TITLE I—STRATEGIES, POLICIES, 
AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 101. FEDERAL INTERAGENCY WORKING GROUP ON 
WOMEN AND CLIMATE CHANGE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
Department of State a Federal Interagency Working 
Group on Women and Climate Change, which shall be 
chaired by the Senior Coordinator for Women and Climate 
Change designated pursuant to section 201. Members of 
the Working Group shall be selected by their respective 
agency heads from the senior ranks of such agencies. The 
Working Group shall— 
(1) be composed of a senior representative from 
each of— 
(A) the Department of State, including— 
(i) the Office of Global Women’s 
Issues; 
(ii) the Office of Civil Rights; 
(iii) the Bureau of Oceans and Inter-
national Environmental and Scientific Af-
fairs; 
(iv) the Bureau of Population, Refu-
gees, and Migration; 
(v) the Bureau of Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor; and 
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(vi) the Bureau of International Orga-
nization Affairs; 
(B) the Agency for International Develop-
ment; 
(C) the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention; 
(D) the Environmental Protection Agency; 
(E) the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration; 
(F) the National Institutes of Health; 
(G) the National Science Foundation; 
(H) the White House Council on Environ-
mental Quality; and 
(I) other members as designated by the 
Senior Coordinator; 
(2) coordinate and integrate the development of 
all policies and activities of the Federal Government 
across all agencies relating to— 
(A) combating the effects of climate 
change on women in the international sphere; 
and 
(B) increasing the Federal Government re-
sponse and strategy to fight climate change for 
the security of the United States and the inter-
national community; 
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(3) allow each member of the Working Group 
to act as a representative for the Working Group 
within the Federal department or agency of such 
member to facilitate implementation of the Working 
Group policies within such department or agency; 
(4) ensure that all relevant Federal depart-
ments or agencies comply with appropriate guide-
lines, policies, and directives from the Working 
Group, the Department of State, and other Federal 
departments or agencies with responsibilities relating 
to climate change; 
(5) ensure that Federal departments or agen-
cies, State governments, and relevant congressional 
committees, in consultation with nongovernmental 
organizations and policy experts in the field and 
State and local government officials who administer 
or direct policy for programs relating to climate 
change and women— 
(A) have access to, receive, and appro-
priately disseminate best practices in the ad-
ministration of programs; 
(B) have adequate resources to maximize 
the public awareness of such programs; 
(C) increase the reach of such programs; 
(D) share relevant data; and 
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(E) issue relevant guidance; and 
(6) identify and disseminate best practices for 
improved data collection on the part of each agency 
and department relevant to the disparate impact of 
climate change on women, including in— 
(A) unpaid care work; 
(B) community advocacy, activism, and 
representation; 
(C) women and girls’ access to education; 
(D) access to comprehensive health care, 
include reproductive health and rights; 
(E) desertification and food insecurity; 
(F) community infrastructure, multi-level 
Government adaptability, and climate-resilience; 
(G) climate and weather-related crisis re-
sponse including safety from gender-based vio-
lence; and 
(H) women’s involvement and leadership in 
the development of frameworks and policies for 
climate resilience. 
(b) 
CONSULTATION
PERMITTED.—The 
Federal 
Interagency Working Group may consult and obtain rec-
ommendations from such independent nongovernmental 
policy experts, State and local government officials, inde-
pendent groups and organizations, or other groups or or-
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ganizations as the Senior Coordinator determines will as-
sist in carrying out the mission of the Office. 
(c) FREQUENCY OF MEETING.—The Federal Inter-
agency Working Group shall meet on a quarterly basis to 
discuss and develop policies, projects, and programs, and 
shall meet with the Senior Coordinator for Women and 
Climate Change on a monthly basis to report on and dis-
cuss implementation of such policies, projects, and pro-
grams. 
SEC. 
102. 
DEVELOPMENT 
AND 
IMPLEMENTATION 
OF 
STRATEGY AND POLICIES TO PREVENT AND 
RESPOND TO THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE 
CHANGE ON WOMEN GLOBALLY. 
(a) INITIAL STRATEGY.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Senior 
Coordinator for Women and Climate Change and the Am-
bassador-at-Large for the Office of Global Women’s Issues 
of the Department of State, in consultation with the Fed-
eral Interagency Working Group, shall develop and submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a United 
States National and International Strategy to prevent and 
respond to the effects of climate change on women. The 
strategy shall include— 
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(1) recognizing the disparate impacts of climate 
change on women and the efforts of women globally 
to address climate change; 
(2) taking effective action to prevent and re-
spond to climate change and mitigate the effects of 
climate change on women around the world, as well 
as to promoting gender equality, economic growth, 
public health, racial justice, and human rights; 
(3) implementing the United Nations Sustain-
able Development goals listed in subsection (e), 
through and beyond 2030, as part of the strategy to 
prevent and respond to the effects of climate change 
on women globally; 
(4) implementing balanced participation of men 
and women, especially individuals from the commu-
nities most impacted, in climate change adaptation 
and mitigation efforts, including in governance and 
diplomatic positions within the United States Gov-
ernment; 
(5) working at the local, national, and inter-
national levels, including with individuals, families, 
and communities, to prevent and respond to the ef-
fects of climate change on women; 
(6) systematically integrating and coordinating 
efforts to prevent and respond to the effects of cli-
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mate change on women internationally into United 
States foreign policy and foreign assistance pro-
grams; 
(7) investing in research on climate change 
through appropriate Federal departments or agen-
cies and funding of university and independent re-
search groups on the various causes and effects of 
climate change; 
(8) developing and implementing gender-sen-
sitive frameworks in policies to address climate 
change, which account for the specific impacts of cli-
mate change on women; 
(9) developing policies to support women who 
are particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts 
to prepare for, build their resilience, and adapt to 
such impacts, including a commitment to increase 
education and training opportunities for women to 
develop local resilience plans to address the effects 
of climate change; 
(10) developing and investing in programs for 
the education and empowerment of women and girls 
in the United States and across the global commu-
nity, including to gather information on how climate 
change is affecting their lives and for guidance on 
the needs of their families and communities in the 
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face of climate change, in coordination with the dip-
lomatic missions of other countries; 
(11) consulting with representatives of civil so-
ciety, 
including 
nongovernmental 
organizations, 
faith-based organizations, multilateral organizations, 
local and international civil society groups, and local 
climate change organizations and their beneficiaries 
with demonstrated experience in preventing and re-
sponding to the effects of climate change on women; 
(12) supporting and building local capacity in 
developing countries, including with respect to gov-
ernments at all levels and nongovernmental organi-
zations (especially women-led), to prevent and re-
spond to the effects of climate change on women; 
(13) developing programs to empower women in 
communities to have a voice in the planning, design, 
implementation, and evaluation of strategies to ad-
dress climate change so that their roles and re-
sources are taken into account; 
(14) including women in economic development 
planning, policies, and practices that directly im-
prove conditions that result from climate change; 
(15) integrating a gender approach in all poli-
cies and programs in the United States that are 
globally related to climate change; and 
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(16) ensuring that such policies and programs 
support women globally to prepare for, build resil-
ience for, and adapt to climate change. 
