About CMRA

Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation (CMRA) helps people assess their local exposure to climate-related hazards. Understanding exposure is the first step in determining which people, property, and infrastructure could be injured or damaged by climate-related hazards, and what options might be available to protect these assets.

Research shows that every $1 invested in proactive climate hazard mitigation can save $6-$12 in post-disaster recovery costs. Thus, CMRA also helps communities identify potential federal funding opportunities that can be used to plan and implement climate resilience plans.

CMRA is particularly recommended for people working with community organizations and in local, Tribal, state, and Federal government offices who wish to pursue grant funds to support climate resilience building projects.

CMRA is designed to work with the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit. It integrates decision-relevant information from across the U.S. Federal government, including:

  • Climate maps and data — both historical observations and future projections;
  • Non-climate data such as building codes; and
  • Federal grant funding opportunities.

Learn about the CMRA data sources here.

CMRA resources offer assistance to different types of users. Check below to explore which workflows best suit your needs.

State and Local Governments

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Check Exposure

  • Use the CMRA Assessment Tool to discover how temperature, precipitation, and flooding conditions are projected to change in the future.
  • Generate hazard reports to document how climate may impact future projects, or to inform your community’s climate action plan.
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Perform Analysis

  • Access GIS-ready data organized by hazard to perform more custom analysis.
  • Consult authoritative data and information products curated from federal agencies and trusted partners to support a range of mapping and analysis needs.
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Create Proposal

  • Use the Steps to Resilience framework described in the Climate Resilience Toolkit to create a detailed, data-driven proposal to support local resilience projects.
  • Explore resources in CMRA to identify funding opportunities for which your community may be eligible.

Concerned Citizens

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Understand Hazards

  • Learn about five climate-related hazards that might affect your community.
  • Each story provides an overview of the issue along with data, potential funding sources, and resources from the federal government.
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Explore Data

  • Discover how your community and surrounding areas are projected to change by accessing reports in the CMRA Assessment tool.
  • Enter your address or click to drop a point on the map to see how conditions related to the five hazards are projected to change over this century.
  • Explore summaries of easy-to-understand conditions such as the projected number of days per year with extreme heat or precipitation.
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Take Action

  • Combine data and resources from CMRA with information from the US Climate Resilience Toolkit to take your next steps toward climate resilience.
  • Create a report to share what you've learned with your community and inspire others to take action.

About Data

CMRA leverages authoritative data to help users understand past, current, and future exposure to various climate hazards. Explore the links below to learn more about accessing climate data and the data sources used for the CMRA Assessment Tool.

Partners

CMRA was developed by NOAA and other federal agencies with guidance from the U.S. Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC). The project was funded by the Department of the Interior (DOI) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The site was developed by Esri, working under contract to NOAA. NOAA hosts and manages CMRA. Contributing partners include:

Disclaimer

Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation is intended to serve as a high-level screening tool for exposure to climate-related hazards. The Federal data and tools offered on the site serve as helpful inputs into local communities’ and government offices’ assessments of vulnerability and risk. In general, communities will need additional information such as local adaptive capacity and/or asset-specific sensitivities to particular climate hazards to prepare a full assessment of local vulnerability and risk.

The appearance of external links on CMRA do not constitute endorsement by the U.S. Federal Government, the Department of Commerce, nor the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of external Web sites or the information, products, or services contained therein. For other than authorized activities, the Department of Commerce/NOAA does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations. These links are provided consistent with the stated purposes of CMRA.

Contact

Please send any questions, comments, or concerns about CMRA to CMRA_Feedback@noaa.gov. Expect a reply within 1-5 business days.