The Guidebook integrates external resources throughout the climate adaptation planning framework that provide greater context and additional guidance on particular aspects of the adaptation planning process. This table compiles all the resources referred to within the Guidebook and can be sorted by title, organization, type, and step(s).
| Title | Organization | Description | Type | Step(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate Change Adaptation Library | Adaptation Partners | Adaptation Partners is a science-management partnership focused on climate change adaptation in the western United States. Browse the Climate Change Adaptation Library to find adaptation actions focused on natural resource systems and sectors, including forest vegetation, non-forest vegetation, riparian ares and wetlands, water resources, fisheries, wildlife, and recreation. | Online Resource | 4 |
| Adaptation Grants | Administration for Native Americans | The Administration for Native Americans provides short-term project funding in the following program areas that may be applicable for climate adaptation planning: Native American Language Preservation, Social and Economic Development, Environmental Regulatory Enhancement, and Native Youth Initiative for Leadership, Empowerment, and Development. Training and technical assistance is available to applicants for project and proposal development and to grantees for project implementation and reporting. | Online Resource | 1 |
| Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians Climate Change Program | Affiliated Tribes of the Northwest Indians | The Climate Change Program website supports climate change information sharing, including news, events, resources, and more. | Online Resource | 4 |
| Community Environment & Health Capacity Training | Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium | The Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium provides and maintains this website that contains recordings of webinars that cover grantwriting basics for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Indian General Assistance Program grants. | Training | 1 |
| 7 Generations: Addressing Village Environmental Issues for the Future Generations of Rural Alaska | Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium | The environmental planning manual offers resources for recruiting environmental planning team members–including an application, meeting announcement, and an agenda–and an in-depth discussion on developing a vision. | Planning Guide | 1 |
| Tribal Climate Resilience Program | Bureau of Indian Affairs | The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Tribal Climate Resilience Program was established in 2011 to enable climate considerations to be incorporated into Tribal resource management planning and decision-making. From 2011 through 2022, the Tribal Climate Resilience Program has awarded $74 million to Tribes and organizations supporting more than 250 Tribal adaptation plans, vulnerability assessments, and risk assessments, according to numbers provided to this Guidebook from the BIA. Grants have funded a range of activities, including travel expenses (so that Tribal staff could attend climate change training courses) and financial support for climate change vulnerability assessments and adaptation plans. | Online Resource | 1 |
| Tribal Resilience Resource Guide | Bureau of Indian Affairs | The Tribal Resilience Resource Guide is a one-stop-shop for Tribes and partners to find resources related to both Tribes and other resilience programs in a single format across agencies, regions, Tribes, and groups. | Online Resource | 3, 4 |
| Cal-Adapt | California Energy Commission | This tool provides a view of how California may be affected by changing climate conditions. A variety of tools and resources are available to create county-level or custom summaries of climate projections for temperature, precipitation, wildfire, sea level rise, and more. | Toolkit/Tool | 2 |
| Climate Change Planning Tools for First Nations Guidebook Series | Centre for Indigenous Environmental Resources | A suite of user-friendly tools, resources, and key considerations to support Indigenous individuals and communities interested in undertaking climate change adaptation planning. The toolkit can be used by communities at all different stages of the adaptation planning process, including communities with little or no prior experience. | Planning Guide | 5 |
| Climate Access | Climate Access | This non-profit organization builds support for climate solutions through a learning network, piloting innovative engagement projects, and providing strategic consulting services. You can find a variety of engagement resources here. | Online Resource | 1 |
| Climate Central Surging Seas | Climate Central | This collection of tools can be used to visualize and evaluate sea level rise and coastal flood risk. | Toolkit/Tool | 2 |
| Community Resilience Building Workshop Guide | Community Resilience Building | This guide outlines steps and tasks to host and facilitate a community workshop, including preparing for the workshops, exploring hazards, identifying vulnerabilities and strengths, and identifying and prioritizing actions. | Planning Guide | 1 |
| Landscape Climate Dashboard | Conservation Biology Institute | This data visualization tool from the Conservation Biology Institute summarizes future projections of climate and vegetation for the Landscape Conservation Cooperatives. It features climate projection summaries on federally recognized Tribal lands. | Toolkit/Tool | 2 |
