Options Database | U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit

Option	Hazards	Assets
Expand and publicize the Ready, Set, Go! Evacuation program. (safety impacts.)	Wildfire	People
Expand electric fleets, charging infrastructure, and energy backup to reduce emissions and support emergency response services.	Flooding – General	Transportation and Mobility
Expand employer and worker training in industries with outdoor work, including assurance for adequate water, shade and rest breaks, and protection from poor air quality, heat impacts and vector borne diseases.	Air Quality Vector-Borne Disease Wildfire Extreme Heat	Economy People
Expand existing SRP program that subsidizes cost of irrigation controllers for residential use.	Drought	Property
Expand participation in collaborative projects focused on protecting and improving imported source water quality.	Water Quality	Water Infrastructure – General
Expand, protect and maintain environmental/ecological/natural resources and corridors that provide habitat value.	Shifting Species, Habitats, and Ecosystems	Natural Areas and Wildlife
Expand public awareness campaigns on human-caused fires.	Wildfire	Agriculture and Food Supply Urban Landscape and Tree Canopy Aquatic and Marine Resources Natural Areas and Wildlife Property
Expand public investment, particularly hazard mitigation funding, to flood-proof or relocate drinking water and infrastructure. The program would invest in infrastructure at significant risk of flooding, already flood damaged or during end-of-life refurbishment.	Flooding – Coastal Flooding – General Flooding – Rainfall-induced	Water Infrastructure – Drinking Water Water Infrastructure – General
Expand public, private and nonprofit partnerships to facilitate tree planting and nature-based solutions.	Air Quality Extreme Heat Flooding – General	Urban Landscape and Tree Canopy
Expand support for local water quality efforts through outreach about recycled water and source water quality.	Water Quality	Water Infrastructure – General
Expand the detention capacity of bayou corridors.	Flooding – General	Natural Areas and Wildlife
Expand workforce preparedness training opportunities and programs to quickly restore essential local government services after a major shock.	High Winds Severe Winter Weather Wildfire Flooding – Coastal Flooding – General	Economy People
Explore creation of a public outreach campaign with material to help the public conduct effective fuels management through pruning and clearing dead vegetation, performing selective logging, and cutting high grasses.	Wildfire	Property
Explore more environmentally friendly options for ice abatement on local streets.	Severe Winter Weather Water Quality	Transportation and Mobility Water Infrastructure – Stormwater
Explore new technologies for treating wastewater for use.	Drought	Water Infrastructure – Wastewater
Explore possible locations for the creation of bioswales to absorb storm runoff.	Water Quality Drought Flooding – General	Urban Landscape and Tree Canopy Water Infrastructure – Stormwater
Explore potential uses of rainwater runoff in urban areas to address low water supply and drought. For example, rainwater may be a used to water areas downstream.	Drought	Water Infrastructure – Stormwater
Explore source water supply alternatives to be prepared in case of failure of the existing system.	Drought	Water Infrastructure – Drinking Water Water Infrastructure – General
As extreme heat becomes more common, encourage farmers and ranchers to plant drought tolerant and native trees for livestock.	Drought Extreme Heat	Agriculture and Food Supply
Facilitate access to safe and cool spaces during extreme heat events, prioritizing frontline communities (e.g., the elderly, people with disabilities, people of color, lower income residents).	Extreme Heat	People