President Biden signed several Executive Orders related to climate resiliency and sustainable infrastructure. The Executive Orders aim to:
- Center the Climate Crisis in US Foreign Policy and National Security Considerations;
- Take a “Whole-of-Government” approach to the Climate Crisis and Create an Office of Domestic Climate Policy;
- Leverage Federal Buying Power;
- Rebuild Infrastructure to catalyze the creation of jobs in construction, manufacturing, engineering and the skilled-trades;
- Advance Conservation, Agriculture, and Reforestation;
- Revitalize Energy Communities;
- Secure Environmental Justice and Economic Opportunity.
The President also signed a memorandum on scientific integrity and evidence-based policymaking, which will re-establish the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST).
A full fact-sheet is available here.