To help communities plan for the threats and hazards of climate change, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released its updated Long-Term Community Resilience Exercise Resource Guide: Designing Whole Community Exercises to Prepare for the Effects of a Changing Climate PDF in November 2021.
Increase preparedness
As the impacts of climate change are being felt across the country, this resource offers communities low-risk and cost-effective ways to increase preparedness with:
- Tools and templates for planning and conducting climate-focused exercises.
- Guidance and basic principles for community exercises, including climate adaptation, hazard mitigation planning, and building community resilience.
- Resources for funding opportunities, risk assessments, and training programs.
Climate change vulnerabilities
In the face of real and rising climate change vulnerabilities, threats, and impacts, any jurisdiction, organization, network or regional coalition can use this guide to continually improve its resilience, and the resilience of the community and nation. One can find this and other resources at FEMA's Preparedness Toolkit website.
