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‘‘(i) promote resilience among communities 
facing harmful impacts from climate change; 
and 
‘‘(ii) reduce the vulnerability of persons af-
fected by climate change. 
‘‘(B) There shall be, in the Department of 
State, a Coordinator of Climate Change Resilience.’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d)(1) The Secretary of State, in coordination with 
the Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development, shall establish a comprehensive, in-
tegrated, 10-year strategy, which shall be referred to as 
the ‘Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy’, to miti-
gate the impacts of climate change on displacement and 
humanitarian emergencies. 
‘‘(2) The Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy 
shall— 
‘‘(A) 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; 
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‘‘(B) include specific objectives and multisec-
toral approaches to the effects of events caused by 
climate change; 
‘‘(C) promote our national security and eco-
nomic 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 competi-
tiveness; 
‘‘(D) promote international instruments on cli-
mate action and other relevant international stand-
ards and best practices, as such standards and prac-
tices develop, that serve the interests of the Amer-
ican people and protect United States environmental 
resources and the planet; 
‘‘(E) promote the adoption and implementation 
of such international climate-related agreements, 
standards, and practices by foreign states; 
‘‘(F) work with our allies and partners to en-
sure a level playing field exists when it comes to cli-
mate action; to encourage and assist foreign coun-
tries to make similar or even greater commitments 
than the United States; 
‘‘(G) describe approaches that ensure national 
leadership, as appropriate, and substantively engage 
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with civil society, local partners, and the affected 
communities, including marginalized populations and 
underserved populations, in the design, implementa-
tion, and monitoring of climate change programs to 
best safeguard the future of those subject to dis-
placement; 
‘‘(H) assign roles for relevant Federal agencies 
to avoid duplication of efforts, while ensuring that— 
‘‘(i) the Department of State is responsible 
for— 
‘‘(I) 
leading 
the 
Global 
Climate 
Change Resilience Strategy; 
‘‘(II) establishing United States for-
eign policy; 
‘‘(III) advancing diplomatic and polit-
ical efforts; and 
‘‘(IV) guiding security assistance and 
related civilian security efforts to mitigate 
climate change threats; 
‘‘(ii) the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development is— 
‘‘(I) responsible for overseeing pro-
grams to prevent the effects of events 
caused by climate change; 
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‘‘(II) the lead implementing agency 
for development and related nonsecurity 
program policy related to building resil-
ience and achieving recovery; and 
‘‘(III) responsible for providing over-
seas humanitarian assistance to respond to 
international and internal displacement 
caused by climate change and to coordi-
nate the pursuit of durable solutions for 
climate-displaced persons; and 
‘‘(iii) other Federal agencies support the 
activities of the Department of State and the 
United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, as appropriate, with the concurrence of 
the Secretary of State and the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International De-
velopment; 
‘‘(I) describe programs that agencies will under-
take to achieve the stated objectives, including de-
scriptions of existing programs and funding by fiscal 
year and account; 
‘‘(J) identify mechanisms to improve coordina-
tion between the United States, foreign govern-
ments, and international organizations, including the 
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World Bank, the United Nations, regional organiza-
tions, and private sector organizations; 
‘‘(K) address efforts to expand public-private 
partnerships and leverage private sector resources; 
‘‘(L) describe the criteria, metrics, and mecha-
nisms for monitoring and evaluation of programs 
and objectives in the Global Climate Change Resil-
ience Strategy; 
‘‘(M) describe how the Global Climate Change 
Resilience Strategy will ensure that programs are 
country-led and context-specific; 
‘‘(N) establish a program to monitor climate 
and social conditions to anticipate and prevent cli-
mate and environmental stressors from evolving into 
national security risks; 
‘‘(O) include an assessment of climate risks in 
the Department of State’s Quadrennial Diplomacy 
and Development Review; and 
‘‘(P) prioritize foreign aid, to the extent prac-
ticable, for international climate resilience in support 
of this Global Climate Change Resilience Strategy. 
