UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2010-06143 Doc No C17528069 Date 01 15 2014 '· 1 CONFIDENTIAL RELEASED IN FULL Printed By Sandra Pitts-Malone73625 ORIGIN SS0-00 INFO LOG-00 DODE-OD I0-00 PM-00 020R ACDA-08 DDEE-00 ADS-00 SS-00 ACDE-00 DS-00 DCP-01 SNR0-00 AMAD-01 EUR-01 NSAE-00 EPAE-00 ACQ-01 IM-01 OES-01 PMB-00 DRAFTED BY S S-0 HARRY KAMIAN APPROVED BY S S-0 MLCHARLTON swo s s-o --------- ---------F36762 0 260042Z OCT 97 FM SECSTATE WASHDC TO ALL NATO POST COLLECTIVE IMMEDIATE CIAE-00 TEDE-00 OIC-02 DSCC-00 OASY-00 INR-00 OIG-04 G-00 260044Z 38 CONFIDENTIAL STATE 202013 FOLLOWING STATE 202013 DATE 25 OCT 97 SENT ACTION USMISSION USNATO IS BEING REPEATED FOR YOUR ACTION QUOTE CONFIDENTIAL STATE 202013 BONN ALSO FOR US DEL MARK HAMBLEY E O 12958 DECL 01 01 98 TAGS SENV KSAC MCAP MOPS SUBJECT NATIONAL SECURITY EXEMPTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE l U CLASSIFIED BY MELINDA L KIMBLE ACTING A S CES REASON E O 12958 ·1 5 D 2 U THIS IS AN ACTION MESSAGE 3 C IN OUR CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF THE OVERALL IMPACTS OF A BINDING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS TARGET THAT MIGHT BE ESTABLISHED IN THE COURSE OF THE NEGOTIATIONS UNDER THE UN FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE AS ONE ELEMENT OF THE OVERALL U S POSITION IN THE NEGOTIATION THE U S WOULD LIKE TO EXPLORE WITH APPROPRIATE FOREIGN AND DEFENSE MINISTRY OFFICIALS THE POSSIBILITY OF INCLUDING A NATIONAL SECURITY EXEMPTION RELATING TO MILITARY ACTIVITIES THAT ARE DIRECTLY IN SUPPORT OF PEACEKEEPING PEACE ENFORCEMENT AND OTHER APPROPRIATE NATIONAL SECURITY READINESS OPERATIONS 4 C POST MIGHT DRAW ON THE FOLLOWING POINTS IN EXPLORING THIS ISSUE WITH KEY ALLIED OFFICIALS IN REVIEWING THE U S EMISSIONS LEVELS WE NOTE THAT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS THE BIGGEST SINGLE USER OF ENERGY AND MUCH OF THAT ENERGY USE COMES FROM DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS AND TRAINING OPERATIONS WE BELIEVE ENERGY USE PATTERNS MAY BE SIMILAR IN MOST NATO COUNTRIES MOREOVER GIVEN THE ACTIVE INVOLVEMENT OF MANY NATO COUNTRIES IN UN PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS AND NATO OPERATIONS SUCH AS IFOR AND SFOR IN BOSNIA · IT WOULD MAKE SENSE TO MAKE SURE SUCH OPERATIONS WERE NOT COMPROMISED BY GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS LIMITATIONS GIVEN THAT MANY OPERATIONS TAKE PLACE OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL BOUNDARY OF THE COUNTRY THAT IS COMMITTING TO AN EMISSIONS GOAL CALCULATING AND ASSESSING EMISSIONS FROM MILITARY OPERATIONS IN OUTSIDE COUNTRIES BECOMES A RELATIVELY DIFFICULT TASK MOREOVER WE WANT TO AVOID RESISTANCE TO DEPLOYMENT OF PEACEKEEPING FORCES IF COUNTRIES SEE FORCE OPERATIONS AS COMPROMISING THEIR CONFIDBNTIJ L 1 REVIEW AUTHORITY Alan Flanigan Senior Reviewer UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2010-06143 Doc No C17528069 Date 01 15 2014 ---- -- UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2010-06143 Doc No C17528069 Date 01 15 2014 CONF DENTIAL Printed By Sandra Pitts-Malone73625 EMISSIONS BUDGETS 5 C ONE OPTION UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR LANGUAGE PROVIDING FOR SUCH AN EXEMPTION IS 11 THIS AGREEMENT DOES NOT APPLY TO EMISSIONS RELATED TO MULTILATERAL OPERATIONS CONDUCTED BY MILITARIES FDR COLLECTIVE SELF DEFENSE PEACEKEEPING PEACE ENFORCEMENT AND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE PURPOSES INCLUDING OPERATIONS UNDER UNITED NATIONS MANDATES 6 C DEPARTMENT WOULD WELCOME ACTION ADDRESSES REACTION NO LATER THAN OPENING OF BUSINESS OCTOBER 2B ON WHETHER NATO COUNTRIES WOULD BE lNTERESTEV IN PIJRSUING·A NATIONAL SECURITY EXEMPTION IN THE CLIMATE CHANGE TREAT GIVEN THE NEED TO TABLE LANGUAGE IN BONN EARLY NEXT WEEK ALBRIGHT UNQUOTE ALBRIGHT CONFIDENTIAL 2 UNCLASSIFIED U S Department of State Case No F-2010-06143 Doc No C17528069 Date 01 15 2014