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EPA Climate Change Programs

There are over 20 climate change programs within EPA's Office of Air and Radiation, including public-private partnership efforts and vehicle technology research and development. These programs work with the private sector to cost effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions and facilitate energy efficiency improvements.

Rating

What This Rating Means

PERFORMING
Adequate

This rating describes a program that needs to set more ambitious goals, achieve better results, improve accountability or strengthen its management practices.
  • The Climate Change voluntary programs have adequate performance measures and have implemented sector-wide efficiency measures to inform management and planning decisions. Measures for each sector track the amount of greenhouse gas emissions that are reduced as a result of the programs' efforts.
  • The measurement of individual program performance within sectors is uneven. The Clean Automotive Technology program for example needs to improve how it demonstrates the link between program activities and near-term greenhouse gas reduction.
  • Some programs are more successful than others in collecting and presenting performance information and using the data to drive management decisions. The Energy Star program puts particular effort into this area.

Improvement Plan

About Improvement Plans

We are taking the following actions to improve the performance of the program:

  • Assessing and comparing the potential benefits from and efforts of the Clean Automotive Technology program to efforts at other agencies with similar goals.
  • Developing better performance measures for the Clean Automotive Technology program.

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