‘‘(3) 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 For-
eign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on For-
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eign 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. 
‘‘(4) 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 Fed-
eral Government in implementing the Global Climate 
Change Resilience Strategy. 
‘‘(5)(A) 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 coopera-
tion 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. 
‘‘(B) The report required under subparagraph (A) 
shall assess— 
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‘‘(i) the degree to which the Department of 
State and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development (USAID) are— 
‘‘(I) developing climate change risk assess-
ments; and 
‘‘(II) providing guidance to missions on 
how to include climate change risks in their in-
tegrated country strategies; 
‘‘(ii) whether the Department of State and 
USAID have sufficient resources to fulfill the re-
quirements described in paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(iii) any areas in which the Department of 
State and USAID may lack sufficient resources to 
fulfill such requirements.’’. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out this Global Climate Change Resil-
ience Strategy. 
SEC. 607. ADDRESSING INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE 
MITIGATION, ADAPTATION, AND SECURITY. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CONVENTION.—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. 
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(2) MOST
VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES
AND 
POPULATIONS.—The term ‘‘most vulnerable commu-
nities and populations’’ means communities and pop-
ulations that are at risk of substantial adverse ef-
fects of climate change and have limited capacity to 
respond to such effects, including women, impover-
ished communities, children, indigenous peoples, and 
informal workers. 
(3) MOST
VULNERABLE
DEVELOPING
COUN-
TRIES.—The term ‘‘most vulnerable developing 
countries’’ means, as determined by the Adminis-
trator 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, con-
sidering the approaches included in any international 
treaties and agreements. 
(4) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means 
the International Climate Change Adaptation, Miti-
gation, and Security Program established pursuant 
to subsection (c). 
(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to pro-
vide authorities for additional, new, current, and ongoing 
bilateral and regional international development assist-
ance, and, as appropriate, to leverage private resources, 
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in support of host country driven projects, planning, poli-
cies, and initiatives designed to improve the ability of host 
countries— 
(1) to primarily produce reliable renewable en-
ergy 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 commu-
nities; 
(2) to adapt and become more resilient to cur-
rent and forecasted effects of climate change; and 
(3) to employ— 
(A) sustainable land use practices that 
mitigate desertification and reduce greenhouse 
gas emissions from deforestation and forest 
degradation; and 
(B) agricultural production practices that 
reduce poverty while improving soil health, pro-
tecting water quality, and increasing food secu-
rity and nutrition. 
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 
of State, in coordination with the Secretary of the Treas-
ury and the Administrator of the United States Agency 
for International Development, shall establish a program, 
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to be known as the ‘‘International Climate Change Adap-
tation, Mitigation, and Security Program’’, to provide bi-
lateral and regional assistance to developing countries for 
programs, projects, and activities described in subsection 
(e). 
(d) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Assistance pro-
vided under this section shall be used to supplement, and 
not to supplant, any other Federal, State, or local re-
sources available to carry out activities that fit the charac-
teristics of the Program. 
