Inflation Reduction Act: Climate-Ready Coasts and Communities

More than 40% of the U.S. population lives in coastal counties where residents are experiencing climate change in a variety of ways including more rapidly intensifying hurricanes, more severe storms, excessive heat, deepening droughts, and more frequent flooding.

Through Climate-Ready Coasts and Communities initiatives, NOAA will work with state, local, and tribal governments, tribes, and tribal and Native organizations, NGOs, and the private sector in coastal and Great Lakes communities to develop and support durable, local capacity to adapt to climate change impacts, while growing economies, protecting fisheries, addressing environmental justice, and developing a climate-ready workforce.

These Climate-Ready Coasts and Communities initiatives include:

• Climate Resilience Regional Challenge
• Tribal Priorities
• Climate-Ready Fisheries 
• Climate Resilience Accelerators 
• Climate-Ready Workforce
• Additional funding for high-quality projects through BIL Notice of Funding Opportunities, non-competitive funding for Integrated Ocean Observing Systems, Technical Assistance to states, localities, tribes, and other partners.