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Finding the Funds to Achieve Climate Resilience

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As natural hazards like heatwaves, droughts, flooding, wildfires, and hurricanes become more frequent and intense, communities, businesses, and farms are being forced to confront rapidly escalating climate- and weather-related risks. Building resilience against these growing threats often requires the implementation of costly changes to land management practices, critical infrastructure, emergency preparedness, and early warning systems.

Unfortunately, these costs can add up quickly – to a point where they exceed available budgets. Fortunately, the United States makes billions of dollars available each year to support climate resilience projects—but you have to know where to look for the opportunities.

For communities, businesses, and farms that might need help in bridging budgetary gaps on the road to climate resilience, we've compiled a list of some of the most prominent federal funding opportunities. The list is far from exhaustive. In addition to other federal grants and loan opportunities, there are funding opportunities from state and local governments, as well as the private sector. This list will give you a strong starting point for locating some of the most commonly available funding opportunities:

Of course, finding a funding opportunity is just the first step. The grant application process is fraught with challenges that can potentially upend your efforts to secure funding. Even after you a secure a grant, that funding can be lost if you don't understand and keep up with its requirements.

We've compiled several sources to help you avoid the potential pitfalls of the funding application and administration processes. Those sources include:

And, specifically for those in the agricultural sector, we have:

Finding the Funds to Achieve Climate Resilience
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