The Department of Natural Resources is a leader in climate change action in Maryland. The Department is leading efforts to:
- Collect, analyze, and generate climate data to inform how Maryland manages land and water resources;
- Strategically protect land to adapt to climate impacts, such as sea level rise, changing precipitation patterns, and invasive species;
- Reevaluate how the state manages and restores land and aquatic resources to adapt to current and future climate conditions;
- Work directly with communities to support their climate adaptation needs, including technical assistance, building capacity, and identifying opportunities to use nature-based strategies to strengthen community resilience; and
- Bolster this work through policy change, funding opportunities, and cross-agency collaboration.
Together, these initiatives aim to strengthen the resilience of Maryland’s diverse natural, human, social, and economic systems to the impacts of climate change.
