Building Resilience to a Changing Climate shares guidance and lessons learned from early efforts in collaborative climate resilience planning. Climate projections, both in general climate and to projections of increases in extreme weather lead us to expect that certain communities will be on the frontlines of cascading risks, requiring leaders in all sectors to consider social equity implications in decision-making. With a growing interest among leaders to take a more proactive stance on climate resilience, this book can serve as a tool for navigating an overwhelming and often daunting undertaking. As climate changes and impacts continue to accelerate and public demand for action increases, government agencies, and NGOs will face difficult decisions on how to engage, plan, and respond. The approach to this work has been adaptive, creative, and based on the latest research in climate science and public health. The work is rooted in the social-ecological model and health equity principles, taking a more holistic, systems-approach as opposed to the more conventional hazard mitigation approach. The methodology integrates concepts in "all-hazards planning" with "strengths-based" and "trauma-informed" approaches that broaden the planning to include other climate-driven stressors beyond acute natural hazard events. The book will appeal to researchers and practitioners in a number of fields, especially those concerned with climate risks to humans, communities, and social infrastructure. Features case studies walking through how theories, models and approaches in form practice and actionable plans Draws from a diversity of thought-leaders on the subject of strengths-based, collaborative, and equitable climate resilience planning Provides resources for readers to dive into and explore further on their own