| Climate Adaptation Knowledge Exchange | EcoAdapt | This clearinghouse allows the user to search for assessments within a region of interest. Regional, state, and local climate assessments synthesize the science and impacts of climate change relevant to a particular area or jurisdiction. | Online Resource | 2, 4 |
| Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grant Program | Federal Emergency Management Agency | This grant program is designed to assist States, U.S. Territories, Federally recognized tribes, and local communities in implementing a sustained pre-disaster natural hazard mitigation program in order to reduce the overall risk to the population and structures from future hazard events. | Online Resource | 1 |
| Adaptation Clearinghouse | Georgetown Climate Center | This clearinghouse allows the user to search for assessments within a region of interest. Regional, state, and local climate assessments synthesize the science and impacts of climate change relevant to a particular area or jurisdiction. | Online Resource | 2 |
| Tribal Adaptation Menu | Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Tribal Adaptation Menu Team | This document provides a framework to integrate Indigenous and Traditional Knowledges, culture, language, and history into the climate adaptation planning process. The menu is an extensive collection of climate change adaptation actions for natural resource management, organized into tiers of general and more specific ideas. GLIFWC’s Climate Change Program is working to define the extent and severity of climate change impacts in the Ceded Territories in order to assist its member Tribes in co-managing treaty resources. | Report | 4 |
| Adaptation Planning Toolkit | Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals | This toolkit provides a Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Plan Template that can be used for the vulnerability assessment process and other portions of the adaptation planning process. There is a downloadable database, called Guides and Tools for Climate Change Adaptation Planning, with resources for adapting to climate change in various sectors including agriculture, buildings, coasts, emergency services, fish and wildlife, forests, health, land use, utilities, and water. See the Adaptation Strategies tab. | Planning Guide | 1, 3, 4, 5 |
| Climate Adaptation Trainings | Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals | The Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals (ITEP) offers training to Tribal environmental professionals to build their capacity to address climate change issues. The courses are taught by instructional teams that include staff from ITEP, federal agencies, universities, and/or organizations, and most importantly, the Tribes themselves, who share their expertise and experience. | Training | 1 |
| Grant Writing Resources | Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals | A collection of grant writing resources. | Online Resource | 1 |
| Sixth Assessment Report Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | This report assesses the impacts of climate change, looking at ecosystems, biodiversity, and human communities at global and regional levels. It also reviews vulnerabilities and the capacities and limits of the natural world and human societies to adapt to climate change. | Report | 1 |
| LEO Network | Local Environmental Observer Network | The Local Environmental Observer (LEO) is a network of local observers and topic experts who share knowledge about unusual animal, environmental, and weather events. LEO users can connect with others in the community, share observations, raise awareness, and find answers about significant environmental events. Users can also engage with topic experts in many different organizations and become part of a broader observer community. | Online Resource | 2 |
| Voluntary Resilience Standards: An Assessment of the Emerging Market for Resilience in the Built Environment |
Meister Consultants Group | This report characterizes ways to increase resilience in the built environment. | Report | 4 |
| Climate Solutions University | Model Forestry Policy Program | The Model Forestry Policy Program has worked with more than 40 communities including many Tribes through its Climate Solutions University. Many of those adaptation plans include actions that can be drawn from and customized to the tribe’s unique context. | Online Resource | 4 |
| Community-Driven Resilience Planning: A Framework | Movement Strategy Center | This provides a framework for community engagement and empowerment. | Planning Guide | 1 |
| Climate Explorer – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | This tool allows users to access and download visual presentations of observed and projected climate information for temperature and precipitation variables by county or station. It displays observed and projected climate information for several temperature and precipitation variables by county. Plots and data can be downloaded. | Toolkit/Tool | 2 |
