U.S. Agency for International Development's 2021 Climate Readiness Plan

The U.S. Agency for International Development's 2021 Climate Readiness Plan is a national cross-sectoral action plan of the United States. Its main objectives are to develop and release a new USAID-wide Climate Strategy that delivers tangible development objectives, mainstreams climate change into Agency programs and operations, and establishes firm timelines, milestones, and targets, as well as appropriate resource commitments; improve implementation of climate risk management and further mainstream climate considerations and implications into programming in all areas; advance the integration of climate risk into USAID’s enterprise risk management process; ensure USAID has the capacity in place to implement its Climate Strategy, including mainstreaming climate into programming, and that its global workforce is climate ready and resilient; and improve USAID’s business model to better align with climate resilience principles in the Agency’s acquisition & assistance lifecycle from activity design to award management.