(e) POLICY.—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— 
(1) reduce greenhouse gas emissions through 
the integration and deployment of clean energy, in-
cluding transmission, distribution, and interconnec-
tions to renewable energy, while facilitating the tran-
sition from electricity generated from fossil fuel 
power to low-cost renewable energy sources, in a 
manner that is equitable for workers and commu-
nities; 
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(2) address financial or other barriers to the 
widespread deployment of clean energy technologies 
that reduce, sequester, or avoid greenhouse gas 
emissions; 
(3) improve the availability, viability, and acces-
sibility of zero emission vehicles, including support 
for design and development of transportation net-
works and land use practices that mitigate carbon 
emissions in the transportation sector; 
(4) support building capacities that may in-
clude— 
(A) developing and implementing meth-
odologies and programs for measuring green-
house gas emissions and verifying emissions 
mitigation, including building capacities to con-
duct emissions inventories and meet reporting 
requirements under the Paris Agreement; 
(B) assessing, developing, and imple-
menting technology and policy options for 
greenhouse gas emissions mitigation and avoid-
ance of future emissions, including sector-based 
and cross-sector mitigation strategies; 
(C) enhancing the technical capacity of 
regulatory authorities, planning agencies, and 
related institutions in developing countries to 
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(F) economic livelihoods; 
(G) health and diseases; 
(H) housing and shelter; and 
(I) human migration; 
(8) help countries and communities adapt to 
changes in the environment through enhanced com-
munity planning, preparedness, and growth strate-
gies that take into account current and forecasted 
regional and localized effects of climate change; 
(9) conserve and restore natural resources, eco-
systems, 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; 
(10) 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; 
(11) promote sustainable and climate-resilient 
societies, including through improvements to make 
critical infrastructure less vulnerable to the effects 
of climate change; 
(12) encourage the adoption of policies and 
measures, including sector-based and cross-sector 
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policies and measures, that substantially reduce, se-
quester, or avoid greenhouse gas emissions from the 
domestic energy and transportation sectors of devel-
oping countries; 
(13) reduce deforestation and land degradation 
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and implement 
sustainable forestry practices; 
(14) promote sustainable land use activities, in-
cluding supporting development planning, design, 
and construction with respect to transportation sys-
tems and land use; 
(15) promote sustainable agricultural practices 
that mitigate carbon emissions, conserve soil, and 
improve food and water security of communities; 
(16) foster partnerships with private sector en-
tities and nongovernmental international develop-
ment organizations to assist with developing solu-
tions and economic opportunities that support 
projects, planning, policies, and initiatives described 
in subsection (b); 
(17) provide technical assistance and strengthen 
capacities of developing countries to meet the goals 
of the conditional nationally determined contribu-
tions of those countries; 
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(18) establish investment channels designed to 
leverage private sector financing in— 
(A) clean energy; 
(B) sustainable agriculture and natural re-
source management; and 
(C) the transportation sector as described 
in paragraph (3); and 
(19) provide technical assistance and support 
for non-extractive activities that provide alternative 
economic growth opportunities while preserving crit-
ical habitats and natural carbon sinks. 
(f) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Develop-
ment, in consultation with other departments and 
agencies, shall provide assistance under the Pro-
gram— 
(A) in the form of bilateral assistance pur-
suant to the requirements under subsection (g); 
(B) to multilateral funds or international 
institutions with programs for climate mitiga-
tion or adaptation in developing countries con-
sistent with the policy described in subsection 
(e); or 
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(C) through a combination of the mecha-
nisms specified in subparagraphs (A) and (B). 
(2) LIMITATION.— 
(A) CONDITIONAL DISTRIBUTION TO MUL-
TILATERAL FUNDS OR INTERNATIONAL INSTI-
TUTIONS.—In any fiscal year, the Adminis-
trator of the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development 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 require-
ments of subparagraph (B). 
(B) MULTILATERAL
FUND
OR
INTER-
NATIONAL INSTITUTION ELIGIBILITY.—A multi-
lateral fund or international institution is eligi-
ble to receive assistance under subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) if— 
(I) such fund or institution is es-
tablished pursuant to— 
(aa) the Convention; or 
(bb) an agreement nego-
tiated under the Convention; or 
(II) the assistance is directed to 
1 or more multilateral funds or inter-
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national 
development 
institutions, 
pursuant to an agreement negotiated 
under the Convention; and 
(ii) if such fund or institution— 
(I) specifies the terms and condi-
tions 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; and 
(II) ensures that assistance from 
the United States to the fund or insti-
tution and the principal and income of 
the fund or institution are disbursed 
only— 
(aa) to support projects, 
planning, policies, and initiatives 
described in subsection (b); 
(bb) consistent with the pol-
icy described in subsection (e); 
and 
(cc) in regular consultation 
with relevant governing bodies of 
the fund or institution that— 
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(AA) include represen-
tation from countries among 
the most vulnerable devel-
oping countries; and 
(BB) provide public ac-
cess. 
