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Climate Action Plan U.S. Department of the Treasury July 2021
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Preamble
Executive Order 14008 (Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad) identifies the immediate need for
comprehensive action to address the catastrophic impacts of climate change. It emphasizes that U.S. leadership—
and that of federal departments and agencies—will be required to significantly enhance global action and achieve
the necessary policy outcomes on climate change.
To that end, the U.S. Department of the Treasury is committed to using its broad and far reaching policy influence to
lead and support this important agenda. It will play a significant role working with other federal agencies, foreign
governments, and international financial institutions to stimulate global action on addressing climate change,
environmental justice, and working to prevent climate change-created economic and financial crises.
This first edition of the Treasury Climate Action Plan focuses on Executive Order 14008’s Section 211 (Climate Action
Plans and Data and Information Products to Improve Adaptation and Increase Resilience), Treasury’s efforts with regards to
its facilities and operations to bolster adaptation and increase resilience to the impacts of climate change. Pursuant to
Executive Order 14030 (Climate-Related Financial Risk), Treasury is also supporting the development of a government-
wide Climate-Related Financial Risk Strategy and engaging with Financial Stability Oversight Council member agencies
to advance efforts to provide financial regulators, financial institutions, and investors with the best information and
data to measure climate-related financial risks. Treasury’s significant international efforts under the Climate Finance
Plan and International Climate Strategy Plan established pursuant to Sections 102 and 103, respectively, of Executive
Order 14008, and its climate financial risk initiatives pursuant to Executive Order 14030 are presented and updated
through other policy documents and will be integrated into the Department’s FY 2022 - FY 2026 Strategic Plan.
Highlights of the Department of the Treasury’s numerous climate change response efforts, which expand upon and
sustain ongoing Treasury policy efforts, spanning across Treasury’s policy portfolios, include—
• Using U.S. leadership and commitment to significantly enhance global action and mobilize and align financial
flows to combat climate change and enhance resilience within the new climate environment.
• Promoting policies and initiatives supporting sustainable economic development and macroeconomic growth
and reducing inequality globally in key countries and regions.
• Increasing climate resilience and fostering low-greenhouse gas emission development by supporting partner
countries and regional efforts, per country strategies and initiatives that are consistent with the Paris Agreement.
• Creating and promoting incentives and policies for the private sector to invest in climate-friendly and resilient
projects and activities to spur innovation, commercialization, and deployment of clean energy technologies and
infrastructure.
• Promoting comparable, consistent, and relatable data that informs investors and institutions both domestically
and globally, with the information needed to identify and assess opportunities and to gauge climate risks while
promoting financial stability.
• Measuring, monitoring, and mitigating the impacts of climate-related financial risks on financial stability.
• Assessing and addressing the impacts of climate-related financial risks and associated policies on households
and communities in general, with a particular focus on low-income and households and communities of color
to ensure that they are not disparately impacted in an adverse manner.
