Climate Change Diplomacy and Development Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of State, in coordination with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop a Joint Department of State and USAID Strategy to Address the Global Climate Change Crisis. The State Department must also designate its Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs to coordinate State Department and USAID efforts to guide U.S. foreign policy related to global climate change. Further, the State Department must include specified climate-related items and estimates in its annual budget request.
Air qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesBudget processClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightDepartment of StateDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadEnergy efficiency and conservationEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchExecutive agency funding and structureForeign aid and international reliefGovernment studies and investigationsInternational law and treatiesMultilateral development programsU.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)Water use and supply
Climate Change Diplomacy and Development Act of 2020
USA116th CongressHR-9003| House
| Updated: 12/17/2020
Climate Change Diplomacy and Development Act of 2020 This bill requires the Department of State, in coordination with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to develop a Joint Department of State and USAID Strategy to Address the Global Climate Change Crisis. The State Department must also designate its Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs to coordinate State Department and USAID efforts to guide U.S. foreign policy related to global climate change. Further, the State Department must include specified climate-related items and estimates in its annual budget request.
Air qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesBudget processClimate change and greenhouse gasesCongressional oversightDepartment of StateDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadEnergy efficiency and conservationEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchExecutive agency funding and structureForeign aid and international reliefGovernment studies and investigationsInternational law and treatiesMultilateral development programsU.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)Water use and supply