Extreme Weather Adaptation Lab

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BUILDING RESILIENT COMMUNITIES

We support local leaders with year-round training opportunities, custom research and user-friendly policy tools to help leaders make informed decisions to prepare for for the hazards impacting their communities.

Training Designed For Local Leaders

With extreme weather events striking with more frequency and intensity, the need for proactive governance is critical. By equipping local leaders with tailored insights and resources, we aim to reduce the human, environmental and financial costs of these escalating threats, fostering more resilient and better prepared communities across the state.

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Communities are facing the threats of intense and frequent:

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Extreme Heat

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Wildfire

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Flooding

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Severe Storms

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Drought

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Ice & Blizzards

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Develop resiliency blueprints tailored to your community’s unique needs

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Leaders We Serve

We invite resiliency stewards to join us in helping local communities prepare, withstand, recover and thrive in the face of increasing extreme weather events.

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New Extreme Weather Adaptation Lab will work with Texas communities to build resilience

Oct. 8, 2024

In recent decades, Texas experienced a significant increase in billion-dollar weather disasters. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Texas was impacted by 179 weather-related disasters that exceeded one billion dollars between 1980 and mid-June 2024. The Extreme Weather Adaptation Lab will help community leaders across Texas confront the escalating challenges posed by extreme heat, drought, flooding, wildfires, and severe storms, particularly in under-resourced and rural communities. The lab is designed to provide year-round training opportunities, customized research, and user-friendly policy tools to help community leaders make informed decisions to adapt to these hazards.