Energy, environment and natural resources

Executive Order 14027: Establishment of the Climate Change Support Office

President: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Created a temporary office within the State Department to provide administrative support for the Special Presidential Envoy for Climate.

Status: Revoked. Is Executive Order 14027 still in effect? No. Executive Order 14027 was revoked. See Federal Register record. EO 14148 revoked this order.

A diplomatic office desk holds a globe, policy folder and chart, with flags and climate-related imagery.
Administrative support for climate diplomacy, illustrated symbolically; not a photograph of the office or evidence of a report being delivered. EO Explained · site-generated editorial illustration · not documentary evidence.

What does Executive Order 14027 do?

The State Department was assigned to establish and fund the office, whose role was administrative support for the climate envoy.

Later primary evidence reviewed September 24, 2026: EO 14148 expressly revoked this order. EO 14154 expressly revoked this order. Official source 1 · Official source 2. The cited steps do not establish every downstream effect.

Administration position: The order’s findings and policy rationale were the Biden administration’s positions. This guide distinguishes them from implementation records and judicial rulings.
SignedMay 7, 2021
Lead officialsState Department and Climate Change Support Office
Express timingOperational support until termination no later than 2 years after establishment unless extended

Before and after

Before the order

The climate envoy relied on ordinary State Department and Executive Office support arrangements.

After the order

The temporary office supported the envoy and was time-limited by the order. EO 14148 revoked EO 14027 in January 2025 after its operative support period.

EO 14154 expressly revoked this order.

Who had to do what

Agency / officeActionTiming / position
StateEstablish and fund the support officeImmediate
Support OfficeProvide administrative support to the climate envoyUntil termination

What happened next

EO 14027 signed.

EO 14148 revoked EO 14027.

Later primary evidence reviewed: EO 14148 expressly revoked this order. EO 14154 expressly revoked this order.