Resilience Planning Resources: Getting Started

Organizations to Foster Learning and Connection

• American Society of Adaptation Professionals (ASAP): www.adaptationprofessionals.org – ASAP is a professional association with the mission to support and connect climate change adaptation professionals while advancing innovation in the field.
• Association of Climate Change Officers (ACCO): www.accoonline.org – ACCO is a community of practice that provides training and learning opportunities, links regional efforts and members, and provides access to tools and resources.
• Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange (CAKE): www.cakex.org – CAKE is an innovative community of practice that aims to build a shared knowledge base for managing natural and built systems in the face of rapid climate change.
• Georgetown Climate Center: www.georgetownclimate.org – The nonpartisan Georgetown Climate Center advances effective climate and energy policies in the U.S. and serves as a resource to state and local communities addressing climate change.

Other Guides and Frameworks

• ICLEI Canada
• Union of Concerned Scientists
• National Association of Climate Resilience Planners’ framework for Community-Driven Climate Resilience Planning

Resources on Building Equitable Climate Resilience

• Tips for Identifying Representative of Frontline Communities – a newly published resource by the Climate Ready Communities team
• Advancing Climate Justice in California: Guiding Principles and Recommendations for Policy and Funding Decisions
• Georgetown Climate Center’s Adaptation Equity Portal
• Life After Carbon’s Innovation Network for Communities 
• Movement Strategy Center tools and publications
• NAACP’s Equity in Building Resilience in Adaptation Planning publication
• Equity Foundations – an independent study professional development program for sustainability directors and their staff to master best practices for adding a racial equity lens to sustainability.

Climate Change Literacy and Education

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) white board videos about climate change
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric and Administration (NOAA) information on climate news, science, maps, and projections   
• Katharine Hayhoe videos on climate change:
  • Climate and the Choices we Make
  • How do we know this climate change thing is even real?
  • How to talk about climate change beyond the green bubble

Resources on Outreach and Engagement

• Apathy is Boring’s Top Ten Tools for Engaging with Millennials and Generation Y – From pages 10-12 in the 2017 Report “Dear Municipalities, From Millennials.“
• QuestionPro offers a suite of features and question types – all for free. Online surveys are an important community engagement tool. 

Nature-based Solutions

• National Wildlife Federation’s Green Works for Climate Resilience guide
• IUCN Publication Nature-based Solutions to Address Global Societal Challenges
• Georgetown Climate Center’s Green Infrastructure Toolkit
• Think-nature.eu (hub for dialog, knowledge, networking)

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