The White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy (also known as the Climate Policy Office) is an office within the
White House Office that is part of the
Executive Office of the President of the United States
The Executive Office of the President (EOP) comprises the offices and agencies that support the work of the president at the center of the executive branch of the United States federal government. The EOP consists of several offices and agenc ...
. It is headed by the Assistant to the President and National Climate Advisor (also known as the White House national climate advisor), which is president's chief advisor on domestic climate change policy. In addition, the National Climate Advisor serves as vice-chair of the
National Climate Task Force
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Common uses
* Nation or country
** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen
Places in the United States
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.
The Climate Policy Office differs from the
U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
The United States special presidential envoy for climate is a position in the Executive Office of the President of the United States with authority over energy policy and climate policy within the executive branch. It is currently held by John Ker ...
, who coordinates foreign climate policy, as well as the
Senior Advisor for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation, who coordinates clean energy policy. It also differs from the
Council on Environmental Quality, which assesses
environmental impacts
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within federal agencies.
History
The Climate Policy Office has its roots in the
White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, which was established under the
administration of
Barack Obama in 2008 but was folded into the
United States Domestic Policy Council in 2011 after Congress refused to fund the office.
Carol Browner served as the only director of this office. No equivalent office was established under the
administration of
Donald Trump.
The position of the National Climate Advisor was established by President
Joe Biden on January 20, 2021, and the Climate Policy Office was established on January 27. On December 14, 2020, it was announced that
Gina McCarthy, the former administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency
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under President
Barack Obama, would serve as the first national climate advisor, as well as chair of the National Climate Task Force. Former New York deputy secretary of energy and environment,
Ali Zaidi, served as the first deputy national climate advisor.
On 16 September 2022, Ali Zaidi was promoted to assistant to the president and national climate advisor.
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List of Climate Advisors
Structure
* Assistant to the President & White House National Climate Advisor
The White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy (also known as the Climate Policy Office) is an office within the White House Office that is part of the Executive Office of the President of the United States. It is headed by the Assistant to th ...
: Ali Zaidi
** Chief of Staff for the Office of Domestic Climate Policy: Maggie Thomas
* Deputy Assistant to the President & Deputy National Climate Advisor: TBC
** Special Assistant to the President for Climate Policy: David Hayes
** Special Assistant to the President for Climate Policy: John Rhodes
** Special Assistant to the President for Climate Finance: Clare Sierawski
** Special Assistant to the President for Climate Policy and Finance: Jahi Wise
** Special Assistant to the President for Climate Policy, Innovation & Deployment: Sonia Aggarwal
** Senior Advisor for Climate Resilience and Adaptation: Krystal Laymon
** Senior Advisor for Clean Energy Infrastructure: Robert Golden
** Senior Advisor for Climate Policy: Nick Conger
** Senior Director for Industrial Emissions: Trisha Miller
** Senior Director for Transportation Emissions: Austin Brown
See also
* U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate
The United States special presidential envoy for climate is a position in the Executive Office of the President of the United States with authority over energy policy and climate policy within the executive branch. It is currently held by John Ker ...
*
* White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, which existed under the Obama administration
References
External links
* https://www.whitehouse.gov/cpo/
{{United States government agencies involved in environmental science
Executive Office of the President of the United States
2021 establishments in the United States
Politics of climate change
Presidency of Joe Biden