Sec. 603. Definitions
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In this title: The term Ambassador-at-Large means the Ambassador-at-Large for the Office of Global Women’s Issues of the Department of State. The term climate-displaced person means any person who, for reasons of sudden or progressive change in the environment that adversely affects his or her life or living conditions— is obliged to leave his or her habitual home, either within his or her country of nationality or in another country; is in need of a durable resettlement solution; and whose government cannot or will not provide such durable resettlement solution.
The term disparate impact refers to the historical and ongoing impacts of the pattern and practice of discrimination in employment, education, housing, banking, health, and nearly every other aspect of life in the economy, society, or culture that have an adverse impact on minorities, women, or other protected groups, regardless of whether such practices were motivated by discriminatory intent. The term environmental disasters means specific events caused by human activity that result in seriously negative effects on the environment.
The term Special Coordinator means the senior coordinator appointed pursuant to section 607(c). The term Working Group means the Federal Interagency Working Group on Women and Climate Change established under section 605.