About Us

The Climate Resilience Collaborative (CRC) is a research program at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, that is funded through the Office of Naval Research and led by Dr. Chip Fletcher.  CRC is an affiliation of experts spanning physical and social sciences, community design, economics, and policy spread across the Mānoa campus working to better understand challenges related to climate change. We study and model various flood risks, coastal erosion and land loss, groundwater inundation and storm drain failure, community design, extreme weather, and compound events, all through the lens of sea level rise.  Our work requires cross-disciplinary and integrated investigation on a range of spatial and temporal scales. CRC’s research products are developed for use by communities and decision makers in Hawaiʻi with an emphasis on integrating resiliency efforts between Hawaiʻi’s communities and Department of Defense facilities.