Climate Adaptation - Energy, Environment, & Fleet (EEF) Program Service
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Climate Adaptation

Staff from the Overton Brooks VA Medical Center in Shreveport deployed teams to each shelter to provide care for survivors of Hurrican IdaClimate change is driving widespread changes to both natural and human systems. With a broad mission and geographical distribution of facilities, VA recognizes that climate change will impact agency services, operations, programs, and assets.

VA’s 2021 Climate Action Plan (CAP) outlines VA’s response to the projected impacts of climate change to the department with the goal of ensuring sustained operations to support the uninterrupted delivery of benefits and services and VA’s “Fourth Mission.”

VA’s CAP was developed in response to the requirements in section 211 of Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis At Home and Abroad, signed January 27, 2021, which places greater emphasis on taking a government-wide approach to the climate crisis.

The CAP draws on VA’s ongoing efforts and establishes a pathway for expanding climate adaptation and resilience opportunities across all agency missions and roles. The plan focuses on VA’s physical infrastructure, resources, supply chain and the effects of climate change on the health of VA employees and the Veterans its serves.

In May 2022, VA stood up a senior-level Sustainability Task Force, chaired by VA’s Chief Sustainability Officer, to provide comprehensive oversight and leadership on sustainability and climate issues at VA.

Download the full CAP. Visit the White House Sustainability website for additional information on Federal agency plans.

Download VA’s previous Climate Change Adaptation Plan from 2014.

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