Federal Adaptation Resources

Presidential Resources & Council on Environmental Quality

Council on Environmental Quality – Climate Change Resilience Main Page

The President’s Climate Action Plan (PDF)

Executive Order 13653, November 1, 2013,“Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change”

Interagency Adaptation Force

• “Federal Actions for a Climate Resilient Action: Progress Report of the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force,” October 28, 2011 (PDF)

• “Progress Report of the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force: Recommended Actions in Support of a National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy,” October 5, 2011 (PDF)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Main EPA Climate Change Adaptation Page

EPA Climate Adaptation Implementation Plans

EPA, Policy Statement on Climate Change Adaptation, 6/2014

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

USDA Main Adaptation Page

USDA Climate Change Adaptation Plan

USDA Regional Climate Hubs

USDA Policy Statement, 6/3/11 (PDF)

U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC)

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

Ocean and Coastal Resource Management page

U.S. Department of Defense (DoD)

Department of Defense Climate Change Adaptation Roadmap, 2012 (PDF)

Department of the Navy

• “U.S. Navy Climate Change Roadmap,”April 2010 (PDF)

Army Corps of Engineers

• “USACE Climate Change Adaptation Plan and Report 2011,” June 3, 2011 (PDF)

U.S. Department of Education (DE)

“FY 2012 Climate Change Adaptation Plan” (PDF)

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

“2012 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan” (PDF)

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

“HHS Climate Change Adaptation Plan,”June 29, 2012, (PDF)

CDC Climate and Health Main Page

National Institute of Environmental and Health Services (NIEHS)

• Environmental Health Perspectives – Integrating Climate Change Adaptation into Public Health Practice

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

DHS Climate Change Adaptation and Emergency Management Page

DHS – Building a Resilient Nation

Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA)

• FEMA Climate Change Adaptation Policy Statement, January 23, 2012 

U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD)

United States HUD Policy Statement for Climate Change Adaptation (PDF)

U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI)

Climate Change – Adaptation and Decision Support Tools

Secretarial Order No. 3289, Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change on America’s Water, Land, and Other Natural and Cultural Resources 

US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)

• “Rising to the Urgent Challenge, Strategic Plan for Responding to Accelerating Climate Change,” September 2010 (PDF)

Landscape Conservation Cooperatives

United States Geological Survey

• USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center (NCCWC)

  • Climate Science Centers

• USGS Climate and Land Use Change Research and Development

National Parks Service

• “Climate Change Response Strategy,” September 2010 (PDF)

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

“USAID Climate Change Adaptation Plan,” June 2012 (PDF)

U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)

Transportation and Climate Change Clearinghouse

U.S. Department of Transportation Climate Adaptation Plan (PDF)