Department of Commerce's 2021 Federal Climate Adaptation Plan

The Department of Commerce's 2021 Federal Climate Adaptation Plan is a national cross-sectoral action plan of the United States. Its main objectives are to foster and enhance the resilience of vulnerable communities against the key climate risks of extreme heat, drought, wildfires, flooding, coastal inundation and impacts to fisheries; support the development of climate-ready infrastructure via the development of forward-looking building standards; improve the ability to process patent application filings for climate change adaptation-related technologies in a timely manner; improve current analyses and systematically update projections on the impacts of climate change on the national economy as new data is available; and further embed climate considerations into the Economic Development Administration’s grant making, through investment priorities, grant criteria, application evaluation, and economic development planning.