(C) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION.—The 
Secretary of State, the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Devel-
opment, or the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
notify the appropriate congressional committees 
not later than 15 days before providing assist-
ance to a multilateral fund or international in-
stitution under this subsection. 
(3) 
LOCAL
CONSULTATIONS.—Programs, 
projects, and activities supported by assistance pro-
vided under this subsection shall require consulta-
tions 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 consid-
eration of the interdependence of vulnerable commu-
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nities and ecosystems to promote the resilience of 
local communities. 
(g) BILATERAL ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except to the extent incon-
sistent with this subsection, the administrative au-
thorities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
(22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) shall apply to the imple-
mentation 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 the United States Agency for 
International Development with the authority to pro-
vide assistance to countries, including the most vul-
nerable developing countries, for programs, projects, 
and activities consistent with the purposes described 
in subsection (b) and the policy described in sub-
section (e). 
(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out this 
subsection, the Administrator shall ensure that— 
(A) the environmental impact of proposed 
programs, projects, and activities is considered 
through adequate consultation, public participa-
tion, and public disclosure of relevant informa-
tion; and 
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(B) programs, projects, and activities 
under this subsection— 
(i) avoid environmental degradation, 
to the maximum extent practicable; and 
(ii) are aligned, to the maximum ex-
tent practicable, with broader development, 
poverty alleviation, or natural resource 
management objectives and initiatives in 
the recipient country. 
(3) COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.—The Adminis-
trator shall seek to ensure that— 
(A) local communities, particularly the 
most vulnerable communities and populations in 
areas in which any programs, projects, or ac-
tivities are carried out under this subsection, 
are engaged in the design, implementation, 
monitoring, and evaluation of such programs, 
projects, and activities through disclosure of in-
formation, public participation, and consulta-
tion; and 
(B) the needs and interests of the most 
vulnerable communities and populations are ad-
dressed in national or regional climate change 
adaptation plans developed with USAID sup-
port. 
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(4) CONSULTATION
AND
DISCLOSURE.—For 
each country receiving assistance under this sub-
section, the Administrator shall establish a process 
for consultation with, and disclosure of information 
to, local, national, and international stakeholders re-
garding any programs, projects, or activities carried 
out under this subsection. 
(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal year 
thereafter. 
SEC. 608. REDUCING THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS FROM BLACK 
CARBON, 
METHANE, 
AND 
HIGH-GWP 
HYDROFLUOROCARBONS. 
(a) DEFINITION.—The term ‘‘high-GWP HFC’’ 
means newly manufactured hydrofluorocarbons with a 
global warming potential calculated over a 100-year period 
of greater than 150, as described in the Fifth Assessment 
Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
Change. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The President shall direct the 
United States representatives to appropriate international 
bodies and conferences to use the voice, vote, and influence 
of the United States, consistent with the broad foreign pol-
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icy goals of the United States, to advocate that each such 
body or conference— 
(1) commit to significantly increasing efforts to 
reduce black carbon, methane, and high-GWP 
hydrofluorocarbons; 
(2) invest in and develop alternative energy 
sources, industrial and agricultural processes, appli-
ances, and products to replace sources of black car-
bon, methane, and high-GWP hydrofluorocarbons; 
(3) enhance coordination with the private sec-
tor— 
(A) to increase production and distribution 
of clean energy alternatives, industrial proc-
esses, and products that will replace sources of 
black 
carbon, 
methane, 
and 
high-GWP 
