Guides for Equitable and Actionable Resilience (GEAR)

GEAR provides Massachusetts communities access to data and guidance to assess climate change impacts, as well as actions and case studies for building community resilience. Provide feedback: info.resilientma@mass.gov.


Guides for Equitable and Actionable Resilience (GEAR)

GEAR provides Massachusetts communities access to data and guidance to assess climate change impacts, as well as actions and case studies for building community resilience. Provide feedback: info.resilientma@mass.gov.

Learn how to use GEAR:
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Watch How-To Video
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Explore Community Guide
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Explore the Community Guide to learn more about who lives in your community and the ways that people build connections, access support and resources, receive essential information, and participate in decision-making. This guide is designed to complement the other hazard-focused guides, and is a key piece that feeds into the "Uncovering Social Resilience" step of MVP 2.0.

Explore the Community Guide to learn more about who lives in your community and the ways that people build connections, access support and resources, receive essential information, and participate in decision-making. This guide is designed to complement the other hazard-focused guides, and is a key piece that feeds into the "Uncovering Social Resilience" step of MVP 2.0.

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Select Your Factors
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Select a community system and an available climate hazard to generate a guide that explores the intersection of these factors and who and what in your community might be most impacted. 

Select a community system and an available climate hazard to generate a guide that explores the intersection of these factors and who and what in your community might be most impacted. 

Select Your Factors
Community Systems
Climate Hazards