Resources

The resources listed below are a collection of guides, reports, and data tools for further support and assistance in climate planning. They can be sorted by category or alphabetically by clicking at the top of the columns below; or use the Search box to look for specific resources.

CategoriesResources
Data ToolsAir Quality Index
Data ToolsCDC Social Vulnerability Index
Data ToolsDHS Wisconsin Environmental Public Health Tracker
Data ToolsDNR Forest Canopy data
Data ToolsDNR Impaired Waters data
Data ToolsDNR Public Access to Boat Ramps
Data ToolsDNR Waste Sites data
Data ToolsEPA EJ screening tool
Data ToolsJustice 40 Map Screening Tool (beta version)
Data ToolsNational Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC)
Tool for measuring transition to electric transit fleets
Data ToolsState Climate Policy Tracker
Data ToolsUS Census Community Resilience Estimates
Data ToolsUSDA data on food desert locations
Data ToolsUSDOT Equitable Transportation Community (ETC) Explorer
Data ToolsUSDOT Traffic Safety Visualization Tool
Data ToolsWisconsin Environmental Equity Tool (WEET)
Disaster/Emergency ManagementAARP/FEMA: Disaster Resilience Tool Kit
Disaster/Emergency ManagementAmerican Planning Association Hazard Mitigation Policy Guide
Disaster/Emergency ManagementNAACP: In the Eye of the Storm: A People’s Guide to Transforming Crisis & Advancing Equity in the Disaster Continuum
Energy Efficiency & ElectrificationACEEE Leading with Equity
Energy Efficiency & ElectrificationACEEE Scorecard
Energy Efficiency & ElectrificationDOE Weatherization Assistance Program
Energy Efficiency & ElectrificationRewiring America
Energy Efficiency & ElectrificationRMI: Eight Benefits of Building Electrification for Households, Communities, and Climate
Energy Efficiency & ElectrificationSlipstream Job Training Program
Energy Efficiency & ElectrificationWI DEHCR: Weatherization
Engagement, Environmental Justice & AdvocacyACEEE Leading with Equity
Engagement, Environmental Justice & AdvocacyAction for the Climate Emergency (ACE)
Engagement, Environmental Justice & AdvocacyArrested Mobility Report
Engagement, Environmental Justice & AdvocacyClimate Generation
Engagement, Environmental Justice & AdvocacyClimate Reality Project: How to Talk about the Climate Crisis Effectively
Engagement, Environmental Justice & AdvocacyEnvironmental Justice Provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act
Engagement, Environmental Justice & AdvocacyEPA EJ Funding
Engagement, Environmental Justice & AdvocacyEPA EJ screening tool
Engagement, Environmental Justice & AdvocacyEPA Environmental Justice
Engagement, Environmental Justice & AdvocacyEquitable and Just National Climate Platform
Engagement, Environmental Justice & AdvocacyGoverning for Equity: Implementing an Equity Lens in Local Government
Engagement, Environmental Justice & AdvocacyGovernment Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE)
Engagement, Environmental Justice & AdvocacyMoving Together (NACTO Community Engagement Guide)
Engagement, Environmental Justice & AdvocacyRewiring America
Engagement, Environmental Justice & AdvocacyStanford Social Innovation Review: What the Heck Does 'Equity' Mean?
Engagement, Environmental Justice & AdvocacyUSDOT Equitable Transportation Community (ETC) Explorer
Funding GuidesClimate Cabinet: IRA Guide for Leaders of Public Utilities
Funding GuidesDane County Office of Energy & Climate Change: Federal Funding
Funding GuidesEmerald Cities Collaborative Justice40 Playbook
Funding GuidesEPA Clean Energy Financing Tool Kit
Funding GuidesEPA EJ Funding
Funding GuidesGeneral Services Administration (GSA) Data to Decisions (D2D), Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) Maps Dashboard
Funding GuidesIIJA Programs and Potential Uses (spreadsheet)
Funding GuidesTransportation 4 America: IIJA Overview
Funding GuidesUSDOT Discretionary Grant Checklist
Funding GuidesUSDOT Flexible Funding FAQ page
Funding GuidesUSDOT Navigator
Funding GuidesWhite House Guidebook to Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
General Guides & ReportsAmerican Cities' Climate Challenge
General Guides & ReportsAmerican Planning Association Climate Change Policy Guide
General Guides & ReportsAmerican Planning Association Equity in Zoning Planning Guide
General Guides & ReportsAmerican Planning Association Hazard Mitigation Policy Guide
General Guides & ReportsCenter for American Progress: A Framework for Local Action on Climate Change
General Guides & ReportsDangerous by Design 2022 report from Smart Growth America & Transportation for America
General Guides & ReportsDriving Down Emissions 2020 report from Smart Growth America & Transportation for America
General Guides & ReportsFoot Traffic Ahead 2023 report from Smart Growth America
General Guides & ReportsFormed Based Codes Institute: Award Recipients
General Guides & ReportsFormed Based Codes Institute: Library of Codes
General Guides & ReportsGoverning for Equity: Implementing an Equity Lens in Local Government
General Guides & ReportsGovernment Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE)
General Guides & ReportsGrist: Cities and Solutions
General Guides & ReportsNACRP (National Association of Climate Resilience Planners): Community-Driven Climate Resiliency Planning Framework
General Guides & ReportsNACTO Design Guides
General Guides & ReportsNACTO Policy Guides
General Guides & ReportsUSDN (Urban Sustainability Directors Network): Climate Justice and Action Planning
General Guides & ReportsUSDN (Urban Sustainability Directors Network): Equity
Laws and PoliciesModel Laws for Deep Decarbonization in the United States
TransportationArrested Mobility Report
TransportationDangerous by Design 2022 report from Smart Growth America & Transportation for America
TransportationDriving Down Emissions 2020 report from Smart Growth America & Transportation for America
TransportationFoot Traffic Ahead 2023 report from Smart Growth America
TransportationNACTO Design Guides
TransportationNACTO Policy Guides
TransportationNational Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC)
Tool for measuring transition to electric transit fleets
TransportationTransportation 4 America: IIJA Overview
TransportationUS National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization
TransportationUS National Blueprint for Transportation Decarbonization factsheet
TransportationUSDOT Discretionary Grant Checklist
TransportationUSDOT Equitable Transportation Community (ETC) Explorer
TransportationUSDOT Flexible Funding FAQ page
TransportationUSDOT Navigator
TransportationUSDOT Traffic Safety Visualization Tool
Wisconsin-Specific ResourcesDHS Wisconsin Environmental Public Health Tracker
Wisconsin-Specific ResourcesDNR Forest Canopy data
Wisconsin-Specific ResourcesDNR Impaired Waters data
Wisconsin-Specific ResourcesDNR Public Access to Boat Ramps
Wisconsin-Specific ResourcesDNR Waste Sites data
Wisconsin-Specific ResourcesWI DEHCR: Weatherization
Wisconsin-Specific ResourcesWisconsin Clean Energy Tool Kit
Wisconsin-Specific ResourcesWisconsin Environmental Equity Tool (WEET)
Wisconsin-Specific ResourcesWisconsin Initiative on Climate Change (WICCI): Adapting to evolving climate challenges in Wisconsin
Wisconsin-Specific ResourcesWisconsin Local Government Climate Coalition (WLGCC)