PCAP - Presidential Climate Action Project

directive, a national security directive may be used; or if an executive order were issued instead,it would probably be classified. 191Conclusion. The President has the authority to direct the NIC to conduct an NIE or assessmenton the security implications of climate change including the related issues of energy securitysuch as those contemplated by this proposal. It does not appear from the limited informationmade public that these issues were included in the most recent assessment by the IntelligenceCommunity. Depending on the resources available and the resources necessary to perform theNIE, there could be funding issues; this would require a request to Congress for an appropriation.Based on the content of the NIE, the President may want to consider issuing the directive, all orin part, in a classified manner, that is, with a classified presidential memorandum, executiveorder or national security directive.Good candidate to implement by executive directive. Alternative form suggested.191 See Boundaries Report, Chapter II (especially section 9).CEES 44 | P age