THE WHITE HOUSE WASH 1NGTON February 12 1998 MEMORANDUM FOR ERSKINE BOWLES AND JOHN PODESTA CC SYLVIA MATHEWS FROM TODD STERN SUBJECT Organization ofClimate Change Effort ■ Spe ljOt n cGlrvf VP At your request this memo outlines an internal organization for our climate change effort premised on the notion that I would be the overall CEO or coordinator with others in the core group acting in effect as a Board of Directors or Steering Committee The Steering Committee would include me Katie Gene Jim and John Ron Klain should be part ofit as well if he is interested A flow chart is attached There are five principal areas of activity diplomatic domestic policy implementation outreach communications and congressional Under this model I would be the point person for all of these responsible for making sure that we were moving forward appropriately on all fronts As a practical matter this would involve me chairing a weekly Steering Committee meeting as well as chairing regular working group meetings in the functional areas Of course there are some areas such as electricity restructuring or our budget package where NEC or CEQ would continue to have the lead But I would be responsible for knowing what was up on such issues and how they were contributing to our overall climate change effort The teams of people in each functional area would be drawn from relevant White House offices as well as some agencies Consistent with their other obligations I would have the authority to task people on these teams with specific assignments What follows is a brief discussion of how each functional area would be handled Ifthe go-ahead for this overall structure is approved the working group in each area would develop a more detailed strategy setting forth goals plans for achieving those goals and timelines Diplomatic NSC and State Stu Eizenstat and Wendy Sherman with Melinda Kimble at Assistant Secretary level will have the lead in working the substantial diplomatic issues on the agenda - e g negotiating rules for emissions trading and the new “Clean Development Mechanism” making progress on developing country participation etc I am currently doing a weekly meeting with Wendy and Stu others at State David Sandalow Bill Antholis and selected additional agency people to discuss strategy and tactics discuss relevant issues like upcoming congressional hearings etc David is in turn chairing working level interagency meetings to pursue matters discussed at the senior meeting Domestic Policy The principal elements of our domestic policy implementation are the $6 billion program electricity restructuring federal procurement and usage standards and the sector by sector effort The first two ofthese should continue to be run through the NEC process For fedgr l procurement we need to enlist a person to head up a vigorous interagency effort In addition thereare a vfiri' y f oth' r initiati mat nppri to he monitored and kept on track such as the Million Solar Roofs initiative hhe sector bv sector effort will be the most labor intensive Ideally we would have an inside outside team managing this with a high-level outside person such as John Deutch or a major ex CEO helping engage top level management in the relevant sectors and Dirk Forrister heading an I inside team to do the hands on day-to-day management ofthe process Dirk would need a deputy and an assistant new agency reps to the Task Force as well as the active participation of an interagency team of experts with knowledge ofthe relevant sectors Finally I would propose wringing r n A-ny--- ' rnnoiiltnnt tn in dp Vftlopjng COSt-effeCtive f ergy-saving ideas for industry sectors and the federal government Getting the benefit of his IthTnldng without having him too high profile would be the best way to go I would chair a weekly meetingjfthe domestic policy team to review where we are on each of the key issues of our domestic policy This team would include Dirk Forrister our federal procurement person Peter Orszag Linda Lance T J Glauthier Rosina Bierbaum Bill Antholis Jon Gruber Peter Bass or other representative from State and other relevant agency people such as David Gardiner or David Doniger from EPA and Dan Reicher from DOE Outreach business enviros labor agriculture State and local academics Our principal outreach objectives are to maintain a positive working dialogue with key stakeholders secure public support and validation neutralize antagonistic or potentially antagonistic constituencies engage State and local leaders Regarding business there will be a lot of overlap between our industry by industry effort and general outreach so Dirk should head up this aspect of outreach as well as ag Regarding enviros labor and State local those areas would be headed up by CEQ Karen Tramontano and Fred Duval respectively We also need a further active effort to develop academic validators such as scientists economists and foreign policy experts All ofthe components ofthe outreach effort would operate under my supervision Communications Press Our public affairs objectives include defining this issue for the public e g protecting environment for children and grandchildren vs $2000 for a family offour etc positioning the President in the vigorous center building support for reasonable action etc We need to bring on a senior person to head up the communications press team Others on that team will include Jake Siewert Elliot Diringer David Sandalow Eli Attie Beverly Barnes Jeff Smith Bob Boorstin Jonathan Prince John Haber Beth Viola Bill Antholis Natalie Wymer and possibly a few other agency people Congressional Our immediate congressional objectives are to prevent or defend against hostile actions such as a resolution against signing build our base ofgenuine supporters and build a larger base ofthose willing to remain neutral Down the road a bit we will need to focus attention on passage ofthe President’s $6 billion plan dealing with potential appropriations riders etc I would chair a weekly working group meeting on legislative strategy We need to bring on an additional legislative person to work this issue either in our own leg shop or from an agency I have lined up a good agency candidate and am discussing this with Larry Stein The legislative team will also include Lucia Wyman Barbara Larkin or Meg Donovan Julie Norton John Angell Kay Casstevens Mara Rudman NSC Dirk Forrister Bill Antholis State will keep a climate change data base on all Members Steering Committee I would chair a weekly Steering Committee meeting to report on what is happening on all fronts and to discuss major issues that need resolution at the Steering Committee level The core group as noted would be Gene Katie Jim John Podesta and Ron Klain if he wishes As we did during the fall when we were working on the President’s policy we might well want to include others such as Stu Eizenstat Larry Summers Janet Yellen Summary There are obviously a number ofWhite House offices with equities in this issue -- CEQ NEC NSC OVP OSTP The premise ofthe organizational model set forth in this memo would not be to limit their activity -the Steering Committee and working group meetings would be designed to insure a full opportunity for active participation and at the Steering Committee level guidance However the premise ofthis model would be to insure that offices and agencies are acting in a coordinated manner rather than independently Climate Change Steering Committee Stem Sperling McGinty Steinberg Podesta Klain Eizenstat Summers Yellen Outreach Team Leader Forrister CEQ Viola COS Tramonlano IGA Duval OPL Carter CabAff Balderston Stem Deputy Antholis White House Coordinator Congressiional Team Leaders WHLeg TBD WHL Wyman TBD State Donovan Norton OVP Casslevens NSC Rudnian Stem Deputy Forrister Antholis Communications Team Leader TBD Treas Boorslin State Prince Bass Energy Wymer EPA LJcelli COS Barnes Ol'P Attie fiiwing NSC CEQ Sandalow OSTP Smitli NEC Siewert CEQ Diringer Viola Stem Deputy Antholis Diplomatic Lead Negotiator Eizenstat Team Leader Sandalow Treas Gruber Boorstin State Kimble Poinerance Reit'snieder Pershing Biniaz Greenfield EPA Doniger Gardiner USAID Hales DOE Mazur Commerce Hunker Ol'P Jordan NEC Orszag Stem Deputy Antholis Domestic Climate Driven Initiatiwx Industry by Industry Fon ister Federal Procurement 1 BD Other Climate Issues I BD State tlrecnlield Treasuty Gruber Energy Mazur lieicher EPA Doniger Gardiner NEC rszag CE A Aldy NSC CEQ Sandalow OSTP Bierbaiim OMP Glaulliier Stem Deputy Forrisicr Antholis Climate as kev component Budget S6 Uillion S ierling Electricity liestructuring Sperling w Met iinly IndiLstry by InJiLKliy ex-CEO riii Technoloj ’ C'oiLSuUant l oviiis