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.
Ali Zaidi, served as the first deputy national climate advisor. and the second national climate advisor However, the leadership of the National Climate Task Force was reshuffled in 2022 upon McCarthy's departure and the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, with the
Senior Advisor for Clean Energy Innovation and Implementation (head of all energy policy) becoming
chair, while national climate advisor (coordinator of climate and environment policy) moved to
vice-chair. President Trump, by
rescinding the establishing executive order abolished the office of domestic climate policy. ==List of climate advisors==