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Climate Ready Estuaries

  • Climate Ready Estuaries

    The Climate Ready Estuaries program works with the coastal management community to:

    • Assess climate change vulnerabilities,
    • Develop and implement adaptation strategies, and
    • Engage and educate stakeholders.

    CRE provides technical guidance and assistance about climate change adaptation.

  • Coastal Adaptation Toolkit

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    Adaptation is action in response to change. Adaptation options depend on the magnitude of change and the impacts.

    Investigate impacts and identify responses
  • Risk-based Adaptation

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    Assess climate change vulnerability, then tackle the biggest risks.

    Prepare for climate change
  • Sea Level Rise

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    Sea level rise is accelerating. Higher water levels will affect every shoreline.

    Explore sea level rise
  • Climate Change in Coastal Communities

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    Coastal towns and cities are already seeing impacts, and facing unique challenges from climate change.

    Learn how coastal places are changing
  • Climate Change in Coastal Environments

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    Coastal ecosystems have threats from sea level rise, warming air and water temperature, and other stressors.

    Learn how coastal environments are changing
  • About Climate Ready Estuaries

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    Since 2008 the Climate Ready Estuaries program has helped environmental managers adapt to climate change.

    Find out more about CRE

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 May 31, 2023
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