomes, job growth, and skill gaps.

Collect and track data on climate impacts and community indicators

Communicate hazard and risk information to residents

Conduct climate vulnerability and risk assessments of community assets, facilities, and infrastructure

Conduct emergency preparedness and services continuity planning

Conduct feasibility studies for resilient infrastructure investments

Conduct outreach on safe storage of fuels and hazardous materials

Conduct preparedness outreach to vulnerable populations

Conserve and restore habitat corridors for shifting species

Consider and adopt hazard-resistant building codes and design standards

Construct and operate flood barriers, levees, and diversions

Convene expert and stakeholder forums for water assessment and planning

Coordinate land use and development planning across jurisdictions at watershed scale

Coordinate regional transportation resilience and route redundancy

Create dedicated staff positions for resilience programs

Deliver crisis services to vulnerable populations through cross-sector partnerships

Deliver hands-on technical training and certification programs to build clean-energy and climate trade skills.