| Climate at a Glance – National Center for Environmental Information | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | This tool allows users to select one of several climate variables, timescale and month(s) of interest, and location (e.g., state, region, climate division, and city). The site can generate a plot and return the data for the observations from 1895 to the present day, including information about historical averages, trends over time, and a ranking of the data values. Plots and data can be exported. | Toolkit/Tool | 2 |
| NOAA Climate Program Office | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Climate Program Office manages competitive research programs in which NOAA funds high-priority climate science, assessments, decision support research, outreach, education, and capacity-building activities designed to advance our understanding of Earth’s climate system and to foster the application of this knowledge in risk management and adaptation efforts. | Online Resource | 1 |
| Regional Climate Centers Applied Climate Information System | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | This tool is designed to manage the complex flow of information from climate data collectors to end users. The main purpose is to alleviate the burden of climate information management for people who use climate information to make management decisions. | Toolkit/Tool | 2 |
| Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessment teams | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | These regional climate organizations, housed within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, provide climate services to users. These regional organizations have a wealth of climate information and resources that regional stakeholders can access. | Online Resource | 2 |
| Western Region Climate Service Providers Database | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | This database serves as a directory of climate service providers in the western United States. The database can be searched by type of information or service (e.g., workshops, decision support tools, vulnerability assessments, training and education) and by geographic area or sector served in order to find which provider(s) serve that area. | Online Resource | 1 |
| Phenology Observation Portal | National Phenology Network | This tool allows users to select species, location, and time period to download phenological data. | Toolkit/Tool | 2 |
| Scanning the Conservation Horizon: A Guide to Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment | National Wildlife Federation | This guide provides advice and guidance on conducting natural resource-focused vulnerability assessments. | Planning Guide | 3 |
| Climate Change Vulnerability Index | NatureServe | Tribes can utilize the NatureServe Climate Change Vulnerability Index while preparing their vulnerability assessments. The index provides a standardized framework for assessing the relative vulnerability of key species, but relies on specific data inputs and classification of species-specific factors that may or may not tell the full story of climate change vulnerability for that species. | Toolkit/Tool | 3 |
| PREP Clearinghouse | Partnership for Resilience and Preparedness | This clearinghouse allows for easy access and analysis of climate, physical, and social data, mostly at a national or global scale. | Toolkit/Tool | 2 |
| Community Resilience Toolkit | Rooted in Resilience | This report is a guide for facilitating community resilience workshops around understanding local climate impacts and solutions. | Report | 1 |
| Climate change and indigenous peoples: a synthesis of current impacts and experiences | U.S Department of Agriculture, Forest Service | This synthesis of literature brings together research pertaining to the impacts of climate change on sovereignty, culture, health, and economies that are currently being experienced by Alaska Native and American Indian Tribes and other Indigenous communities in the United States. | Report | 1 |
| Tribal Nations Portal – U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit | U.S. Global Change Research Program | This part of the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit allows the user to search for Tribal assessments and resources within a region of interest. | Online Resource | 4 |
| U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit | U.S. Global Change Research Program | This clearinghouse allows the user to search for assessments within a region of interest. Regional, state, and local climate assessments synthesize the science and impacts of climate change relevant to a particular area or jurisdiction. | Online Resource | 2 |
| Tribal Resilience Resource Guide | Bureau of Indian Affairs | The U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit created the Tribal Resilience Resource Guide which has links to Tribal resources and summary project materials from Tribes that have completed climate change vulnerability assessments. The Tribal Resilience Resource Guide is a one-stop-shop for Tribes and partners to find resources related to both Tribes and other resilience programs in a single format across agencies, regions, Tribes, and groups. | Online Resource | 3 |
| Adaptation Resources for Agriculture: Responding to Climate Variability and Change in the Midwest and Northeast | U.S. Department of Agriculture | This report compiles and organizes adaptation approaches and actions for agriculture. | Report | 4 |
| Climate Hubs – U.S. Department of Agriculture | U.S. Department of Agriculture | The U.S. Department of Agriculture has more than 140 programs and resources available to Tribes in this online guide that provide financial or technical assistance, insurance, or services to assist with adaptation and mitigation of climate change. | Online Resource | 1, 2, 4 |