hydrofluorocarbons; 
(B) to develop action plans to mitigate 
black 
carbon, 
methane, 
and 
high-GWP 
hydrofluorocarbons from various private sector 
operations; 
(C) to encourage best technology, methods, 
and management practices for reducing black 
carbon, 
methane, 
and 
high-GWP 
hydrofluorocarbons; 
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(D) to craft specific financing mechanisms 
for the incremental costs associated with miti-
gating short-live climate pollutants; and 
(E) to grow economic opportunities and 
develop markets, as appropriate, for reducing 
black carbon, methane, tropospheric ozone, and 
hydrofluorocarbons; 
(4) provide technical assistance to foreign regu-
latory authorities and governments to remove unnec-
essary barriers to investment in short-lived climate 
mitigation solutions, including— 
(A) the use of safe and affordable clean 
energy; 
(B) the implementation of policies requir-
ing industrial and agricultural best practices for 
capturing or mitigating the release of methane 
from extractive, agricultural, and industrial 
processes; and 
(C) climate assessment, scientific research, 
monitoring, and technological development ac-
tivities; 
(5) develop and implement clear, accountable, 
and metric-based targets to measure the effective-
ness of projects described in paragraph (4); and 
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(6) engage international partners in an existing 
multilateral forum (or, if necessary, establish 
through an international agreement a new multilat-
eral forum) to improve global cooperation for— 
(A) creating tangible metrics for evaluating 
efforts to reduce black carbon, methane, and 
high-GWP hydrofluorocarbons; 
(B) developing and implementing best 
practices for phasing out sources of black car-
bon, 
methane, 
and 
high-GWP 
hydrofluorocarbons, including expanding capac-
ity for innovative instruments to mitigate black 
carbon, 
methane, 
and 
high-GWP 
hydrofluorocarbons at the national and sub-
national levels of foreign countries, particularly 
countries with little capacity to reduce green-
house gas emissions and deploy clean energy fa-
cilities, and countries that lack sufficient poli-
cies to advance such development; 
(C) encouraging the development of stand-
ards and practices, and increasing transparency 
and accountability efforts for the reduction of 
black 
carbon, 
methane, 
and 
high-GWP 
hydrofluorocarbons; 
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(D) integrating tracking and monitoring 
systems into industrial processes; 
(E) fostering research to improve scientific 
understanding of— 
(i) how high concentrations of black 
carbon, 
methane, 
and 
high-GWP 
hydrofluorocarbons affect human health, 
safety, and our climate; 
(ii) changes in the amount and re-
gional concentrations of black carbon and 
methane emissions, based on scientific 
modeling and forecasting; 
(iii) effective means to sequester black 
carbon, 
methane, 
and 
high-GWP 
hydrofluorocarbons; and 
(iv) other related areas of research the 
United States representatives deem nec-
essary; 
(F) encouraging the World Bank, the 
International Monetary Fund, and other inter-
national finance organizations— 
(i) to prioritize efforts to combat 
black carbon, methane, and high-GWP 
hydrofluorocarbons; and 
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(ii) to enhance transparency by pro-
viding sufficient and adequate information 
to facilitate independent verification of 
their climate finance reporting; 
(G) encouraging observers of the Arctic 
Council (including India and China) to adopt 
mitigation plans consistent with the findings 
and recommendations of the Arctic Council’s 
Framework for Action on Black Carbon and 
Methane; 
(H) collaborating on technological ad-
vances in short-lived climate pollutant mitiga-
tion, sequestration and reduction technologies; 
and 
(I) advising foreign countries, at both the 
national and subnational levels, regarding the 
development and execution of regulatory poli-
cies, services, and laws pertaining to reducing 
the creation and the collection and safe man-
agement of black carbon, methane, and high- 
GWP hydrofluorocarbons. 
(c) ENHANCING INTERNATIONAL OUTREACH
AND 
PARTNERSHIP OF UNITED STATES AGENCIES INVOLVED 
IN GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTIONS.— 
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(1) FINDING.—Congress recognizes the success 
of the United States Climate Alliance and the green-
house gas reduction programs and strategies estab-
lished by the Environmental Protection Agency’s 
Center for Corporate Climate Leadership. 
