New governors’ resilience playbook

This Resilience Playbook was created by the USCA Resilience Working Group, co-chaired by California and Massachusetts in collaboration with resilience leaders from eight other states, for new governors taking office in January 2019. It provides background information on resilience, support for launching a resilience initiative and additional resources. Appendices also provide reference material on resilience assessments and climate impacts in US states.

The Playbook draws on resilience innovations from USCA states and governors, covering everything from program launches to implementation. It also draws on expertise and best practices from organizations like The Nature Conservancy, the National Council for Science and the Environment, the Georgetown Climate Center, the Blue Green Alliance, and Columbia Earth Sciences Center, which are doing innovative work on natural infrastructure systems, adaptation policy, university training linkages, and data development.