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Climate Adaptation

  • 2022 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plans

    Twenty EPA Offices, including its National Program Offices, Regional Offices, and the Office of Policy have released Implementation Plans that provide details on the specific actions they will take to protect human health and the environment and to increase the resilience of the entire nation, even as the climate changes.

     

  • 2021 Climate Adaptation Plan

    President Biden’s Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, required federal agencies to develop Climate Action Plans that describe their agency’s climate vulnerabilities and the steps it will take to bolster adaptation and increase resilience to the impacts of climate change.

     

  • Adaptation Resource Center (ARC-X)

    EPA’s Adaptation Resource Center (ARC-X) is an interactive resource to help local governments effectively deliver services to their communities even as the climate changes.

     

  • Administrator Regan to Co-Chair Extreme Heat IWG

    The White House has set up an extreme heat interagency working group, co-chaired by Administrator Regan, that will focus on developing both short- and long- term strategies to reduce the impact of extreme heat on vulnerable communities.

     
https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2015-08/documents/adaptationplans2014_508.pdf#page=231

President Biden has set ambitious climate adaptation and mitigation goals, and EPA will play a central role delivering on those commitments. EPA will help the nation anticipate, prepare for, adapt to, and recover from the impacts of climate change.

This includes evaluating how climate change might affect efforts to attain environmental standards and identifying strategies that also reduce greenhouse gases and other pollution.

Climate Adaptation Plans

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In 2021, EPA issued a Policy Statement signed by Administrator Regan and a Climate Adaptation Action Plan. In October 2022, EPA issued 20 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plans developed by its major offices, including the National Program and Regional Offices and the Office of Policy (including the Office of Environmental Justice which became a separate program office in September 2022).

Adaptation Resource Center

Regions of the United States

EPA’s Adaptation Resource Center (ARC-X) is an interactive resource to help local governments effectively deliver services to their communities even as the climate changes.

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Last updated on October 6, 2022