(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
EFFORTS
TO
BUILD 
FOREIGN PARTNERSHIPS.—The Secretary of State 
shall work with the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency to build partnerships, as 
appropriate, with the governments of foreign coun-
tries and to support international efforts to reduce 
black 
carbon, 
methane, 
and 
high-GWP 
hydrofluorocarbons and combat climate change. 
(d) NEGOTIATION OF NEW INTERNATIONAL AGREE-
MENTS
AND REASSERTION
OF TARGETS
IN EXISTING 
AGREEMENTS.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub-
mit a report to Congress that— 
(1) assesses the potential for negotiating new 
international agreements, new targets within existing 
international agreements or cooperative bodies, and 
the creation of a new international forum to mitigate 
globally black carbon, methane, and high-GWP 
hydrofluorocarbons to support the efforts described 
in subsection (b); 
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(2) describes the provisions that could be in-
cluded in such agreements; 
(3) assesses potential parties to such agree-
ments; 
(4) describes a process for reengaging with 
Canada and Mexico regarding the methane targets 
agreed to at the 2016 North American Leaders’ 
Summit; and 
(5) describes a process for reengaging with the 
countries of the Arctic Council regarding the meth-
ane and black carbon targets that were negotiated in 
2015 through the Framework for Action. 
(e) CONSIDERATION OF BLACK CARBON, METHANE, 
AND HIGH-GWP HYDROFLUOROCARBONS
IN NEGOTI-
ATING INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.—In negotiating 
any relevant international agreement with any country or 
countries after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
President shall— 
(1) consider the impact black carbon, methane, 
and high-GWP hydrofluorocarbons are having on the 
increase in global average temperatures and the re-
sulting global climate change; 
(2) consider the effects that climate change is 
having on the environment; and 
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(3) ensure that the agreement strengthens ef-
forts to eliminate black carbon, methane, and high- 
GWP hydrofluorocarbons from such country or 
countries. 
(f) PLAN TO REDUCE BLACK CARBON EMISSIONS 
FROM SHIPS.—Consistent with strategies adopted by the 
International Maritime Organization to reduce greenhouse 
gas emissions from ships, the Secretary of State, in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Transportation, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, the Administrator, and the Com-
mandant of the Coast Guard, shall develop a comprehen-
sive plan to reduce black carbon emissions from ships 
based on appropriate emissions data from oceangoing ves-
sels. The plan shall provide for such reduction through— 
(1) a clean freight partnership; 
(2) limits on black carbon emissions; and 
(3) efforts that include protection of access to 
critical fuel shipments and emergency needs of 
coastal communities. 
(g) ESTABLISHMENT
OF INTERAGENCY WORKING 
GROUP ON SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANT MITIGA-
TION.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 90 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Presi-
dent shall establish a task force, to be known as the 
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Interagency Working Group on Short-Lived Climate 
Pollutant Mitigation. 
(2) MEMBERSHIP.—The members of the Work-
ing Group shall include the head (or a designee 
thereof) of each relevant Federal agency. 
(3) DUTIES.—The Working Group shall— 
(A) not later than 180 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report that 
includes specific plans of each relevant Federal 
agency; 
(B) look for opportunities with other coun-
tries to promote alternatives to high-GWP 
HFC, and transition over time to equipment 
that uses safer and more sustainable alter-
natives to high-GWP HFC; 
(C) review the policy recommendations 
made by— 
(i) the Intergovernmental Panel on 
Climate Change; 
(ii) the United States Climate Alli-
ance; 
(iii) the Interagency Strategy to Re-
duce Methane Emissions; 
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(iv) the Council on Climate Prepared-
ness and Resilience; 
(v) the Clean Cooking Alliance; 
(vi) the International Maritime Orga-
nization; and 
(vii) other relevant organizations and 
institutions; and 
(D) develop an action plan to reduce black 
carbon, 
methane, 
and 
high-GWP 
hydrofluorocarbons that incorporates any ap-
propriate proposals or recommendations made 
by the entities referred to in subparagraph (C). 
