As directed by President Biden's January 28, 2021, Executive Order 14008, major Federal agencies are required to develop an adaptation and resilience plan to address their most significant climate risks and vulnerabilities. On October 7, 2021, the White House announced the release of more than 20 Federal Agency Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans. As part of these efforts, agencies will embed adaptation and resilience planning and implementation throughout their operations and programs and will continually update their adaptation plans.
The agencies releasing Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans are:
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Education
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of the Interior
- Department of Justice
- Department of Labor
- Department of State
- Department of the Treasury
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Environmental Protection Agency
- General Services Administration
- Millennium Challenge Administration
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- National Capital Planning Commission
- Office of Personal Management
- Smithsonian Institution
- Social Security Administration
- U.S. Agency for International Development
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
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Themes
Climate change
Governance
Country and region
United States of America
Publication year
2021