Climate Action Plan and Sustainability Plans

On January 27, 2021, President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. Federal agencies are responsible for developing a Climate Action Plan (CAP) that describes their efforts to increase resilience to climate change impacts. Agency CAPs also address climate vulnerabilities, increasing climate literacy within the management workforce, and plans to achieve climate -resilient facilities and supply chains. NASA’s CAP was reviewed by the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and released to the public in early October 2021. The CAP contains NASA’s Policy Statement for Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience. NASA’s CAP is found here.

Revitalizing Agency sustainability efforts is a critical step in achieving the goals of Eos 14008 and 14057. These EOs (and previous sustainability EOs) require annual Sustainability Plans describing an agency’s progress and future plans for meeting goals on greenhouse gas reduction, energy and water usage, performance contracting for energy conservation, waste reduction, sustainable buildings, fleet, sustainable procurement, and electronics stewardship. The Office of Management and Budget records annual sustainability progress in scorecards for each agency. Links for NASA’s prior plans and scorecards are here. CEQ has approved the 2022 Sustainability Plans for Federal agencies. You may read NASA’s plan here.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact:

Brendan Deyo, Environmental Management Division, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

Phone (202) 527-1213