; and (C) shall remain available until expended. (4) Climate-related improvements defined In this subsection, the term climate-related improvements means efforts by the Department of Defense to prepare for, or mitigate the effects of, the following: (A) Extreme weather. (B) Rising sea tides. (C) Increased flooding. (D) Drought. (E) Desertification. (F) Wildfires. (G) Thawing permafrost. (H) Such other conditions as the Secretary determines necessary. 7. Development of climate vulnerability and risk assessment tool (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall develop a climate vulnerability and risk assessment tool to assist the military departments in measuring how the risks associated with climate change impact networks, systems, installations, facilities, and other assets, as well as the operational plans and capabilities of the Department of Defense. (b) Consultation In developing the tool under subsection (a), the Secretary shall consult with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, the Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the Commander of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, a federally funded research and development center, and the heads of such other relevant Federal agencies as the Secretary of Defense determines appropriate. (c) Prevailing scientific consensus Before completing development of the tool under subsection (a), the Secretary shall obtain from the National Academy of Sciences and a federally funded research and development center with which the Secretary has consulted under subsection (b) a certification in writing that the tool contains a methodology that adequately incorporates the prevailing scientific consensus on climate change. (d) Report (1) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act,