(b) UPDATES.—The Senior Coordinator for Women 
and Climate Change shall consult with the Federal Inter-
agency Working Group to collect information and feed-
back, to update the strategy and programs to prevent and 
respond to the effects of climate change on women glob-
ally. 
(c) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the submission of the strategy under 
subsection (a), the Senior Coordinator for Women and Cli-
mate Change shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees an implementation plan and budget for the 
strategy. 
(d) ASSISTANCE AND CONSULTATION.—The Senior 
Coordinator for Women and Climate Change shall assist 
and provide consultation to the Secretary of State in pre-
venting and responding to the effects of climate change 
on women globally. 
(e) UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 
GOALS THROUGH AND BEYOND 2030.—The United Na-
tions Sustainable Development goals listed in this sub-
section are the following: 
(1) Ending poverty in all its forms everywhere. 
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(2) Ending hunger, achieving food security and 
improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agri-
culture. 
(3) Ensuring healthy lives and promote well- 
being for all and at all ages. 
(4) Ensuring inclusive, equitable, and quality 
education and promoting lifelong learning opportuni-
ties for all. 
(5) Achieving gender equality and empowering 
all women and girls. 
(6) Ensuring the availability and sustainable 
management of water and sanitation for all. 
(7) Ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sus-
tainable and modern energy for all. 
(8) Promoting sustained, inclusive, and sustain-
able economic growth, full and productive employ-
ment, and decent work for all. 
(9) Building resilient infrastructure, promoting 
inclusive and sustainable industrialization, and fos-
tering innovation. 
(10) Reducing inequality within and among 
countries. 
(11) Making cities and human settlements in-
clusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable. 
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(12) Ensuring sustainable consumption and 
production patterns. 
(13) Taking urgent action to combat climate 
change and its impacts. 
(14) Conserving and sustainably using the 
oceans, seas, and marine resources for sustainable 
development. 
(15) Protecting, restoring, and promoting sus-
tainable use of terrestrial ecosystems, sustainably 
managing forests, combating desertification, and 
halting and reversing land degradation and biodiver-
sity loss. 
(16) Promoting peaceful and inclusive societies 
for sustainable development, providing access to jus-
tice for all, and building effective, accountable and 
inclusive institutions at all levels. 
(17) Strengthening the means of policy imple-
mentation and revitalize the global partnership for 
sustainable development. 
TITLE II—OVERSIGHT AND 
ACCOUNTABILITY 
SEC. 201. SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR WOMEN AND CLI-
MATE CHANGE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Ambassador-at-Large of 
the Office of Global Women’s Issues shall designate a cur-
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rent employee serving as a Senior Advisor, or equivalent 
role, to serve concurrently as the Senior Coordinator for 
Women and Climate Change. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Senior Coordinator shall— 
(1) direct the activities, policies, programs, and 
funding of the Department of State relating to the 
effects of climate change on women, including with 
respect to efforts to prevent and respond to these ef-
fects; 
(2) advise the Secretary, the relevant heads of 
other Federal departments and independent agen-
cies, and other entities within the Executive Office 
of the President, regarding the establishment of— 
(A) policies, goals, objectives, and priorities 
for addressing and combating the effects of cli-
mate change on women; and 
(B) mechanisms to improve the effective-
ness, coordination, impact, and outcomes of 
programs relating to addressing and combating 
the effects of climate change on women, in co-
ordination with experts in the field, nongovern-
mental organizations, and foreign governments; 
and 
(3) identify and assist in the resolution of any 
disputes that arise between Federal agencies relating 
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to policies and programs to address and combat the 
effects of climate change on women or other matters 
within the responsibility of the Office. 
(c) OVERSIGHT.—The Senior Coordinator for Women 
and Climate Change shall report to the Ambassador-at- 
Large for the Office of Global Women’s Issues and the 
Secretary of State. 
SEC. 202. BRIEFING AND REPORT. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Ambas-
sador-at-Large and Senior Coordinator for Women and 
Climate Change shall— 
(1) brief the appropriate congressional commit-
tees on— 
(A) the effects of climate change on 
women; and 
(B) the prevention and response strategies, 
programming, and associated outcomes with re-
spect to climate change; and 
(2) submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees an assessment of human and financial 
resources necessary to fulfill the purposes of and 
carry out this Act. 
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