| Forest Adaptation Resources: climate change tools and approaches for land managers | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service | This report outlines adaptation strategies and approaches for forest land management. Climate change tools and approaches for land managers are available in Chapter 3 of the report. The Forest Service breaks down adaptation actions into options, strategies, approaches, and tactics depending on the focus and level of the intervention. | Report | 4 |
| Climate Adaptation Science Centers | U.S. Department of Interior, Climate Adaptation Science Centers | These regional climate organizations, housed within the U.S. Department of the Interior, provide climate services to users. These regional organizations have a wealth of climate information and resources that regional stakeholders can access. | Online Resource | 2 |
| Tribal Climate Camps – Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center | U.S. Department of Interior, Climate Adaptation Science Centers | The Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center, in collaboration with the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians and other partners, organizes Tribal Climate Camps that convene teams of Tribal leaders, staff, and liaisons to build capacity amongst Tribes to address climate change. | Training | 1 |
| Tribal Climate Resilience Liaisons | U.S. Department of Interior, Climate Adaptation Science Centers | The Tribal Climate Resilience Liaisons comprise a multi-regional support network to assist Tribes in climate adaptation planning, through addressing science-based needs for resources available from the Department of the Interior’s Climate Adaptation Science Centers. | Online Resource | 2 |
| Climate Change Adaptation Resource Center | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency compiled adaptation actions in this resource. | Online Resource | 4 |
| Climate Change Indicators in the United States | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency partners with more than 50 data contributors from various government agencies, academic institutions, and other organizations to compile a key set of indicators related to the causes and effects of climate change. | Online Resource | 2 |
| Indian General Assistance Program | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | This program can be used to support Tribal climate change adaptation planning efforts. | Online Resource | 1 |
| Local Action Framework: A Guide to Help Communities Achieve Energy and Environmental Goals | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, State and Local Energy and Environment Program | This step-by-step guide helps Tribal and local governments plan, implement, and evaluate climate, energy, and sustainability projects and programs. | Planning Guide | 5 |
| Federal Grant System | U.S. Federal Government | The Federal Government provides guidance on how to navigate its grant system (grants.gov) and identify and apply for funding opportunities specific to Native American Tribal governments and organizations. | Online Resource | 1 |
| Fourth National Climate Assessment Volume I: Climate Science Special Report | U.S. Global Change Research Program, National Climate Assessment | Volume I of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in 2017, reviews the latest understanding about the state of the science of climate change, and describes potential climate exposures that Tribes may face in the coming decades. The Fifth National Climate Assessment will be released in 2023. | Report | 1, 2 |
| Fourth National Climate Assessment Volume II: Impacts, Risks, and Adaptation in the United States | U.S. Global Change Research Program, National Climate Assessment | Volume II of the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in 2018, describes the climate change impacts Tribes are likely to experience. It synthesizes the latest climate science as it relates to the United States and includes regional and sectoral chapters, including chapter(s) pertaining to Indigenous peoples. The Fifth National Climate Assessment will be released in 2023. | Report | 1, 2 |
| Northwest Forest Plan 20-year Monitoring Report | U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service | The Northwest Forest Plan (NWFP) is an example of a successful outcome of a federal-Tribal partnership about monitoring forest health. In 2015, the Regional Interagency Executive Committee released its NWFP 20-year Monitoring Report, providing two decades of monitoring data for the Northwest forests. This is an example of how Tribes can tap into existing monitoring programs to help them track the status of climate effects in their region over time. | Report | 5 |
| The Climate Toolbox | University of California Merced | The Climate Toolbox is a collection of web tools for visualizing past and projected climate and hydrology of the contiguous United States. Climate variables related to agriculture, water, and fire are also included. Future climate projections can be visualized as colorful maps, summary plots, or simple numbers. All data and plots can be downloaded. | Toolkit/Tool | 2 |
