Climate and Security Resources: White House and Interagency
This page includes a list of resources on the nexus of climate change and security by the White House and Interagency.
White House and Interagency
2022: President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE) Action Plan
2022: Biden-Harris Administration National Security Strategy. The White House. October 2022.
2021: Report on the Impact of Climate Change on Migration, The White House, October 2021
2021: Fact Sheet: Prioritizing Climate in Foreign Policy and National Security, The White House, October 21, 2021
2021: Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk, Sec.5 (e), The White House, May 20, 2021, The Federal Register notice is here where this is now EO 14030
2021: Interim National Security Strategic Guidance, The White House
2021: Executive Order on Rebuilding and Enhancing Programs to Resettle Refugees and Planning for the Impact of Climate Change on Migration, The White House
2021: Executive Order on Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, The White House
2019: Water resources on Guam—Potential impacts of and adaptive response to climate change, US Geological Survey, US Department of the Interior
2019: Memorandum: Deputies Committee Meeting on the Presidential Committee on Climate Security Executive Order, The White House
2018: Fourth National Climate Assessment Vol 2, U.S. Global Change Research Program
2017: National Security Strategy
2016: Presidential Memorandum — Climate Change and National Security
2015: National Security Strategy
2015: Finding from Select Federal Reports: The National Security Implications of a Changing Climate
2014: Executive Order “Climate-Resilient International Development”
2014: National Climate Assessment, U.S. Global Change Research Program
2013: Executive Order 13653 “Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change”
2013: The President’s Climate Action Plan
2013: National Strategy for the Arctic Region
2013: Letter to the President on addressing climate change, President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST)
2011: Progress Report of the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force
2011: Federal Agency Climate Change Adaptation Planning Support Document
2010: National Security Strategy
2010: Progress Report of the Interagency Climate Change Adaptation Task Force
2009: Executive Order 13514: Federal Leadership in Environmental, Energy and Economic Performance
2009: National Security Presidential Directive NSPD — 66; Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD — 25, Arctic Region Policy
2005: National Security Policy Directive 44
2002: National Security Strategy
1989: National Security Council Meeting on Global Climate Change
NATO, OSCE, EU, Foreign Governments
2023
- Defence and Climate Change, UK House of Commons
- 2023 NATO Climate Change and Security Impact Assessment
- NATO Compendium of Best Practice
- NATO Greenhouse Gases Emission Mapping and Analytical Methodology
- European Commission and High Representative Joint Communication on the Climate-Security Nexus
- Impacts of Climate Change on Defence-Related Critical Energy Infrastructure, European Defence Agency
2022
- 2022 NATO Climate Change and Security Impact Assessment
- New Zealand National Adaptation Plan
- European Parliament Briefing: Climate change considerations for EU security and defence policy
- Climate & Defence Strategy, French Ministry of the Armed Forces
- Ministry of Defense Response Strategy on Climate Change, Japan Ministry of Defense
- A Strategic Compass for Security and Defence, Council of the European Union
- Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Roadmap of the Armed Forces, Greece Ministry of National Defence
2021
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