SEC. 609. BUILDING UNITED STATES ECONOMIC GROWTH 
AND 
TECHNOLOGICAL 
INNOVATION 
THROUGH THE GREEN CLIMATE FUND. 
(a) GREEN CLIMATE FUND.— 
(1) Congress finds that— 
(A) climate change most severely impacts 
vulnerable and disadvantaged communities in 
the United States and around the world; 
(B) it is the responsibility of the United 
States Government to work with and press 
other countries to address environmental justice 
and climate justice; 
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(C) the report of the United Nations Envi-
ronment Programme entitled ‘‘Climate Change 
and the Cost of Capital in Developing Coun-
tries’’, dated May 2018, found that, in the 10 
years prior to the publication of the report, cli-
mate vulnerability has cost the 20 nations most 
affected by catastrophes rooted in climate 
change an additional $62,000,000,000 in inter-
est payments alone; 
(D) individuals and families, particularly 
communities of color, indigenous communities, 
and low-income communities, that are on the 
frontlines of climate change across the globe are 
often in close proximity to environmental 
stressors or sources of pollution; 
(E) the communities described in subpara-
graph (D)— 
(i) are often the first exposed to the 
causes and impacts of climate change; and 
(ii) have the fewest resources with 
which to mitigate those impacts or to relo-
cate; 
(F) all efforts to adapt to and mitigate cli-
mate change must include specific protections 
for and acknowledgment of the harm of climate 
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change to communities of color, indigenous peo-
ples, women, and other frontline communities 
and marginalized peoples around the world; 
(G) in Paris, on December 12, 2015, the 
parties to the United Nations Framework Con-
vention on Climate Change adopted the Paris 
Agreement, a benchmark agreement— 
(i) to combat climate change; 
(ii) to accelerate and intensify the ac-
tions and investments needed for a sus-
tainable low carbon future; and 
(iii) 
that 
acknowledges, 
‘‘Parties 
should, when taking action to address cli-
mate change, respect, promote and con-
sider their respective obligations on human 
rights, the right to health, the rights of in-
digenous peoples, local communities, mi-
grants, children, persons with disabilities 
and people in vulnerable situations and the 
right to development, as well as gender 
equality, empowerment of women and in-
tergenerational equity’’; 
(H) the Paris Agreement— 
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(i) notes the importance of ‘‘climate 
justice’’ when mitigating and adapting to 
climate change; and 
(ii) recognizes ‘‘the need for an effec-
tive and progressive response to the urgent 
threat of climate change’’; 
(I) it is imperative for all countries to un-
dertake mitigation activities to rapidly meet the 
goal of limiting global warming to not more 
than 1.5 degrees Celsius; 
(J) developed countries have the greatest 
capacity to mitigate their greenhouse gas emis-
sions, while— 
(i) developing countries have the least 
capacity to engage in mitigation activities; 
and 
(ii) the capacity of developing coun-
tries to engage in mitigation activities is 
less than the national mitigation potential 
of those developing countries; 
(K) the determination for the fair share of 
mitigation and adaptation activities for each 
country must take into account— 
(i) the historic greenhouse gas emis-
sions of each country; and 
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(ii) the current capacity of each coun-
try to both mitigate greenhouse gas emis-
sions and adapt to climate impacts; 
(L) developed countries that have histori-
cally emitted a disproportionately high share of 
greenhouse gas emissions, and reaped the eco-
nomic benefits of those polluting activities, have 
a corresponding disproportionately greater re-
sponsibility to engage in global mitigation and 
adaptation activities, as compared to less indus-
trialized countries that have historically polluted 
far less; 
(M) the only realistic way for less industri-
alized countries to meet their full mitigation po-
tential is through international climate financ-
ing by more developed countries; 
(N) in the 2009 Copenhagen Accord, devel-
oped countries committed to jointly mobilize, 
starting in 2020, $100,000,000,000 per year in 
public climate financing (as well as private in-
vestment and other alternative forms of fi-
nance), for developing countries, a commitment 
reaffirmed in 2015 in Decision 1/CP.21 of the 
