Sec. 103. Process and outcomes for development of national climate resilience action plan
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The Director of the Office of Climate Resilience shall convene the following groups to engage in the development of a national climate resilience action plan: The Interagency Workgroup established under section 101 of this Act. The Climate Resilience Equity Advisory Board established under section 5 of this Act. The Climate Resilience Task Force established under section 102 of this Act. Labor, worker, and workforce development stakeholders. The Center for the Climate Resilience Workforce established under section 6 of this Act. The Director may convene subgroups of the groups convened under paragraph
(1)to facilitate depth of discussion and planning related to specific issue areas or topics. In convening a subgroup pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Director shall ensure that at least 2 members of the Climate Resilience Equity Advisory Board are included in such subgroup to ensure that the knowledge, lived experiences, and priorities of frontline communities are integrated into decisions around climate resilience strategies. In carrying out functions under a subgroup convened pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Climate Resilience Equity Advisory Board may issue recommendations to any subgroup convened. The national climate resilience action plan developed under this section shall— detail goals and priority strategies that shall be taken to achieve a climate resilient nation and include specific actions, timelines, targets, evaluation metrics, and stakeholders responsible for implementation and oversight, including goals, strategies, and actions that— encompass the entirety of climate resilience; focus on mitigation, preparation, adaptation, and disaster recovery and rebuilding activities as described in section 7(c) of this Act; prioritize frontline communities; and address the underlying and systemic factors of systemic racism, economic inequity, and environmental degradation and pollution that have led to inequitable climate risks and impacts; identify current and projected national workforce needs to carry out the strategies and actions described in paragraph (1), including— the existing jobs, skills, and occupations that pertain to climate resilience work; the additional number of jobs that need to be created to carry out such strategies and actions and the projected cost of such jobs; emerging skills and occupations that are needed and new training requirements to ensure that the United States has a sufficiently skilled workforce to achieve climate resilience; strategies to achieve racial and gender equity in job creation and training, including strategies to ensure equity and prioritization in training and hiring members of frontline communities and populations facing barriers to employment; and future projections for growth of the climate resilience workforce, including demand data by job, skill, and occupation; and identify regional variation in risks, strategies, and workforce needs. In developing the national climate resilience action plan under this section, the groups convened under subsection (a)(1) may consult the following resources to inform the identification of strategies and actions under subsection (b): Studies and policy guidance drafted by frontline communities and advocates, including— the People’s Orientation for a Regenerative Economy; Movement for Black Lives policy guidance; Gulf South for a Green New Deal policy platform; Equitable and Just National Climate platform; various platforms of the BlueGreen Alliance; United States Climate Action Network’s vision for equitable climate action; and Union of Concerned Scientists climate resilience framework. Governmental and intergovernmental data, reports, studies, and tools, including— the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; the United States Global Change Research Program’s 4th National Climate Assessment; the United States Climate Resilience Toolkit; Center for Climate and Energy Solutions Resilience Portal; various platforms of Resilience Force; and Bureau of Labor Statistics and United States Energy and Employment report data, including data on gender, race, ethnicity, and union representation. In convening the groups under subsection (a)(1) to identify current and projected national workforce needs under subsection (b)(2)— labor, worker, and workforce development stakeholders shall be consulted to provide input and recommendations on labor, worker, workforce development, and training needs; and the Climate Equity Advisory Board shall be consulted to identify the skills and sectors of priority for frontline communities. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to Congress a progress report on the development of a national climate resilience action plan. Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall submit to Congress a copy of the national climate resilience action plan developed under this section. Not later than 1 year after the date of the submission of the national climate resilience action plan under paragraph (1), and each year thereafter, the Office of Climate Resilience shall submit to Congress a report describing the progress towards achieving climate resilience described in such plan. Not later than once every 5 years after the date on which the national climate resilience action plan is submitted under subsection (e)(1), the groups convened under subsection (a)(1) shall update such plan.