Sec. 30607. Addressing international climate change mitigation, adaptation, and security
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In this section: The term Convention means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, done at New York May 9, 1992, and entered into force March 21, 1994. The term most vulnerable communities and populations means communities and populations that are at risk of substantial adverse effects of climate change and have limited capacity to respond to such effects, including women, impoverished communities, children, indigenous peoples, and informal workers. The term most vulnerable developing countries means, as determined by the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, developing countries that are at risk of substantial adverse effects of climate change and have limited capacity to respond to such effects, considering the approaches included in any international treaties and agreements.
The term Program means the International Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation, and Security Program established pursuant to subsection (c). The purpose of this section is to provide authorities for additional, new, current, and ongoing bilateral and regional international development assistance, and, as appropriate, to leverage private resources, in support of host country driven projects, planning, policies, and initiatives designed to improve the ability of host countries— to primarily produce reliable renewable energy and reduce or mitigate carbon emissions from the power sector while facilitating the transition in key global markets from electricity generated from fossil fuel power to low-cost clean energy sources, in a manner that is equitable for workers and communities; to adapt and become more resilient to current and forecasted effects of climate change; and to employ— sustainable land use practices that mitigate desertification and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation; and agricultural production practices that reduce poverty while improving soil health, protecting water quality, and increasing food security and nutrition.
The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), shall establish a program, to be known as the International Climate Change Adaptation, Mitigation, and Security Program , to provide bilateral and regional assistance to developing countries for programs, projects, and activities described in subsection (e). Assistance provided under this section shall be used to supplement, and not to supplant, any other Federal, State, or local resources available to carry out activities that fit the characteristics of the Program.
It shall be the policy of the United States to ensure that the Program provides resources to developing countries, particularly the most vulnerable communities and populations in such countries, to support the development and implementation of programs, projects, and activities that— reduce greenhouse gas emissions through the integration and deployment of clean energy, including transmission, distribution, and interconnections to renewable energy, while facilitating the transition from electricity generated from fossil fuel power to low-cost renewable energy sources, in a manner that is equitable for workers and communities; address financial or other barriers to the widespread deployment of clean energy technologies that reduce, sequester, or avoid greenhouse gas emissions; improve the availability, viability, and accessibility of zero emission vehicles, including support for design and development of transportation networks and land use practices that mitigate carbon emissions in the transportation sector; support building capacities that may include— developing and implementing methodologies and programs for measuring greenhouse gas emissions and verifying emissions mitigation, including building capacities to conduct emissions inventories and meet reporting requirements under the Paris Agreement; assessing, developing, and implementing technology and policy options for greenhouse gas emissions mitigation and avoidance of future emissions, including sector-based and cross-sector mitigation strategies; enhancing the technical capacity of regulatory authorities, planning agencies, and related institutions in developing countries to improve the deployment of clean energy technologies and practices, including through increased transparency; training and instruction regarding the installation and maintenance of renewable energy technologies; and activities that support the development and implementation of frameworks for intellectual property rights in developing countries; improve resilience, sustainable economic growth, and adaptation capacities in response to the effects of climate change; promote appropriate job training and access to new job opportunities in new economic sectors and industries that emerge due to the transition from fossil fuel energy to clean energy; reduce the vulnerability and increase the resilience capacities of communities to the effects of climate change, including effects on— water availability; agricultural productivity and food security; flood risk; coastal resources; biodiversity; economic livelihoods; health and diseases; housing and shelter; and human migration; help countries and communities adapt to changes in the environment through enhanced community planning, preparedness, and growth strategies that take into account current and forecasted regional and localized effects of climate change; conserve and restore natural resources, ecosystems, and biodiversity threatened by the effects of climate change to ensure such resources, ecosystems, and biodiversity are healthy and continue to provide natural protections from the effects of climate change such as extreme weather; provide resources, information, scientific data and modeling, innovative best practices, and technical assistance to support vulnerable developing countries to adapt to the effects of climate change; promote sustainable and climate-resilient societies, including through improvements to make critical infrastructure less vulnerable to the effects of climate change; encourage the adoption of policies and measures, including sector-based and cross-sector policies and measures, that substantially reduce, sequester, or avoid greenhouse gas emissions from the domestic energy and transportation sectors of developing countries; reduce deforestation and land degradation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and implement sustainable forestry practices; promote sustainable land use activities, including supporting development planning, design, and construction with respect to transportation systems and land use; promote sustainable agricultural practices that mitigate carbon emissions, conserve soil, and improve food and water security of communities; foster partnerships with private sector entities and nongovernmental international development organizations to assist with developing solutions and economic opportunities that support projects, planning, policies, and initiatives described in subsection (b); provide technical assistance and strengthen capacities of developing countries to meet the goals of the conditional nationally determined contributions of those countries; establish investment channels designed to leverage private sector financing in— clean energy; sustainable agriculture and natural resource management; and the transportation sector as described in paragraph (3); and provide technical assistance and support for non-extractive activities that provide alternative economic growth opportunities while preserving critical habitats and natural carbon sinks.
