Climate Adaptation Plans
EPA’s 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan focuses on priority actions the agency will take over the next four years to allow the agency to deliver on its mission to protect human health and the environment, even as the climate changes. The plan integrates consideration of climate risks into multiple actions as appropriate and where consistent with EPA’s statutory authorities, such as in the development of rules, policy and guidance; permitting and environmental reviews; monitoring, enforcement, and compliance activities; and grant making.
Highlights from the plan include priority actions EPA is taking to:
- Foster a climate-ready workforce.
- Build facility resilience.
- Develop climate-resilient supply chains.
- Integrate climate resilience into external funding opportunities.
- Apply climate data and tools to decision-making.
- Integrate climate adaptation into rulemaking processes.
Read the plan: EPA's 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan (pdf) .
On this page:
- Previous Climate Adaptation Plans
- Implementation Plans for National Program Offices, Regions and Office of Policy
Previous Climate Adaptation Plans
EPA’s 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan builds on work initiated in previous 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. Nevertheless, more needs to be done given the magnitude of this global challenge.
Find previous climate adaptation plans below.
- EPA's 2021 Climate Adaptation Plan (pdf)
- EPA's 2014 Climate Adaptation Plan (pdf)
- EPA's 2013 Climate Change Adaptation Plan (pdf)
- EPA's 2012 Climate Change Adaptation Plan (pdf)
Implementation Plans for National Program Offices, Regions and Office of Policy
EPA’s major offices, including National Program Offices, Regional Offices and the Office of Policy, each developed climate adaptation implementation plans in October 2022 to support actions outlined in EPA’s 2021 Climate Adaptation Plan. Implementation plans will be updated to reflect updates to EPA’s 2024-2027 Climate Adaptation Plan.
Each implementation plan describes how programs and regions will integrate climate adaptation into programs, policies, and operations as appropriate and where consistent with EPA’s statutory authorities to enable EPA to achieve its mission, even as the climate changes. They also describe how EPA offices will partner with states, tribes, territories, local governments, and communities of all sizes to strengthen their ability to anticipate, prepare for, adapt to, and recover from the impacts of climate change. Particular attention is given to those actions that deliver co-benefits, including curbing greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution, and promoting public health and economic growth.
Taken together, the 20 implementation plans provide a roadmap for the specific actions EPA will take over the next four years with other federal agencies and its partners across the nation to continue to protect human health and the environment under future climate conditions.
- 2022 Office of Air and Radiation Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2024 Office of Children's Health Protection Climate Adaptation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Office of International and Tribal Affairs Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Office of Land and Emergency Management Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Office of Mission Support Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Office of National Security Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Office of Policy Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Office of Research and Development Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Office of Water Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Region 1 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Region 2 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2024 Region 3 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Region 4 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2025 Region 5 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Region 6 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Region 7 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Region 8 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Region 9 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)
- 2022 Region 10 Climate Adaptation Implementation Plan (pdf)