Weathering Extremes: A Toolkit for Information Resilience Amid Disaster

This toolkit examines how extreme weather events are increasingly accompanied by information threats that can endanger lives, disrupt response and weaken long-term resilience. Developed by the Center for Climate and Security, it is designed for emergency managers, resilience officers, public information officers and community partners. It frames information resilience as a core element of disaster preparedness, response and recovery.

The key takeaway is that disaster communication needs systems for anticipating, triaging and countering information threats, not only correcting false claims after they spread. The toolkit provides practical strategies for building readiness and trust before crises, assessing the immediacy, prevalence and severity of harmful narratives during disasters, and strengthening partnerships and strategic communications after events. It highlights information resilience as important for community safety, critical infrastructure, policymaking and national security.