Presidential DocumentExecutive Order 136772014-23228
Climate-Resilient International Development
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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 187 (Friday, September 26, 2014)]
[Presidential Documents]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2014-23228]
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Vol. 79
Friday,
No. 187
September 26, 2014
Part IV
The President
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Executive Order 13677--Climate-Resilient International Development
Memorandum of September 23, 2014--Deepening U.S. Government Efforts To
Collaborate With and Strengthen Civil Society
Presidential Documents
Federal Register / Vol. 79 , No. 187 / Friday, September 26, 2014 /
Presidential Documents
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Title 3--
The President
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Executive Order 13677 of September 23, 2014
Climate-Resilient International Development
By the authority vested in me as President by the
Constitution and the laws of the United States of
America, and to safeguard security and economic growth,
protect the sustainability and long-term durability of
U.S. development work in vulnerable countries, and
promote sound decisionmaking and risk management, it is
hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Policy. The world must reduce greenhouse gas
emissions to prevent the most dangerous consequences of
climate change. Even with increased efforts to curb
these emissions, we must prepare for and adapt to the
impacts of climate change. The adverse impacts of
climate change, including sea-level rise, increases in
temperatures, more frequent extreme precipitation and
heat events, more severe droughts, and increased
wildfire activity, along with other impacts of
greenhouse gas emissions, such as ocean acidification,
threaten to roll back decades of progress in reducing
poverty and improving economic growth in vulnerable
countries, compromise the effectiveness and resilience
of U.S. development assistance, degrade security, and
risk intranational and international conflict over
resources.
Executive Order 13514 of October 5, 2009 (Federal
Leadership in Environmental, Energy, and Economic
Performance), and Executive Order 13653 of November 1,
2013 (Preparing the United States for the Impacts of
Climate Change), established a strong foundation for
coordinated and consistent action to incorporate
climate-resilience considerations into policies and
procedures throughout the Federal Government. Executive
departments and agencies (agencies) with international
development programs must now build upon the recent
progress made pursuant to these orders by
systematically factoring climate-resilience
considerations into international development
strategies, planning, programming, investments, and
related funding decisions, including the planning for
and management of overseas facilities.
This order requires the integration of climate-
resilience considerations into all United States
international development work to the extent permitted
by law. Dedicated U.S. climate-change adaptation funds
are critical to managing the risks posed by climate-
change impacts in vulnerable countries. Coping with the
magnitude of the consequences of accelerating climate
change also requires enhanced efforts across the
Federal Government's broader international development
work. Consideration of current and future climate-
change impacts will improve the resilience of the
Federal Government's broader international development
programs, projects, investments, overseas facilities,
and related funding decisions. The United States will
also promote a similar approach among relevant
multilateral entities in which it participates.
By taking these steps and more fully considering
current and future climate-change impacts, the United
States will foster better decision-making processes and
risk-management approaches, ensure the effectiveness of
U.S. investments, and assist other countries in
integrating climate-resilience considerations into
their own development planning and implementation.
Collectively, these efforts will help to better
optimize broader international development work and
lead to enhanced global preparedness for and resilience
to climate change.
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The international climate-resilience actions required
by this order complement efforts by the Federal
Government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at home
and globally. The more greenhouse gas emissions are
reduced, the less need there will be to adapt to the
impacts of a changing climate.
Sec. 2. Incorporating Climate Resilience into
International Development. (a) Agencies with direct
international development programs and investments
shall:
(i) incorporate climate-resilience considerations
into decisionmaking by:
(A) assessing and evaluating climate-related risks
to and vulnerabilities in agency strategies, planning,
programs, projects, investments, overseas facilities,
and related funding decisions, using best-available
climate-change data, tools, and information, including
those identified or developed pursuant to sections 3
and 4 of this order; and
(B) as appropriate, adjusting strategies, planning,
programs, projects, investments, and related funding
decisions, including the planning for and management of
overseas facilities, based on such assessments and
evaluations;
(ii) collaborate with other agencies to share
knowledge, data, tools, information, frameworks, and
lessons learned in incorporating climate-resilience
considerations into agency strategy, planning,
programs, projects, investments, and related funding
decisions, including the planning for and management of
overseas facilities;
(iii) work with other countries, as appropriate, to
identify climate risks and incorporate climate-
resilience considerations into their international
development assistance efforts;
(iv) when determining how to use resources, support
efforts of vulnerable countries to integrate climate-
resilience considerations into national, regional, and
sectoral development planning and action; and
(v) monitor progress in integrating and promoting
climate-resilient development considerations as
required by this subsection.
