This tool is designed to guide California Tribes through an extreme heat vulnerability assessment, provide easy access to available projected extreme heat and related vulnerability data, and allow Tribes to assess, rank, and identify strategies to address extreme heat in their communities. At the end of the process, the tool generates a community profile summarizing the extreme heat and vulnerability data, risk determinations, and suggested adaptation strategies. In addition, Tribes will be able to export a customizable extreme heat vulnerability assessment report designed to be integrated into climate change vulnerability assessments or adaptation plans.
Guidance Document: The EISI for Extreme Heat Online Guidance Document provides a step-by-step guide for using the tool, including important considerations for each step and answers to frequently asked questions. (Click here for the PDF version.)
Training Video: Coming soon!
The Interactive Exposures, Impacts, and Strategies Inventory (EISI) Tool for Extreme Heat (EISI for EH) Project is a collaborative pilot initiative led by the Pala Band of Mission Indians (Pala), Prosper Sustainably, and the Public Health Alliance of Southern California. This pilot project focuses on modifying and integrating the EISI tool, a well-established framework for assessing climate-related risks developed by the Tribal Climate Health Project, into an interactive, guided tool built on the California Healthy Places Index: Extreme Heat Edition (HPI: EHE) map platform. This project is funded through Round 1 and 2 of the Tribal Research Grant Program (TRGP), led by the California Energy Commission (CEC). The second round of funding allowed the TCHP to develop a robust, fully customizable report feature within the EISI for EH tool to further support Tribes based on specific needs and contexts related to heat exposures and impacts. Beyond the pilot phase, we aim to expand the EISI for Extreme Heat Tool to incorporate additional climate exposures, such as drought, wildfire, and sea-level rise. If you are interested in supporting this work, please contact the Tribal Climate Health Project at info@tribalclimatehealth.org
Interested in learning more about the EISI Extreme Heat Tool and how it was developed? Have questions about exposures, impacts or other indicators? Please contact Coline Bodenreider at cbodenreider@phi.org.
For questions related to the Tribal Climate Health Project, please contact Shasta Gaughen at sgaughen@palatribe.com or Angie Hacker at ahacker@prospersustainably.com