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USDA Announces Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan

On October 7th, USDA announced a new climate adaptation and resilience plan describing various ways in which the agency will prepare for current and future impacts of climate change. The plan was USDA's response to Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, which tasked agencies with preparing action plans into missions, programs, operations, and management. The plan proposes to utilize all functions of USDA to incorporate strategies to address climate adaptation and resilience to better deal with a changing climate.

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https://www.usda.gov/media/press-releases/2021/10/07/usda-announces-plan-integrate-climate-adaptation-its-missions-and

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https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/02/01/2021-02177/tackling-the-climate-crisis-at-home-and-abroad