The president issued Exec. Order No. 14027, Establishment of the Climate Change Support Office; the order establishes a temporary organization within the State Department to support bilateral and multilateral engagement to address the climate crisis.
EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on the draft document "Technical Documentation for the Temperature Binning Framework," which provides technical documentation of a framework for analyzing the sector-specific impacts of climate change under different levels of warming.
CEQ rescinded its Draft National Environmental Policy Act Guidance on Consideration of Greenhouse Gas Emissions consistent with Exec. Order No. 13990, Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science to Tackle the Climate Crisis.
EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on the Draft Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2019.
The president issued Exec. Order No. 13990, Protecting Public Health and the Environment and Restoring Science To Tackle the Climate Crisis; the Order directs all executive departments and agencies to review and, as appropriate, take action to address actions taken during the past four years that conflict with various national objectives and commence work to confront the climate crisis.
Scientific communities and policy experts argue that marine protected areas (MPAs) will increase the potential of marine ecosystems to tackle climate change impacts. Yet to date, there has been little legal scholarship about how to design, manage, and implement climate-resilient MPAs. This Article underscores the importance of considering climate change in the design, planning, and implementation of MPAs, and identifies mechanisms for incorporating climate change elements into MPAs.
The president issued Exec. Order No. 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad, which orders the United States to prioritize the climate crisis in foreign policy and national security, take a governmentwide approach to the climate crisis, use the federal government's buying power and real property and asset management to support climate action, promote green jobs in infrastructure, conservation, agriculture, reforestation, and energy, and secure environmental justice.
CEQ issued updated guidance to federal agencies titled "Guiding Principles for Sustainable Federal Buildings and Associated Instructions."