In 2021 the ClimateWise team began working with the Maui County Office of Climate Change, Resiliency, and Sustainability (CCRS) to develop a countywide climate change vulnerability assessment. This assessment builds off of a variety of existing documents, including:

• County department vulnerability assessments,
• County multi-hazard mitigation plan,
• Other community plans and vulnerability assessments.

This planning effort began with an integrated, high-level climate change vulnerability assessment to help guide County policies, projects, and budget priorities related to climate resilience. The vulnerability assessment informed the development of the Maui County Climate Resilience Plan, formally adopted by the County on January 3, 2025.

Project Reports

• Climate and Community Trends Primer (PDF, 19MB)
• Maui County Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (PDF, 65MB)
• Maui Climate Action & Resiliency Plan (PDF, 61MB)

Community Engagement

This project included significant community engagement across the three populated islands of Maui County: Maui, Molokai, and Lānaʻi. First, our team developed a community survey, distributed to all residents of Maui County in February 2022. The results of this survey informed the discussions at a stakeholder workshop in March. Finally, in June we completed a series of Talk Story sessions that focused on more remote areas of the county: the islands of Molokai and Lānaʻi and the communities of East Maui.