greenhouse gas concentrations. The target range 
should reflect the consensus recommendations of Inter-
governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sci-
entists, who believe that concentrations of greenhouse 
gases in the Earth’s atmosphere must be stabilized to 
provide a reasonable chance of limiting the rise in 
global temperatures to a level that might avert the 
most damaging impacts of climate change. 
SEC. 103. OFFICE ON GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—There is established 
within the Department of State an Office on Global Climate 
Change (hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Of-
fice’’). 
(b) HEAD OF OFFICE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of the Office shall be 
the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Climate Change 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Ambas-
sador-at-Large’’). 
(2) APPOINTMENT.—The Ambassador-at-Large 
shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate. 
(c) DUTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The primary responsibility of 
the Ambassador-at-Large shall be to advance the goals 
of the United States with respect to reducing the 
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emissions of global greenhouse gases and addressing 
the challenges posed by global climate change. 
(2) 
ADVISORY
ROLE.—The 
Ambassador-at- 
Large— 
(A) shall be a principal adviser to the 
President and the Secretary of State on matters 
relating to global climate change; and 
(B) shall make recommendations to the 
President and the Secretary of State on policies 
of the United States Government with respect to 
international cooperation on reducing the emis-
sion of global greenhouse gases and addressing 
the challenges posed by global climate change. 
(3) DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION.—Subject to 
the direction of the President and the Secretary of 
State, the Ambassador-at-Large is authorized to rep-
resent the United States in matters relating to global 
climate change in— 
(A) contacts with foreign governments, 
intergovernmental organizations, and specialized 
agencies of the United Nations, the Organization 
on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and 
other international organizations of which the 
United States is a member; and 
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(B) multilateral conferences and meetings 
relating to global climate change. 
(d) FUNDING.—The Secretary of State shall provide 
the Ambassador-at-Large with such funds as may be nec-
essary for the hiring of staff for the Office, the conduct of 
investigations by the Office, and for necessary travel to 
carry out the provisions of this section. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than September 1 of each year, 
the Secretary of State, with the assistance of the Ambas-
sador-at-Large, shall prepare and submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report on the strategy, policies, 
and actions of the United States for reducing the emissions 
of global greenhouse gases and addressing the challenges 
posed of global climate change. 
TITLE II—ASSISTANCE TO PRO-
MOTE CLEAN AND EFFICIENT 
ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES IN 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES 
SEC. 201. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS. 
Congress makes the following findings: 
(1) Several provisions of the Energy Policy Act 
of 1992 were designed to expand Federal programs 
that support renewable energy and energy efficient 
equipment exports and to broaden the portfolio of pro-
grams to include training and technology transfer ac-
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tivities that help promote development in less indus-
trialized nations, expand global markets, and reduce 
greenhouse gas emissions. However, few of the export- 
related provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 
were implemented due to a lack of Federal funding. 
(2) In 2000, Congress called for several United 
States Government agencies to create an Interagency 
Working Group to support a Clean Energy Tech-
nology Exports Initiative to use the combined re-
sources of various agencies to promote the export of 
clean energy technologies abroad. The Initiative also 
suffered from low levels of Federal funding and has 
not produced significant results. 
(3) Large and emerging economies, such as India 
and China, play significant roles in the global energy 
security system as large consumers of energy and 
should be included as member countries in the Inter-
national Energy Agency to strengthen the common in-
terest of importers in encouraging transparent energy 
markets and in planning for supply disruptions. 
(4) The challenge of energy security severely af-
fects developing countries where over 1.6 billion peo-
ple lack access to affordable energy services. In these 
nations, a lack of transparency and accountability 
creates a climate of mistrust for investors; bilateral 
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and multilateral lending institutions do not provide 
sufficient incentives to companies investing in clean 
and efficient energy technologies; women and children 
suffer disproportionately due to the lack of energy 
services; inaccessibility of energy services impedes 
other development programs in education, health, ag-
riculture, and the environment; and dependence on 
imported fuels leaves countries vulnerable to supply 
disruptions and economic shocks. 
(5) In addition to promoting the export of clean 
energy technologies, large energy-consuming economies 
must also have appropriate incentive systems, policy 
and regulatory frameworks, and investment climates 
in place to accept and promote the adoption of such 
technologies. 
(6) More than $16 trillion needs to be invested 
in energy-supply infrastructure worldwide by 2030 to 
meet energy demand, and almost half of total energy 
investment will take place in developing countries, 
where production and demand are expected to in-
crease the most. 
(7) Public and private sector capital will be 
needed to fulfill future demand. The opportunity ex-
ists for public and private actors to coordinate efforts 
and leverage resources to direct this investment into 
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