(AGENPARL) – mer 11 settembre 2024 Issued: Sep 11, 2024 (10:30am EDT)
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EPA Launches New Website to Support the Development of Climate-Resilient
Projects
WASHINGTON – Today, September 11, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
is announcing the launch of a new website, the Climate Resilience and
Adaptation Funding Toolbox. CRAFT is a user-friendly resource for technical
assistance providers working with federal funding applicants and recipients to
develop, apply for and implement climate-resilient investments. The website
provides simple, easy-to-understand resources that can help users consider
climate adaptation and resilience before, during and after applying for EPA
funding opportunities.
“This summer, communities across the nation have experienced more frequent
and intense wildfires, heat waves, floods, droughts and other extreme weather
events,” said EPA Deputy Administrator Janet McCabe. “These events often
lead to billion-dollar disasters and can threaten public health and the
social, environmental and economic fabric of our communities. This new toolbox
will support EPA’s collaboration with technical assistance providers, who
have the expertise and reach to help states, Tribes, communities, and others
proactively invest in climate resilience.”
“Communities across the nation face increasing impacts of climate change.
Investing in climate-smart projects and proactively managing climate change
risks can help build local resilience while achieving other community
goals,” said Vicki Arroyo, Associate Administrator for EPA’s Office of
Policy. “CRAFT can help technical assistance providers facilitate
conversations with federal funding applicants and recipients about the
resilience of their projects, before and after funding is secured.”
EPA is taking important steps to help its programs and funding applicants
invest in projects that can withstand the impacts of climate change. CRAFT is
a resource for technical assistance providers helping to guide investments of
federal funding – including the historic funding from the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act – to local solutions, while
also supporting investments that deliver results in the face of climate
change.
The materials provided in CRAFT include:
Program overviews of EPA’s financial assistance programs where climate-safe
investment opportunities are available.
Climate risk tools and decision support resources that can inform the
development, design and implementation of projects. 
Communications materials to facilitate discussions about adaptation,
resilience and environmental justice.
Meaningful engagement resources on how to perform targeted community
engagement efforts effectively and intentionally when implementing
climate-smart projects. 
Definitions of common terms to use during technical assistance consultations,
engagement efforts and the development of project proposals.
The information in CRAFT can help federal funding applicants and recipients
consider climate-related challenges to their projects at the outset, so
taxpayer dollars can be invested wisely. CRAFT also supports the development
of projects that advance multiple policy goals, such as achieving local flood
resilience, adopting nature-based infrastructure solutions, and protecting the
people and places most vulnerable to climate change.
With CRAFT, interested parties can more easily navigate EPA’s funding
opportunities, consider climate resilience and adaptation as part of their
investments, and meaningfully engage community members and other partners over
the life of their projects. 
Background
In support of the Biden-Harris Administration’s vision for a climate
resilient nation, as laid out in the National Climate Resilience Framework
(pdf), federal agencies are leveraging their programs and policies to
encourage climate-resilient investments and manage climate-related financial
risks. In Memorandum M-24-03, Advancing Climate Resilience through
Climate-Smart Infrastructure Investments and Implementation Guidance for the
Disaster Resiliency Planning Act (pdf), the Office of Management and Budget
directed all federal agencies to consider the effects of climate change in
federal infrastructure investment decisions and provide technical assistance
resources to prospective applicants. 
Since 2021, EPA’s Climate Adaptation Plans have committed the agency to
encouraging climate-resilient investments through its programs and
investments. To help advance these federal and agency-wide priorities, EPA’s
Resilient Infrastructure Subgroup on Climate has been working internally to
support the agency’s financial assistance programs while also externally
assisting applicants and recipients as they invest in climate-resilient
projects. The release of CRAFT is an important step in helping communities
more effectively secure and leverage federal resources and finance efforts
that help build local resilience, ensuring that federal dollars are wisely
invested, and encourage additional resources to come into communities.
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