Accelerating resiliency planning in communities across the Commonwealth
The EPAâs environmental justice screening and mapping tool (EJSCREEN) provides a nationally consistent dataset and approach for combining environmental and demographic indicators.
Resilient Virginia News – Jan. 2022: Virginia Communities Deserve a Better Future; Jonah Fogel Joins Resilient Virginia’s Board of Directors; Spring Resiliency Academy – Save the Dates; Resilient Virginia – 2021 By The Numbers; The State of Climate and Resiliency Policy in Virginia; Shawn Talmadge Appointed New VDEM State Coordinator; National Climate Adaptation and Resilience Strategy Act; Regional Resilience Toolkit; Flood Resilience Checklist
Virginia has made great strides over the last few years toward becoming a more resilient place to live, work and raise a family. In 2020 and 2021, significant state-level progress was made in the areas of coastal resiliency, flood preparedness, and building and infrastructure design.
This document, published by Center for Climate and Energy Solutions does a great job explaining what climate resilience is and why it must be an essential part of our planning processes.
Making Cities Resilient 2030 (MCR2030) is a programmatic approach developed by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) to help cities reduce risk and build resilience.
By: Trish Porter, Marketing and Communications Director, Resilient Virginia   1/26/2022 Resilient Virginia would like to welcome Jonah Fogel as the newest member of our
Unusual weather events; a global health crisis; a changing economy and massive job losses – these are only a few of the reasons we believe Virginia Canât Wait to move resiliency initiatives forward. Our communities deserve a better future.
Regional Resilience Toolkit: 5 Steps to build large scale resilience to natural disaster
Is your community prepared for a possible flood? Use EPA’s Flood Resilience checklist to improve your community’s flood resilience.
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Phase Two: Goals, Objectives, and 'Planning Toolkits' In Phase One we used input from community memb...resilientvirginia.org
2022 Year in Review; VADOT Resilience Plan; Climate-Proof Towns; Community Flood Preparedness Fund G...The SAFE Summit will convene top government officials, business leaders, and other stakeholders from the United States and allied nations to address the challenges to achieving secure and reliable supply chains in the transportation…
Join the South Central Climate Adaptation Science Center, the Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, U.S. Forest Service, and the United South and Eastern Tribes for our upcoming 2 day virtual workshop titled "Introduction to…
The 33rd Annual Environment Virginia Symposium is the Commonwealthâs premier environmental conference which brings together environmental professionals throughout Virginia from all sectors: government, non-profits, academia, and industry. Their joint efforts create better results…
2022 Year in Review; VADOT Resilience Plan; Climate-Proof Towns; Community Flood Preparedness Fund Grant Awards; Economic Development Funding; Events; more.
For Resilient Virginia, 2022 was a year of community action, environmental justice, preparedness, and organizational growth.
On December 15th, local and regional speakers will provide information about resilience hub initiatives and their benefit for community safety when disasters occur. This final Fall Resiliency Academy session is especially relevant for our communities as we deal with increased disruption from more frequent severe weather, flooding, and power outages.
