Overview

The Climate Hazard and Mitigation Planning (CHaMP) online tool is an interactive website designed to: (1) communicate potential vulnerabilities to the public and authorities responsible for allocating resources for hazard mitigation activities; and (2) help local hazard mitigation, infrastructure, and land use planners integrate climate information into their hazard mitigation and other planning efforts. 

CHaMP provides users with a single point of access to county-, state- and region-specific historical climate and hazard data and projected climate information. It covers the states of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware, Washington D.C., Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota.

Organized around climate hazard themes, the tool displays climate metrics, hazard data, and hazard impacts in a visual format with downloadable data visualizations and tables that are accompanied by explanatory text. CHaMP is intended to be a timely and durable resource for historic and future climate information linked to natural hazard data.

The attached report provides users with contextual information and guidance to support Version 1.0 of CHaMP.

Audience

• Public officials, including but not limited to planners, emergency managers, engineers, consultants, other climate service providers, and community leaders and members interested in integrating climate, hazard, and impacts data and information into planning, public education, and other documents.
• State, local, tribal and territorial government officials leading or contributing to Hazard Mitigation Plans that serve as an eligibility requirement for U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) disaster mitigation grants.

Managing Organizations

Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP) Network

The Climate Adaptation Partnerships (CAP) network, formerly known as the Regional Integrated Sciences and Assessments (RISA) Program, comprises regional teams who conduct collaborative research on weather and climate-related issues of concern to decision makers and community planners at state and local levels. CAP is funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Program Office.

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