The Administrator of USAID, in consultation with other Federal departments and agencies, shall provide assistance under the Program— in the form of bilateral assistance pursuant to the requirements under subsection (g); to multilateral funds or international institutions with programs for climate mitigation or adaptation in developing countries consistent with the policy described in subsection (e); or through a combination of the mechanisms specified in subparagraphs
(A)and (B). In any fiscal year, the Administrator of USAID may provide up to 40 percent of the assistance available to carry out the Program to 1 or more multilateral funds or international institutions that meet the requirements of subparagraph (B). A multilateral fund or international institution is eligible to receive assistance under subparagraph (A)— if— such fund or institution is established pursuant to— the Convention; or an agreement negotiated under the Convention; or the assistance is directed to 1 or more multilateral funds or international development institutions, pursuant to an agreement negotiated under the Convention; and if such fund or institution— specifies the terms and conditions under which the United States is to provide assistance to the fund or institution, and under which the fund or institution is to provide assistance to recipient countries; ensures that assistance from the United States to the fund or institution and the principal and income of the fund or institution are disbursed only— to support projects, planning, policies, and initiatives described in subsection (b); consistent with the policy described in subsection (e); and in regular consultation with relevant governing bodies of the fund or institution that— include representation from countries among the most vulnerable developing countries; and provide public access. The Secretary of State, the Administrator of USAID, or the Secretary of the Treasury shall notify the appropriate congressional committees not later than 15 days before providing assistance to a multilateral fund or international institution under this subsection. Programs, projects, and activities supported by assistance provided under this subsection shall require consultations with local communities, particularly the most vulnerable communities and populations in such communities, and indigenous peoples in areas in which any programs, projects, or activities are planned to engage such communities and peoples through adequate disclosure of information, public participation, and consultation, including full consideration of the interdependence of vulnerable communities and ecosystems to promote the resilience of local communities. Except to the extent inconsistent with this subsection, the administrative authorities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq. ) shall apply to the implementation of this subsection to the same extent and in the same manner as such authorities apply to the implementation of such Act in order to provide the Administrator of USAID with the authority to provide assistance to countries, including the most vulnerable developing countries, for programs, projects, and activities consistent with the purposes described in subsection
(b)and the policy described in subsection (e). In carrying out this subsection, the Administrator shall ensure that— the environmental impact of proposed programs, projects, and activities is considered through adequate consultation, public participation, and public disclosure of relevant information; and programs, projects, and activities under this subsection— avoid environmental degradation, to the maximum extent practicable; and are aligned, to the maximum extent practicable, with broader development, poverty alleviation, or natural resource management objectives and initiatives in the recipient country. The Administrator shall seek to ensure that— local communities, particularly the most vulnerable communities and populations in areas in which any programs, projects, or activities are carried out under this subsection, are engaged in the design, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of such programs, projects, and activities through disclosure of information, public participation, and consultation; and the needs and interests of the most vulnerable communities and populations are addressed in national or regional climate change adaptation plans developed with USAID support. For each country receiving assistance under this subsection, the Administrator shall establish a process for consultation with, and disclosure of information to, local, national, and international stakeholders regarding any programs, projects, or activities carried out under this subsection. There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year thereafter.
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