Sec. 3. Definitions
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In this Act: The term adaptation means an adjustment in natural or human systems to a new or changing environment that exploits beneficial opportunities or moderates negative effects. The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. The term clean energy means any electricity generation, transmission, storage, heating, cooling, industrial process, or manufacturing project the primary purpose of which is the deployment, development, or production of an energy system or technology that avoids, significantly reduces, or sequesters emissions of greenhouse gas and other pollutants.
The term climate change means anthropogenic changes in average weather conditions that persist over multiple decades or longer, and encompasses both increases and decreases in temperature, as well as shifts in precipitation, changing risk of certain types of severe weather events, and changes to other features of the climate system. The term climate security has the meaning given such term in section 120 of the National Security Act of 1947 ( 50 U.S.C. 3060 ). The term mitigation means measures to reduce the amount or speed of future climate change, including by reducing emissions of heat-trapping gases or removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
The term resilient means the capability to anticipate, prepare for, respond to, or recover from significant multihazard threats with minimum damage to social well-being, health, the economy, or the environment.
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