Sec. 30606. Driving a global climate change resilience strategy
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Section 117 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151p ) is amended— in subsection (b)— by inserting
(1)after
(b); and by adding at the end the following: The President is authorized to furnish assistance to programs and initiatives that— promote resilience among communities facing harmful impacts from climate change; and reduce the vulnerability of persons affected by climate change. There shall be, in the Department of State, a Coordinator of Climate Change Resilience. ; and by adding at the end the following: The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, in consultation with the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the Secretary of Energy, and any other Federal agency the President determines appropriate, shall establish a comprehensive, integrated, 10-year strategy, which shall be referred to as the Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy , to mitigate the impacts of climate change on displacement and humanitarian emergencies. The Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy shall— focus on addressing slow-onset and rapid-onset effects of events caused by climate change, consider the effects of events caused by climate change, and describe the key features of successful strategies to prevent such conditions; include specific objectives and multisectoral approaches to the effects of events caused by climate change; promote United States national security and economic interests while leading international climate-related policymaking efforts, on which the absence of United States leadership would lead to a substantial and harmful decline in the nation’s global competitiveness; promote international instruments on climate action and other relevant international standards and best practices, as such standards and practices develop, that serve the interests of the American people and protect United States environmental resources and the planet; promote the adoption and implementation of such international climate-related agreements, standards, and practices by foreign states; work with United States allies and partners to ensure a level playing field exists when it comes to climate action and to encourage and assist foreign countries to make similar or even greater commitments than the United States; describe approaches that ensure national leadership, as appropriate, and substantively engage with civil society, local partners, and the affected communities, including marginalized populations and underserved populations, in the design, implementation, and monitoring of climate change programs to best safeguard the future of those subject to displacement; assign roles for relevant Federal agencies to avoid duplication of efforts, while ensuring that— the Department of State is responsible for— leading the Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy; establishing United States foreign policy; advancing diplomatic and political efforts; and guiding security assistance and related civilian security efforts to mitigate climate change threats; the United States Agency for International Development is— responsible for overseeing programs to prevent the effects of events caused by climate change; the lead implementing agency for development and related nonsecurity program policy related to building resilience and achieving recovery; and responsible for providing overseas humanitarian assistance to respond to international and internal displacement caused by climate change and to coordinate the pursuit of durable solutions for climate-displaced persons; and other Federal agencies support the activities of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development, as appropriate, with the concurrence of the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development; describe programs that agencies will undertake to achieve the stated objectives, including descriptions of existing programs and funding by fiscal year and account; identify mechanisms to improve coordination between the United States, foreign governments, and international organizations, including the World Bank, the United Nations, regional organizations, and private sector organizations; address efforts to expand public-private partnerships and leverage private sector resources; describe the criteria, metrics, and mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation of programs and objectives in the Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy; describe how the Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy will ensure that programs are country-led and context-specific; establish a program to monitor climate and social conditions to anticipate and prevent climate and environmental stressors from evolving into national security risks; include an assessment of climate risks in the Department of State’s Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review; prioritize foreign aid, to the extent practicable, for international climate resilience in support of this Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy; and include environmental defenders to mitigate the impacts of climate change and work with allies and partners to ensure a level playing field exists when it comes to climate action. Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the President shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, based in part on the information collected pursuant to this section, that details the Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy. The report shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex, if necessary. Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary of State and the Coordinator of Global Climate Change Resilience shall brief the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives regarding the progress made by the Federal Government in implementing the Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy. Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and annually thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States, in cooperation and consultation with the Secretary of State, shall produce a report evaluating the progress that the Federal Government has made toward incorporating climate change into department and agency policies, including the resources that have been allocated for such purpose. The report required under subparagraph
(A)shall assess— the degree to which the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) are— developing climate change risk assessments; and providing guidance to missions on how to include climate change risks in their integrated country strategies; whether the Department of State and USAID have sufficient resources to fulfill the requirements described in paragraph (2); and any areas in which the Department of State and USAID may lack sufficient resources to fulfill such requirements. . There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out this Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy.
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