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EPA Publishes its 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan
WASHINGTON — Today, June 20, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
released its 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan, which describes agency actions
to address the impacts of climate change and help build a more
climate-resilient nation. The plan expands the agency’s efforts to ensure
its programs, facilities, workforce and operations are increasingly resilient
to climate change impacts. EPA plays a central role in the Biden-Harris
Administration’s efforts to tackle the climate crisis and build a
climate-resilient nation.
The plan builds on work initiated in the 2014 and 2021 EPA Climate Adaptation
Plans to incorporate climate adaptation into the agency’s programs,
policies, rules, enforcement activities and operations. EPA has already made
significant strides partnering with other federal agencies, states, Tribes,
territories and local governments to promote climate resilience across the
nation, placing a particular focus on advancing environmental justice.
Nevertheless, more needs to be done given the magnitude of this global
challenge.
“We’re already seeing the devastating impacts of climate change in our
daily lives, such as more frequent and intense weather events,” said Vicki
Arroyo, EPA Associate Administrator for Policy. “The publication of EPA’s
2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan supports our continuing efforts to prepare
for these impacts, build resilience, and support climate-smart solutions and
investments that work for communities across the country.”
“We are strengthening EPA’s ability to adapt, and building a more
climate-informed workforce,” said Kimberly Patrick, EPA Principal Deputy
Assistant Administrator for Mission Support. “The plan lays out our roadmap
for the next four years to reinforce our facilities, critical infrastructure,
supply chains and procurement processes to withstand potential risks posed by
climate change – above all, to safeguard our workforce so that they can
continue to carry out our mission of protecting human health and the
environment.”
Highlights from EPA’s 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan are included below.
Fostering a Climate-Ready Workforce – EPA is building a climate-literate
workforce through ongoing education and training and to ensure staff are
equipped with an understanding of projected climate impacts, the vulnerability
of EPA programs to these impacts, and adaptation approaches. One example is
the agency-wide Climate Conversations webinar series helping to build a
community of practice and encourage peer-to-peer sharing of experiences.
Building Facility Resilience – EPA is continuing to conduct facility
resiliency assessments to identify vulnerabilities to the impacts of climate
change and make recommendations to increase facility resilience.
Developing Climate-Resilient Supply Chains – EPA has included an assessment
of climate hazard risk as part of its overall Agency Supply Chain Risk
Management plan. The agency plans to conduct supply chain risk assessments
under the Program Management Improvement Accountability Act and Federal
Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act in fiscal year 2024.
Integrating Climate Resilience into External Funding Opportunities – EPA is
modernizing its financial assistance programs to encourage investments by
communities and Tribes that are more resilient in an era of climate change. 
To support this effort, EPA launched an internal Climate-Resilient Investments
Clearinghouse website to help managers of financial assistance programs
incorporate climate adaptation and resilience considerations in the investment
decisions EPA makes each day.
Applying Climate Data and Tools to Decision Making – EPA is equipping
communities and the recipients of financial resources with the tools, data,
information and technical support they need to assess their climate risks and
develop the climate-resilience solutions most appropriate for them.
Integrating Climate Adaptation into Rulemaking Processes – EPA is
integrating climate adaptation into its rulemaking processes where appropriate
and in keeping with our statutory authorities to ensure they are effective
even as the climate changes.  For example, on March 14, 2024, EPA finalized a
rule requiring a broad array of facilities that manage hazardous materials to
develop response plans to prepare for the largest foreseeable discharges in
adverse weather conditions, including more extreme weather conditions expected
as the climate changes. EPA is also committed to applying climate change and
environmental justice policy principles through National Environmental Policy
Act reviews.
In March 2024, EPA launched a new Office of Climate Adaptation and
Sustainability that will support efforts to build resilience to climate change
and promote sustainability in support of the agency’s mission and its
partnerships. Find EPA’s 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan on our climate
adaptation website.
BACKGROUND
President Biden directed federal agencies to meet the challenge of the climate
crisis in a way that protects federal investments, grows good jobs and
industries and makes the nation more economically competitive. That includes
making federal agencies and programs more resilient to the climate crisis.
“As communities face extreme heat, natural disasters and severe weather from
the impacts of climate change, President Biden is delivering record resources
to build climate resilience across the country,” said Brenda Mallory, Chair
of the White House Council on Environmental Quality. “Through his Investing
in America agenda and an all-of-government approach to tackling the climate
crisis, the Biden-Harris Administration is delivering more than $50 billion to
help communities increase their resilience and bolster protections for those
who need it most. By updating our own adaptation strategies, the federal
government is leading by example to build a more resilient future for all.”
Federal agencies have been making steady progress on efforts to build adaptive
capacity and resilience across federal operations. Today’s publication of
EPA’s 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan is part of a coordinated release of
more than twenty federal agencies’ climate adaptation plans. These plans
highlight efforts across the federal government to ensure federal facilities,
employees, resources and operations are increasingly resilient to climate
change impacts.
Each agency’s plan aligns with adaptation and resilience requirements in
section 211 of Executive Order 14008: Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and
Abroad, section 5(d) of EO 14030: Climate-Related Financial Risk, and section
503 of EO 14057: Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal
Sustainability. The plans also demonstrate how agencies are contributing to
the objectives and opportunities for action identified in the Biden-Harris
Administration’s National Climate Resilience Framework and incorporating
natural hazards and climate resilience into real property asset management and
investment decisions (per the Disaster Recovery Planning Act and Memorandum
for Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies M-24-03).
All plans from each of the agencies and more information are available at the
Federal Sustainability Plan website.
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