Establishment of the Climate Change Support Office

Executive Order 14027 of May 7, 2021

Establishment of the Climate Change Support
Office

By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, including section 202 of the Revised Statutes
(22 U.S.C. 2656) and section 3161 of title 5, United
States Code, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Establishment of the Climate Change Support
Office. (a) There is established within the Department
of State, in accordance with section 3161 of title 5,
United States Code, a temporary organization to be
known as the Climate Change Support Office (CCSO).

    (b) The CCSO shall be headed by a Director selected
by the Secretary of State (Secretary). In addition to a
Director, the CCSO may be staffed by persons in such
numbers and with such skills as are necessary for the
performance of CCSO functions.
    (c) The purpose of the CCSO shall be to perform the
specific project of supporting bilateral and
multilateral engagement to advance the United States
initiative to address the global climate crisis, led by
the Department of State and in coordination with other
executive departments and agencies, consistent with
Executive Order 14008 of January 27, 2021 (Tackling the
Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad). The CCSO shall
support the Department of State, including the Special
Presidential Envoy for Climate, in United States
efforts to elevate and underscore the commitment my
Administration will make towards addressing the global
climate crisis.
    (d) In carrying out its purpose as set forth in
subsection 1(c) of this order, the CCSO shall:

(i) support the Department of State and other executive departments and
agencies, as appropriate, in leading diplomatic engagement on climate
change, exercising climate leadership in international fora, increasing
international climate ambition, and ensuring that climate change is
integrated into all elements of United States foreign policy-making
decision processes;

(ii) support efforts that go beyond the climate work currently carried out
by the Department of State across a wide range of international fora that
address clean energy, aviation, shipping, the Artic, the ocean, sustainable
development, and migration; and

(iii) perform such other functions related to the specific project set
forth in subsection 1(c) of this order as the Secretary may assign.

    (e) The CCSO shall terminate at the end of the
maximum period permitted by section 3161(a)(1) of title
5, United States Code, unless sooner terminated by the
Secretary.

Sec. 2. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency or
the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

    (b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
applicable law and subject to the availability of
appropriations.

    (c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.

    (Presidential Sig.)

THE WHITE HOUSE,

    May 7, 2021.