Policy stability is an important factor when it comes to creating and advancing public value. The stability in public policy ensures predictability and institutional adaptation over a period of time. Policy stability in the United States is similar to having a long-term goal while the short episodes of substantial change are the milestones. The short episodes of substantial change are necessary to move society gradually toward the eventual actualization of the long-term goal. One example is the climate change policy agenda that has been characterized with short episodes of major changes toward a long-term policy stability.