USAID 2021 Climate Readiness Plan
USAID developed its Climate Readiness Plan in response to Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. This Executive Order instructed Federal Government agencies to take a wide range of actions to combat the climate crisis: from placing climate change at the center of U.S. foreign policy, to leveraging the Federal Government’s buying power, procurement policies, and real property management to support robust climate action.
USAID’s Climate Readiness Plan supports and aligns with the USAID’s forthcoming Climate Strategy and demonstrates USAID’s whole-of-Agency approach to combating the climate crisis. The Climate Readiness Plan also reflects USAID’s commitment to leading by example by adapting to climate change.