White House Office of Domestic Climate Policy

(Redirected from White House Climate Coordinator) Position within the White House Office

White House National Climate Advisor

Incumbent Ali Zaidi since September 16, 2022
Executive Branch of the U.S. Government Executive Office of the President
Appointer	The President
Deputy	Mary Repko

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 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.

The Climate Policy Office differs from the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, 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 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 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. However, the leadership of the Task Force was reshuffled, with the Senior Advisor for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation becoming chair and National Climate Advisor moved to vice-chair.

List of Climate Advisors


No.	Officeholder	Term start	Term end		Notes
1	Carol Browner	January 22, 2009	March 3, 2011	Barack Obama	as Director of the Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy
vacant
2	Gina McCarthy	January 20, 2021	September 16, 2022	Joe Biden	as White House National Climate Advisor
3	Ali Zaidi	September 16, 2022	Incumbent	Joe Biden	as White House National Climate Advisor

Structure

Assistant to the President & White House National Climate Advisor: Ali Zaidi
- Chief of Staff for the Office of Domestic Climate Policy: Medha Raj
Deputy Assistant to the President & Deputy National Climate Advisor: Mary Repko
- Special Assistant to the President for Climate Policy: Maggie Thomas
- 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
- Senior Director for Land, Water, and Agriculture: Melinda Cep

References

"Biden Unveils His Climate Team, Promising To Fight 'With The Urgency It Demands'". NPR.org. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
"President-elect Biden Announces Key Members of His Climate Team". President-Elect Joe Biden. December 18, 2020. Retrieved December 19, 2020.
"Biden To Name Gina McCarthy, Former EPA Chief, As Domestic Climate Coordinator". NPR.org. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
Garcia, Catherine (December 15, 2020). "Reports: Biden chooses former EPA head Gina McCarthy as White House climate czar". The Week. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
Eilperin, Juliet; Dennis, Brady. "Biden picks former EPA chief Gina McCarthy as White House climate czar". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
"Biden taps former EPA chief for White House climate coordinator role -sources". Reuters. December 15, 2020. Retrieved December 16, 2020.
Merica, Dan; Sullivan, Kate (December 15, 2020). "Biden to name Gina McCarthy to top domestic climate job". CNN. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
whitehouse.gov: President Biden Announces Senior Clean Energy and Climate Team
"Biden unveils new WH climate team ahead of McCarthy's departure". ny1.com. Retrieved September 12, 2023.

External links

https://www.whitehouse.gov/cpo/

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Environmental Protection Agency Global Change Research Program National Aeronautics and Space Administration National Science Foundation Smithsonian Institution
Department of the Interior	Bureau of Indian Affairs Bureau of Land Management Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Bureau of Reclamation National Park Service United States Fish and Wildlife Service United States Geological Survey Office of the Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation, and Enforcement
Department of Commerce	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geodetic Survey Marine Fisheries Service Ocean Service Oceanic and Atmospheric Research Weather Service
Department of Energy	Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Office of Environmental Management Office of Science National Laboratories and Technology Centers
Department of Agriculture	Agricultural Research Service Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Farm Service Agency Food and Nutrition Service Foreign Agricultural Service Natural Resources Conservation Service (National Water and Climate Center) Rural Utilities Service Forest Service
Department of Homeland Security	Science and Technology Directorate United States Coast Guard
Department of Health and Human Services	Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Department of Defense	Air Force Research Laboratory Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Joint Typhoon Warning Center Office of Naval Research Combat Capabilities Development Command
Executive Office of the President	Climate Policy Office Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate Council on Environmental Quality
Defunct	Environmental Science Services Administration United States Fish Commission United States Coast and Geodetic Survey White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy

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