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Mesa Arizona Greening Project Residents in Mesa, AZ plant trees and other vegetation to make their neighborhoods more livable and to reduce the dangers of extreme heat. © Ivan Martinez Photography
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Climate-Strong Communities

Strength Is in Our Nature

Amid the challenges of a warming planet, we can find strength in nature—and in each other.

Watch: How Supporting Nature's Resilience Supports Ours

Strength Is in Our Nature (0:39) Climate change adaptation starts with supporting nature—and each other. Together, we can strengthen our communities and protect them from the worst impacts of climate change.

Today, climate change throws frustrating, life-threatening, non-stop challenges at us. But the situation isn’t hopeless, and we’re not helpless. In fact, when we grow our connections with the people and nature around us, we become more resilient than ever.

Healthy nature is one of our greatest allies against climate change. 

  • Protecting reefs and wetlands can keep us safe from flooding.
  • Changing how we manage forests and other habitats can reduce the risk of dangerous wildfires.
  • And taking care of trees and other plants near us can cool our air when we need it most, saving us money, sweat and visits to the hospital.

When we support nature’s resilience, nature supports ours.

Three Ways to Strengthen Nature and Your Community

Do your part to support nature, connect with your community, and make our world stronger and more resilient to climate change.

  • Workers with the Conservador das Águas project separate seedlings in Extrema, Minas Gerais, Brazil to be taken to the planting areas. September, 2018. Plant a Billion Trees Project.

    Explore

    Boost your health and deepen your connection with nature by exploring places TNC protects. Plan your visit

  • The Cumberland Forest Project is one of TNC's largest-ever conservation efforts in the eastern United States.

    Advocate

    Speak up for nature by signing a pledge or contacting your local officials. Add your voice

  • Executive Leader of Career Connect Washington, and member of TNC in Washington Board of Trustees.

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Watch: How Nature Helps Us Adapt to Climate Change

What is Climate Adaptation? (2:26) How nature helps us adapt to a changing climate.

Nature’s Strength—By the Numbers

  • 97%

    The amount of a wave’s force a coral reef can absorb

  • 45°F

    The degrees to which trees can cool pavement temperatures

  • 1/3

    Nature could provide a third of the greenhouse gas reductions we need by 2030

  • $125T

    Nature contributes $125 trillion to the world economy every year

Learn How Nature Makes Us Stronger

Life at the Water’s Edge

A frequently flooded neighborhood on the outskirts of Baltimore is fighting—like so many towns across America—to envision a climate-resilient future.

The Nature of Resilience

10 communities around the world show how embracing nature makes them stronger and helps them adapt to climate change.

Nature is Common Ground

Air, water, food, shelter—nature sustains every aspect of our lives. But today it’s at risk.