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By: FEDweek StaffThe Biden administration has issued instructions to agencies on complying with its executive order aiming to reduce the government’s environmental impact by changing to clean energy and low carbon emissions in its buildings, vehicles and operations.
“Achieving these ambitious commitments requires action by each and every agency, starting today,” says implementing instructions from the White House Council on Environmental Quality. “Accordingly, E.O. 14057 sets forth specific goals for agencies, requires them to set annual targets, and establishes an integrated approach to planning and managing performance—setting the foundation for a decade of action to cut GHG [greenhouse gas] emissions from federal operations and drive greater sustainability government-wide.”
The instructions among other things require agencies to create a Sustainability Plan, a Climate Action Plan and Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan, to include goals and annual reporting requirements.
Agencies also are to issue or revise pertinent policies to align them with the goals and requirements of the order; and to use strategies such as environmental management systems and energy management systems “if they align with and support their agency needs and facilitate implementation and progress toward” meeting the order’s goals.
Agencies that provide government-wide training, resources or technical support related to federal sustainability and climate adaptation further are to review them to make sure they “are current and aligned with goals and requirements of the E.O.”
The instructions are at https://www.sustainability.gov/pdfs/EO_14057_Implementing_Instructions.pdf.
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