EcoAdapt staff identified potential projects to be written as case study examples through interviews and surveys and reviews of online resources and publications. All of the case studies follow the same format and include similar information underneath each heading – Summary/Overview, Background, Implementation (e.g., process, resources and information used, stakeholder or outreach engagement), and Outcomes and Conclusions (resources produced, anticipated and unanticipated outcomes, metrics for success, challenges and if/how they were overcome, next steps, lessons learned). Case studies underwent internal and external peer review. This section presents 18 long-form case studies from our survey of climate adaptation activities in the 16 U.S. states.

For a complete list of all plans and case studies per state, please click and scroll down to: State Climate Action Plans, Mitigation Plans & Case Studies.