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Climate Ready Estuaries

The Climate Ready Estuaries program works with the National Estuary Programs and the coastal management community to:
  1. Assess climate change vulnerabilities,
  2. Develop and implement adaptation strategies, and
  3. Engage and educate stakeholders.

CRE shares NEP examples to help other coastal managers, and provides technical guidance and assistance about climate change adaptation.


Coastal Adaptation Toolkit

Coastal adaptation toolkit
  • How much change?
  • What will the impacts be?
  • What adaptation options are there?
  • Planning frameworks

Risk-based Adaptation

Risk-based adaptation
  • Adaptation Planning Workbook
  • Risk identification checklists
  • Recorded trainings

Sea Level Rise

king tide flooding
  • Sea level rise resources
  • King tides

Coastal Systems

Aerial photograph of Island Beach State Park and Seaside N.J.
  • Climate change in coastal communities
  • Climate change in coastal environments
  • Synthesis of Adaptation Options for Coastal Areas

CRE Climate Change Adaptation Projects

Examples of Climate Ready Estuaries Projects
  • List of National Estuary Program climate change projects, 2008–2018
  • Lessons learned reports
  • Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for San Juan Bay, Puerto Rico (video)
  • Preparing for Climate Change in Eastern Long Island, New York (video)

About Climate Ready Estuaries

About Climate Ready Estuaries
  • Ten Year Progress Report, 2008–2018
  • What is the Climate Ready Estuaries program?
  • Annual progress reports, 2009–2012

News and Events

  • February 2022. Global and Regional Sea Level Rise Scenarios for the United States.
  • The EPA Watershed Academy's June 2021 webcast on Climate Change Adaptation is online.
  • April 2021. EPA releases a new document in the Being Prepared for Climate Change family, Checklists of Potential Climate Change Risks.

Additional EPA Climate Change Resources

Climate Change. Information about why and how the climate is changing, and what we can do about it.


Climate Change Impacts on Coasts and Climate Change and Water. Learn how climate change is affecting our resources.


Creating Resilient Water Utilities. Find resources for the water utility sector to adapt to climate change.


EPA Climate Change Adaptation Resource Center. An interactive resource to help local governments effectively deliver services to their communities.

Contact Us to ask a question, provide feedback, or report a problem.
Last updated on January 27, 2023
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