The American Geophysical Union's (AGU) Thriving Earth Exchange (TEX) has been named as a partnering organization with the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy newly launched "Resilience Dialogues." Officials are hoping to help communities facing climate resilience challenges by offering them a consultative service that will connect them with information, tools, and programs, they are hoping to support to community wide climate-resilience needs. TEX was established three years ago by AGU and has been connecting communities "facing challenges related to the geosciences, such as adapting to climate change and protecting water quality, and pro bono geoscientists who are experts in pertinent fields."

 The success of these efforts, and others like those of TEX, are what led the White House to use a collaborative approach, engaging 22 public and private organizations supporting the Resilience Dialogues initiative.