| Tribal Climate Change Guide | University of Oregon, Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project | This online guide provides an extensive list of Tribal adaptation planning reports, summaries, and associated resources. | Online Resource | 3 |
| Tribal Climate Change Guide: Climate Education | University of Oregon, Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project | This page of the Online Tribal Climate Change Guide includes climate, environmental, and scientific educational resources, including links to videos and educational talks relevant to Tribal climate change issues intended to broaden understandings of climate change and climate impacts. | Online Resource | 1 |
| Tribal Climate Change Guide: Disaster Resources | University of Oregon, Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project | This page of the Online Tribal Climate Change Guide includes information about disaster management and planning resources that may assist Tribes in addressing climate-related disasters. | Online Resource | 1 |
| Tribal Climate Change Guide: Funding | University of Oregon, Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project | This page of the Online Tribal Climate Change Guide provides up-to-date information on grants, programs and plans that may assist Tribes in addressing climate change through a broad range of sectors. It also features grants and funding opportunities from foundations and non-governmental organizations seeking to support Indigenous communities in addressing climate change. This page is organized by grant deadline and updated weekly. | Online Resource | 1 |
| Tribal Climate Change Guide: Publications | University of Oregon, Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project | This page of the Online Tribal Climate Change Guide has a database of Tribal scholarly publications with abstracts and materials provided by the publications. | Online Resource | 2 |
| Tribal Climate Change Guide: Scientists | University of Oregon, Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project | This page of the Online Tribal Climate Change Guide lists Tribal and non-Tribal climate scientists conducting research on issues that may be relevant to Tribal climate change efforts. All information about climate scientists is derived from publicly available sources. | Online Resource | 1 |
| Tribal Climate Change Guide: Tribal Climate Change Adaptation Plans | University of Oregon, Pacific Northwest Tribal Climate Change Project | This page of the Online Tribal Climate Change Guide lists examples of Tribal climate change adaptation plans, as well as other plans and planning resources that may be useful reference guides for conducting climate vulnerability assessments and for developing and implementing Tribal climate change adaptation plans. | Online Resource | 4 |
| Building Capacity for Tribal Climate Change Vulnerability Assessments | University of Washington Climate Impacts Group | The Climate Impacts Group along with Tribal partners developed tools and resources designed to support Tribes in the Northwest and Great Basin in their efforts to assess climate risks to natural and cultural resources. They developed online guidance materials targeted to Tribal needs and capacities, created an online tool that provides downscaled climate data and climate change summaries for Tribes, and established a Tribal climate technical support desk. | Online Resource | 2 |
| Preparing for Climate Change: A Guidebook for Local, Regional, and State Governments | University of Washington Climate Impacts Group | This guidebook discusses when, why, and how to form a planning team (also called a preparedness team), characteristics to look for in a team leader and members, and typical work efforts and products. It also discusses how to establish a vision and guiding principles for a climate-resilient community. | Planning Guide | 1, 2 |
| Tribal Climate Tool | University of Washington Climate Impacts Group | The Climate Impacts Group developed a suite of resources that are useful to Tribes at any stage in the process of evaluating their vulnerability to climate change. The tool provides vulnerability assessment guidance and data tailored to the needs and capacities of Northwest and Great Basin Tribes. | Toolkit/Tool | 2 |
| Developing Urban Climate Adaptation Indicators | Urban Sustainability Directors Network | The Urban Sustainability Directors Network Climate Adaptation Indicators Group completed a review of adaptation frameworks and indicators in 2015. The Developing Urban Climate Adaptation Indicators report provides examples and recommendations for successfully developing indicators. | Report | 5 |
| Monitoring & Evaluation in Climate Change Adaptation Projects: Highlights for Conservation Practitioners | Wildlife Conservation Society | This report, from the Climate Adaptation Fund of the Wildlife Conservation Society, synthesizes current thinking around monitoring and evaluating climate adaptation efforts involving conservation. | Report | 5 |
| Climate Witness Community Toolkit | World Wildlife Fund South Pacific Programme | This toolkit is a collection of participatory community exercises for climate change and adaptation planning. Several exercises may be useful in helping the community articulate a vision and goals for climate adaptation planning. Other exercises such as mapping, community timeline, and animal and plant inventory may be useful in identifying, organizing, and prioritizing the community’s concerns. | Planning Guide | 1, 2, 3, 4 |