New EPA Climate Adaptation Policy Focuses on Financial Assistance, Local Partnerships

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a new Policy Statement on Climate Adaptation, which is an update from the agency’s 2011 version.  The Statement lists the modernization of financial assistance programs as its top priority, with a focus on grants, loans, technical support, cooperative agreements, and other programs to help support state, tribal, and local government actions that mitigate the impacts of climate change.  The Statement also stresses the importance of implementing the 2013 Climate Change Adaptation Plan and measuring performance of climate adaptation programs undertaken as a result.  

The Statement can be accessed here.

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