Climate Adaptation

Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, directs agencies to update their Climate Adaptation Plans. The Department's Climate Adaptation Plan looks at every available tool ED has at its disposal to prioritize equitable access to healthy, safe, sustainable, 21st-century learning environments and sustainability learning that equips students to face the challenges of the future.

• 2021 Climate Adaptation Plan PDF (386K)

Sustainability

The goal of Executive Order 13834, Efficient Federal Operations, requires each federal agency to prepare a Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan.

• 2020 Strategic Sustainability Performance Plan PDF (315K)

ED's Infrastructure and Sustainability Programming for Schools

• U.S. Department of Education Green Ribbon Schools
• Green Strides School Sustainability Resource Hub
• ED’s Infrastructure and Sustainability Programming for Schools