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If you have any questions, please contact Dr. William Happer at
(202) 456-4855 or WHapper@nsc . eop.ic .gov.
(U) Attachments
Tab A (U) Agenda
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Joan V. O'Hara
Deputy Assistant to the President
and Executive Secretary
National Security Council
Tab B (U//fOUO} Discussion Paper on the Presidential Committee
on Climate Security Executive Order (NSC}
Tab C (U//fOUOl Draft of the Presidential Committee on Climate
Security Executive Order (NSC}
Tab D (U} 2017 Climate Science Special Report - Executive
Summary (USGCRP}
Tab E (UI 2018 National Climate Assessment - Summary findings
(USGCRP)
Tab f (U) 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment - Environment and
Climate Change (DNI)

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Tab A

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(U//FOUO) DISCUSSION PAPER FOR DEPUTIES COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE
PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE SECURITY
EXECUTIVE ORDER
(U//FOUO) Purpose: To seek recommendations from Deputies
regarding the draft Executive Order (E.O.) to establish the
Presidential Committee on Climate Security (PCCS) (Tab C).
(U) Background
(U//FOUO) The United States Government has issued several
reports on the dangers posed by climate change. The United
States Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) 2017 Climate
Science Special Report (Tab D) claims to authoritatively link
climate change to the emission of greenhouse gasses. The USGCRP
2018 National Climate Assessment (Tab E) articulates grave
implications for the United States. The Office of the Director
of National Intelligence 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment (Tab
F) identifies climate change as a national security threat.
However, these scientific and national security judgments have
not undergone a rigorous independent and adversarial scientific
peer review to examine the certainties and uncertainties of
climate science, as well as implications for national security.
(U) Discussion
(U//FOUO) The objective of this E.O. is to establish, in
accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, a committee
of distinguished experts to advise the President on the
scientific understanding of today's climate, how the climate
might change in the future under natural and human influences,
and how a changing climate could affect the security of the
United States. The PCCS will assess existing United States
Government reports on climate for scientific accuracy and advise
on the national security implications of climate change. The
National Security Council will fund and oversee this committee,
and the committee will operate in accordance with the Federal
Advisory Committee Act.
(U) Issue for Decision: Do Deputies endorse the attached draft
E.O. at Tab C and recommend submission to the President?

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Tab C

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(U//FOUO) DEPUTIES COMMITTEE MEETING ON THE PRESIDENTIAL
COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE SECURITY EXECUTIVE ORDER
DATE: February 22, 2019
LOCATION: White House Situation Room
TIME: 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
(U) AGENDA
I. (U) Introduction ........................................NSC
II. (U//FOUO) Discussion of the Presidential Committee on
Climate Change Executive Order .......................... All
III. (U) Conclusion ................•......................... NSC

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Tab B
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EXECUTIVE ORDER
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PRESIDENTIAL COMMITTEE ON CLIMATE SECURITY
By the authority vested in me as the President by the
Constitution and the laws of the united States of America,
including the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended
(5 u.s.c. App.), and in order to establish a committee on
climate security, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Establishment. There is established the
Presidential Committee on Climate Security (PCCS). The PCCS
shall be composed of not more than 12 members, one of whom shall
be a Federal Government official (the Official) who shall be the
Deputy Assistant to the President for Emerging Technologies, and
up to 11 of whom shall be non-Federal or Federal members
appointed by the President. The membership should include
experts in national security and the science of climate and
related fields, including statistics, data reliability, fluid
motions of the atmosphere and oceans, radiation transfer, and
geophysics. The PCCS shall be co-chaired by two non-Federal
members designated by the President.
Sec. 2. Functions. (a) The PCCS shall, through the
Official, advise the President on the scientific understanding
of today's climate and how it might change in the future under
natural and human influences, including increasing greenhouse
gas concentrations, and how a changing climate could affect the
security of the United States in order to accurately inform
national security decisions.
Sec. 3. Administration. (a) The heads of the executive
departments and agencies shall, to the extent permitted by law,
provide the PCCS with scientific and national security
information related to climate, when requested by the PCCS
co-chairs.
(bl In consultation with the Official, the PCCS is
authorized to convene ad hoc working groups to provide
preliminary non-binding information and advice directly to the
PCCS.

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(cl Members shall serve without compensation for their work
on the PCCS. However, members may be allowed travel expenses,
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by law
for persons serving intermittently in the government service
(5 u.s.c. 5701-5707).
(dl Any expenses of the PCCS shall be paid from the funds
available for the expenses of the National Security Council
(NSC).
(el The NSC shall provide such administrative services as
the PCCS may require, with the approval of the Official.
Sec. 4. General. (a) Notwithstanding any other
Executive Order, the functions of the President with respect to
the PCCS under the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended,
except that of reporting to the Congress, shall be performed by
tha rise i::i. acccr,;le."'<:'"' w, t.h the cruidelines and procedures
established by the Administrator of General services.
(bl The PCCS shall terminate in 2 years from the date of
this order unless extended by the President prior to that date .
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