New Mitigation and Climate Action Planning Resources Available from APA
The American Planning Association (APA), with support from FEMA’s Cooperating Technical Partners program, produced a collection of mitigation and climate action planning resources to support state, local, tribal and territory governments with risk-based mitigation planning.
Scenario planning can help planners make communities more resilient from future conditions; these conditions can include extreme weather and changing demographics. This PAS Memo offers guidance to planners on how to expand the use of foresight through exploratory scenario planning in both the hazard mitigation and climate adaptation fields.
- Planning Information Exchange Webinar: Foresight and Scenario Planning for Hazard Mitigation and Climate Adaptation. Presented by APA during 2022 National Community Planning Month, the recording of this webinar defines the use cases for scenario planning for both hazard mitigation and climate adaptation
- 2022 Survey of State Planning Laws: Land Use, Hazard Mitigation and Climate Action. This story map summarizes key themes that emerged from the 2022 survey. The interactive maps allow users to view details on key laws that affect hazard mitigation and climate action planning for each state.
For more resources that help communities integrate principles of hazard mitigation with planning efforts visit FEMA’s Implement, Integrate and Maintain Mitigation Planning Activities page.
