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Resilience </h1> <p class="page-description">Introduction to climate change risk and resilience, state initiatives, and resources for taking action. </p>  <div class="on-page-links-button"><a href="#on-page-panel" class="collapsed" data-toggle="collapse" aria-expanded="false"><i class="far fa-file-search"></i></a></div> <nav class="on-page-links collapse" id="on-page-panel"> <div class="on-page-back-to-top"><a href="#top">Back to Top</a></div> <span class="on-this-page">On This Page:</span> <ul> <li><a href="#overview">Overview </a></li> <li><a href="#initiatives">Initiatives</a></li> <li><a href="#community-resources">Resources for Communities</a></li> <li><a href="#partnerships">Partnerships</a></li> <li><a href="#for-more-info">For More Info</a></li> </ul> <div class="on-page-close-link"><a href="#on-page-panel" data-toggle="collapse" aria-expanded="true">Close</a></div> </nav> </div> </div> <section> <div class="container p-b-lg"> <div class="text-main"> <h2><a id="#overview"></a>Climate Resilience Overview</h2> <p>California is a global leader on climate change, from setting ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals, to investing in actionable climate science and investing place-based, community driven adaptation and resilience actions.</p> <p class="text-center"><a href="#overview-toggle" class="read-more-link toggle-more" data-toggle="collapse" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="overview-toggle" aria-selected="false" aria-label="more about climate and resilience">read more</a> </p> <div class="collapse" id="overview-toggle"> <p>As one of the most climate-stressed places in the world, California experiences profound and varied impacts across its vast expanse. Preparing for climate change requires learning how to adapt in the face of this change in order to increase the resilience of communities, natural systems, and our built environment to withstand and recover from climate-related disruptions.</p> <p>Climate adaptation and resilience are related, but distinct concepts. Generally, climate adaptation is an action or set of actions that reduce physical climate risk. California is taking steps to prepare for the impacts of a changing climate at the state, regional, and local levels; preparing for these changes is called adaptation. <strong>A series of adaptive steps contribute to resilience, which describes a state of readiness to face climate risks</strong>.</p> <blockquote>Resilience is the capacity of any entity – an individual, a community, an organization, or a natural system – to prepare for disruptions, to recover from shocks and stresses, and to adapt and grow from a disruptive experience.</blockquote> <p>To meet the scope, scale, and urgency of action needed to build climate resilience, the state is taking bold action to:</p> <ul class="list"> <li>Reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase carbon capture, removal, and sequestration (<strong>climate mitigation</strong>);</li> <li>Adapt and adjust natural, built, and human systems to moderate the harm and exploit beneficial opportunities from actual and expected climate-related hazards and conditions (<strong>climate adaptation</strong>); and</li> <li>Integrate and operationalize social equity and environmental justice in all climate resilience efforts (<strong>climate equity</strong>).</li> </ul> <p>Recognizing that some communities are better positioned to respond, recover, and adjust to the impact of climate change than others, State climate adaptation and resilience efforts prioritize equity to ensure a climate-resilient California for all.</p> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="section-gray"> <div class="container p-b-lg"> <div class="text-main"> <h2 class="header-bar"><a id="initiatives"></a>State Climate Resilience Initiatives</h2> <p>The State has initiated a suite of climate resilience goals, policies and programs, many of which are led by or coordinated in partnership with the Office of Planning and Research, including the following: </p> </div> <div class="row element-group-feature element-group-color"> <div class="col-6 col-lg-4 col-xl-3"> <a href="/climate/icarp/" class="element-block"> <div class="element-icon"><i class="fad fa-temperature-hot"></i></div> <div class="element-header">The Integrated Climate Adaptation & Resiliency Program (ICARP)</div> <div class="element-body">ICARP coordinates and advances climate adaptation and resilience investments and initiatives across the state. </div> <div class="element-read-more">read more</div> </a> </div> <div class="col-6 col-lg-4 col-xl-3"> <a href="/climate/icarp/climate-assessment/" class="element-block"> <div class="element-icon"><i class="fad fa-chart-network"></i></div> <div class="element-header">Climate Science & Research</div> <div class="element-body">ICARP coordinates and invests in climate change research through scientific assessments, the Cal-Adapt climate impact projection tool, and other initiatives to inform statewide policy and planning. </div> <div class="element-read-more">read more</div> </a> </div> <div class="col-6 col-lg-4 col-xl-3"> <a href="http://climateresilience.ca.gov/" class="element-block"> <div class="element-icon"><i class="fad fa-analytics"></i></div> <div class="element-header">California Climate Adaptation Strategy</div> <div class="element-body">ICARP and the California Natural Resources Agency coordinate and implement California’s Climate Adaptation Strategy, which charts a strategic and integrated framework to guide state resilience efforts.</div> <div class="element-external-link">go to climateresilience.ca.gov</div> </a> </div> <div class="col-6 col-lg-4 col-xl-3"> <a href="/climate/icarp/grants/" class="element-block"> <div class="element-icon"><i class="fad fa-file-contract"></i></div> <div class="element-header">Local & Regional Adaptation Grants</div> <div class="element-body">ICARP coordinates local and regional grant programs to support climate adaptation planning and implementation efforts across the state. </div> <div class="element-read-more">read more</div> </a> </div> </div> <hr> <div class="row"> <div class="col-6"> <a href="/climate/carbon-neutrality.html" class="element-block element-green"> <div class="element-header">Carbon Neutrality by 2045</div> <div class="element-body">OPR works in partnership with other State agencies to support implementation of the State’s goal to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 and other key climate action goals. </div> <div class="element-read-more">read more</div> </a> </div> <div class="col-6"> <a href="/climate/long-term-recovery.html" class="element-block element-orange"> <div class="element-header">Long Term Recovery and Resilience</div> <div class="element-body">OPR supports long-term disaster recovery and resilience as a State Coordinating Agency under California’s Disaster Recovery Framework.