Introduction
Created in 2017, the USET Climate Change Resilience Program assists Tribal Nations with climate change adaptation planning. Through the Tribal Climate Science Liaison, this program also connects Tribal Nations with resources at regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers and other partners to support Tribal adaptation planning and resilience to climate change.
Events, Webinars, and Trainings
Events, Webinars, and Trainings
See all upcoming climate change events.
Funding Opportunities
Funding Opportunities
Find information about the latest funding announcements, opportunities, and RFPs in the natural resources and climate change arena.
Student and Youth Opportunities
Student and Youth Opportunities
Find information about the latest scholarships, internships, fellowships, and other opportunities for Native students in the areas of natural resources and climate change.
Resolutions, Comments, and Testimony
Resolutions, Comments, and Testimony
Access USET’s official resolutions, comments, and testimonies related to climate change.
Climate Change 101
Climate Change 101
Learn about the basics of climate change phenomena.
Climate Forecasts
Climate Forecasts
Get a forecast of your region’s climate for the next 3-6 months. Get a sense of what short term changes and anomalies may be occurring and look at regional temperature, precipitation, and drought data.
Fifth National Climate Assessment
Fifth National Climate Assessment
Learn about the 2023 report.
Tribal Climate Planning Documents and Publications
Tribal Climate Planning Documents and Publications
Find a collection of Climate Adaptation Plans and vulnerability assessments that are publicly available and produced by Tribal Nations or organizations.
This Month's Top News and Stories
The 2024 USET Tribal Climate Resilience Camp was a success!
From June 10 to 14, representatives from Tribal Nations, federal agencies, and Climate Adaptation Science Centers (CASCs) joined USET staff for the 2024 USET Tribal Climate Resilience Camp. Staff and partners with five USET-member Tribal Nations participated in a week of presentations, team building, and breakout sessions to work on a climate resilience project or priority of each group’s choosing.
Annual BIA Tribal Climate Resilience Awards Program accepting applications until October 18
On July 9, the Department of Interior announced $120 Million available to Tribal Nations through the Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Climate Resilience (TCR) Annual Awards Program. Last year, $120.8 Million was also awarded, resulting in $3.6 Million to USET-member Tribal Nations. This FY24 competition is expected to be the last with funding increases from recent major legislation...
EPA launches climate resource hub and other opportunities for Tribal Nations
The EPA recently launched a new webpage intended to “compile relevant EPA climate resources for Tribes.” It centralizes many of the tools, resources, and information on training and grants that EPA provides and some from other federal agencies.
Tribal Climate Adaptation Guidebook
The Oregon Climate Change Research Institute, along with Adaptation International, created the Tribal Climate Adaptation Guidebook, which provides a framework for climate change adaptation planning in the context of existing Tribal priorities. The Guidebook builds on the ongoing climate-related work in Tribal communities, directly considers the unique issues facing Indigenous communities, and identifies…
The Guidebook provides a framework for climate change adaptation planning in the context of existing Tribal priorities.
Tribal Adaptation Menu – external
The Menu provides a framework to integrate Indigenous and traditional knowledge, culture, language and history into the climate adaptation planning process. It is an extensive collection of climate change adaptation actions for natural resource management, organized into tiers of general and more specific ideas.
Tribal Adaptation Menu
Many climate adaptation planning tools fail to address the unique needs, values and cultures of Indigenous communities. The Tribal Climate Adaptation Menu, which was developed by a diverse group of collaborators representing Tribal, academic, intertribal and government entities in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, provides a framework to integrate Indigenous and…
The Menu provides a framework to integrate Indigenous and traditional knowledge, culture, language and history into the climate adaptation planning process.
The U.S. Drought Monitor
The U.S. Drought Monitor is a map released every Thursday showing parts of the U.S. that are in drought. The map uses five classifications: abnormally dry (D0), showing areas that may be going into or are coming out of drought, and four levels of drought: moderate (D1), severe (D2),…
The State of Narragansett Bay and Its Watershed – Technical Report
Today’s environmental status of Narragansett Bay (Bay) and the entire Narragansett Bay Watershed (Watershed) is the result of hundreds of years of human activities and environmental variability. Numerous organizations have worked together for decades to reverse trends of declining environmental conditions and to understand new threats such as those…
The Fourth National Climate Assessment (NCA4)
The Global Change Research Act of 1990 mandates that the U.S. Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) deliver a report to Congress and the President no less than every four years that “1) integrates, evaluates, and interprets the findings of the Program…; 2) analyzes the effects of global change on the natural…
The Commonwealth of Virginia: The Natural Communities of Virginia: Ecological Groups and Community Types
This document lists the full classification hierarchy and includes the 82 ecological groups and 308 community types currently defined for Virginia. It is meant to function as a companion to the Division’s The Natural Communities of Virginia, Third Approximation web pages, which provide descriptions and illustrations of all Ecological…