United Nations Framework Convention on Cli-
mate Change, Adoption of the Paris Agreement; 
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(O) the $100,000,000,000 commitment de-
scribed in subparagraph (N) was a political 
compromise that falls short of the actual fi-
nancing needs for climate action in developing 
countries; 
(P) Bloomberg New Energy Finance has 
estimated that the transition to renewable en-
ergy sources in developing countries will require 
hundreds of billions of dollars annually; 
(Q) the United Nations Environment Pro-
gramme has estimated that adaptation needs 
relating to climate change in developing coun-
tries may be as much as $300,000,000,000 an-
nually by 2030; 
(R) the Green Climate Fund was created 
in 2010 by 194 countries to serve as a crucial 
financing mechanism to help developing coun-
tries limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions 
and adapt to climate change; 
(S) in 2015, the United Nations Frame-
work Convention on Climate Change agreed 
that the Green Climate Fund should serve the 
goals of the Paris Agreement, which states that 
‘‘developed country Parties shall provide finan-
cial resources to assist developing country Par-
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(ii) 
continues 
to 
take 
steps 
to 
strengthen protection for marginalized 
groups; and 
(iii) the United States committed 
$3,000,000,000 
of 
the 
first 
$10,000,000,000 raised for the initial re-
source mobilization period of the Green 
Climate Fund, though only 1⁄3 of this 
pledge was fulfilled, leaving the United 
States the only country to fall substantially 
short of a commitment of a country to the 
Green Climate Fund; and 
(V) the Green Climate Fund is a fully 
operational and proven institution supporting 
well over 100 projects and programs in devel-
oping countries around the world. 
(2) It is the policy of the United States to pro-
vide climate financing— 
(A) as an essential part of the global effort 
to combat climate change; and 
(B) that— 
(i) upholds the principles of environ-
mental justice and climate justice; 
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(ii) supports programs and projects 
developed by recipient countries and com-
munities; 
(iii) is designed and implemented with 
the free, prior, and informed consent of in-
digenous peoples and other impacted com-
munities; 
(iv) promotes gender equality as es-
sential in all of the projects and programs 
supported by climate financing; 
(v) includes best practices for environ-
mental and social safeguards to ensure 
that projects and programs supported by 
climate 
financing 
respect 
fundamental 
human rights; and 
(vi) addresses both mitigation and ad-
aptation as essential aspects of responding 
to climate change. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for contributions to the 
Green Climate Fund $1,400,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
$2,600,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; and $4,000,000,000 
for fiscal year 2024. 
(c) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the climate financing needs to achieve the 
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greenhouse gas emissions reductions required to keep the 
planet at or below 1.5 degrees Celsius of global warming 
are significantly greater than the amount of funds author-
ized to be appropriated under subsection (a). 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) CLIMATE FINANCING.—The term ‘‘climate 
financing’’ means the transfer of new and additional 
public funds from developed countries to developing 
countries for projects and programs that— 
(A) reduce or eliminate greenhouse gas 
emissions; 
(B) enhance and restore natural carbon se-
questration; and 
(C) promote adaptation to climate change. 
(2) GREEN CLIMATE FUND.—The term ‘‘Green 
Climate Fund’’ means the independent, multilateral 
fund— 
(A) established by parties to the United 
Nations Framework Convention on Climate 
Change; and 
(B) adopted by decision as part of the fi-
nancial mechanism of the United Nations 
Framework Convention on Climate Change. 
(3) PARIS
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘‘Paris 
Agreement’’ means the annex to Decision 1/CP.21 
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adopted by the 21st Conference of Parties of the 
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate 
Change in Paris, France, on December 12, 2015. 
Æ 
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