Building Resilience With Nature

Policy recommendations to reduce climate threats to communities and wildlife

Mallard flying over Richardson Bay Audubon Center and Sanctuary near San Francisco, California.
Mallard flying over Richardson Bay Audubon Center and Sanctuary near San Francisco, California.

The Climate Challenge

Hurricane Sandy damaged beach dunes in Holgate, New Jersey in 2012.
Hurricane Sandy damaged beach dunes in Holgate, New Jersey in 2012.
Two Audubon staff walk along a flooded road during high tide at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge, Maryland.
Two Audubon staff walk along a flooded road during high tide at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge in Cambridge, Maryland.

What Natural Infrastructure is and Why it is Important

White Ibises roosting in a mangrove forest near open water in Everglades National Park, Florida

Examples of Audubon's Natural Infrastructure Projects

How Congress Can Advance Nature-based Approaches to Climate Change

Black-bellied Plover standing on the shore as waves break in the distance, Lea-Hutaff Island, North Carolina

How the Biden-Harris Administration Can Advance Nature-based Approaches to Climate Change

A shed and boat near the Currituck Sound next to flood docks of the Donal C. O’Brien, Jr. Sanctuary and Audubon Center at Pine Island in Corolla, North Carolina.

Natural Infrastructure In the News


Audubon's full natural infrastructure policy platform is available below.