</div> <div class="element-read-more">read more</div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class=""> <div class="container p-b-lg"> <div class="text-main"> <h2><a id="community-resources"></a>Resources for Communities</h2> <p>In addition to coordinating the State’s overall climate resilience approach, OPR also supports local communities in building climate resilience and provides assistance to communities in post-disaster long-term recovery and resilience planning:</p> <hr> <h3>Climate Resilience Planning Resources </h3> <p>OPR supports the development of various guidance documents, tools and data resources, and more to support local and regional planning and implementation of the State’s climate and resilience goals and statutes.</p> <div class="row btn-group-full"> <div class="col-12 col-md-6"> <a href="/climate/planning-resources.html" class="btn btn-primary m-b-sm ">Climate Resilience Planning Resources</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="p-b-lg section-gray"> <div class="container"> <div class="text-main"> <h2><a id="partnerships"></a>National and International Partnerships </h2> <p>California cultivates partnerships at the national and international levels to advance bold action on climate change. A few examples of our collaboration include:</p> </div> <div class="row element-group-color"> <div class="col-12 col-lg-4"> <a href="https://www.theclimategroup.org/project/under2-coalition" class="element-block"> <div class="element-header">Under2 Coalition</div> <div class="element-body">This coalition represents a global community of state and regional governments committed to ambitious climate action in line with the Paris Agreement. Including California, the coalition brings together more than 220 governments who represent over 1.3 billion people and 43% of the global economy. Signatories commit to keeping global temperature rises to well below 2°C with efforts to reach 1.5°C.</div> <div class="element-external-link">go to theclimategroup.org</div> </a> </div> <div class="col-12 col-lg-4"> <a href="http://pacificcoastcollaborative.org/" class="element-block"> <div class="element-header">Pacific Coast Collaborative</div> <div class="element-body">In 2013, California, Oregon, Washington, and British Columbia set the Pacific Coast Collaborative (PCC) on its current course of ambitious climate and clean energy policy by signing the Pacific Coast Action Plan on Climate and Energy, which was updated three years later as the Pacific Coast Climate Leadership Action Plan. At the Global Climate Action Summit in 2018, the PCC states released a declaration on climate resilience and have developed a Climate Resilience Framework for Collaborative Action.</div> <div class="element-external-link">go to pacificcoastcollaborative.org</div> </a> </div> <div class="col-12 col-lg-4"> <a href="http://www.usclimatealliance.org/" class="element-block"> <div class="element-header">United States Climate Alliance</div> <div class="element-body">California is a founding member of the United States Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of 25 governors committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Smart, coordinated state action can ensure that the United States continues to contribute to the global effort to address climate change.</div> <div class="element-external-link">go to usclimatealliance.org</div> </a> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="p-t-md p-b-lg "> <div class="container"> <h2><a id="for-more-info"></a>For More Information</h2> <div class="element-block element-author"> <div class="element-image" style="background-image: url('/about/staff/images/nikki-caravelli.jpg')"></div> <div class="element-header">Nikki Caravelli</div> <div class="element-body">As a Senior Analyst with the ICARP Climate Services team, Nikki manages the State Adaptation Clearinghouse and coordinates climate services, adaptation planning guidance, and technical assistance.</div> <div class="element-click-email"><a href="mailto:nikki.caravelli@opr.ca.gov">nikki.caravelli@opr.ca.gov </a></div> </div> </div> </section> </main> </div>  <footer id="footer" class="global-footer"> <div class="container"> <div class="row"> <div class="three-quarters"> <ul class="footer-links"> <li><a href="#skip-to-content">Back to Top</a></li> <li><a href="/conditions-of-use.html">Conditions of Use</a></li> <li><a href="/privacy.html">Privacy Policy</a></li> <li><a href="/accessibility.html">Accessibility</a></li> <li><a href="/about/contact-us.html">Contact Us</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="quarter text-right"> <ul class="socialsharer-container"> <li><a class="ca-gov-icon-twitter" title="Twitter channel" tabindex="0" href="https://twitter.com/Cal_OPR"><span class="sr-only">Twitter</span></a></li> <li><a class="ca-gov-icon-youtube" title="email" tabindex="0" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTBmAaS7WDxOcyjo85dcXtA"><span class="sr-only">YouTube</span></a></li> <li><a class="ca-gov-icon-email" title="email" tabindex="0" href="mailto:webmaster@opr.ca.gov"><span class="sr-only">Email the Webmaster</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div>  <div class="copyright"> <div class="container">Copyright © <script>document.write(new Date().getFullYear())</script> State of California</div> </div> </footer>  <div class="decoration-last"> </div>  <script src="/js/cagov.core.js"></script> <script async src="https://siteimproveanalytics.com/js/siteanalyze_6292965.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function() { // Backward compatability fix for removing wrapper on new "sections" $('.main-primary > .section').closest('div.wrapper').removeClass('wrapper'); }); </script> </body> </html>