This paper shows that there is ample scope for employing EIA procedures as a vehicle for enhancing the resilience of projects to the impacts of climate change. A number of entry points have been identified to incorporate climate change impact and adaptation considerations, from the strategic phase that precedes the initiation of the EIA, to the scoping, detailed assessment and implementation stages. While a number of governments have signalled their intent to move in this direction, this assessment could find examples in only three countries of projects that considered climate change impacts and adaptation as part of the EIA. Any approaches to incorporate consideration of climate change impacts within EIA modalities retain a certain degree of flexibility to accommodate better and more detailed as it becomes available. There is also a concomitant need to make substantial and long-term investments in the provision of climate change information, as well as establishing good communication mechanisms between the scientific community and practitioners.