(b) Agencies that participate in multilateral
entities and other agencies with representation in
multilateral development entities, including
multilateral development banks and United Nations
organizations, shall, as appropriate:
(i) work to encourage multilateral entities to:
(A) assess and evaluate climate-related risks to
and vulnerabilities in their strategies, planning,
programs, projects, investments, and related funding
decisions, using best-available climate-change data,
tools, and information; and
(B) adjust their strategies, planning, programs,
projects, investments, and related funding decisions,
as appropriate, based on such assessments and
evaluations;
(ii) collaborate with multilateral entities and
share with agencies and other stakeholders knowledge,
data, tools, information, frameworks, and lessons
learned from the multilateral entities in incorporating
climate-resilience considerations into strategies,
planning, programs, projects, investments, and related
funding decisions;
(iii) encourage multilateral entities to support
efforts of vulnerable countries to integrate climate-
resilience considerations into national, regional, and
sectoral development planning and action; and
(iv) monitor the efforts of multilateral entities
in integrating climate-resilient development
considerations as encouraged by this order.
Sec. 3. Enhancing Data, Tools, and Information for
Climate-Resilient International Development. Agencies
with direct international development programs and
investments and those that participate in multilateral
entities shall work together with science and security
agencies and entities, through
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the Working Group on Climate-Resilient International
Development established in section 4 of this order, to
identify and develop, as appropriate, data, decision-
support tools, and information to allow the screening
for and incorporation of considerations of climate-
change risks and vulnerabilities, as appropriate, in
strategies, plans, programs, projects, investments, and
related funding decisions, including the planning for
and management of overseas facilities. In addition,
such agencies shall coordinate efforts, including those
undertaken pursuant to Executive Order 13653, to
deliver information on climate-change impacts and make
data, tools, and information available to
decisionmakers in other countries, so as to build their
capacity as information providers and users. United
States participants in relevant multilateral entities
shall share this information with the respective
multilateral entity, as appropriate.
Sec. 4. Working Group on Climate-Resilient
International Development. (a) Establishment. There is
established a Working Group on Climate-Resilient
International Development (Working Group) of the
Council on Climate Preparedness and Resilience
(Council) established by Executive Order 13653. The
Secretary of the Treasury and the Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development, or
their designees, shall co-chair the Working Group.
Agencies with direct international development programs
and investments, agencies that participate in
multilateral entities, and science and security
agencies and entities shall designate a representative
from their respective agencies or entities to
participate in the Working Group. Representatives from
other agencies or entities may participate in the
Working Group as determined by the Co-Chairs.
(b) Mission and Function.
(i) The Working Group shall:
(A) develop, for agencies with direct international
development programs and investments, guidelines for
integrating considerations of climate-change risks and
climate resilience into agency strategies, plans,
programs, projects, investments, and related funding
decisions, including the planning for and management of
overseas facilities;
(B) assess and identify, for agencies with direct
international development programs and investments,
existing climate-change data, tools, and information,
as described in section 3 of this order, to help
agencies assess climate risks and make decisions that
incorporate climate-resilience considerations, such as
through project screening. To the extent the Working
Group identifies needs for new data, tools, and
information, it shall work with relevant science and
security agencies and entities to advance their
development, as appropriate;
(C) identify approaches for adjusting strategies,
planning, programs, projects, investments, and related
funding decisions, including the planning for and
management of overseas facilities, to respond to the
findings of climate-risk assessments;
(D) facilitate the exchange of knowledge, data,
tools, information, frameworks, and lessons learned in
assessing climate risks to and incorporating climate-
resilience considerations into strategies, planning,
programs, projects, investments, and related funding
decisions, including the planning for and management of
overseas facilities, of agencies with direct
international development programs and investments,
including efforts referenced in section 3 of this
order;
(E) work through existing channels to share best
practices developed by the Working Group with other
donor countries and multilateral entities to facilitate
advancement of climate-resilient development policies;
(F) promote interagency collaboration, including
through joint training; and
(G) develop, for agencies with direct international
development programs and investments, methods for
tracking and reporting on Federal Government
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progress in institutionalizing more climate-resilient
development approaches, including performance metrics.
(ii) The Co-Chairs of the Council may designate
additional Co-Chairs of the Working Group. The Co-
Chairs of the Working Group may establish sub-working
groups, as appropriate.
Sec. 5. Implementation and Reporting of Progress. (a)
Implementation. To promote sustained focus on
implementation, both at agency headquarters and in the
field, the Working Group shall:
(i) establish a 2-year timeline, divided into 6-
month intervals, to implement section 4(b)(i) of this
order, setting forth specific goals to be accomplished
and milestones to be achieved; and
(ii) analyze, at least annually, the Federal
Government's progress in implementing this order and
provide recommendations for priority areas for further
implementation to the Council, Office of Management and
Budget, National Security Council, Council on
Environmental Quality, Office of Science and Technology
Policy, and other agencies, offices, and entities, as
appropriate.
(b) Reporting.
(i) Agencies with direct international development
programs and investments shall report on and track
progress in achieving the requirements identified in
section 2(a) of this order, including accomplished and
planned milestones, through the Federal Agency Planning
process set forth in section 5 of Executive Order
13653. Once the Working Group has developed metrics and
methodologies as required by section 4(b)(i)(G) of this
order, agency reporting shall include an estimation of
the proportion of each agency's direct international
development programs and investments for which climate-
risk assessments have been conducted, as well as an
estimation of the proportion of the programs and
investments for which climate risk was identified and
acted upon.
(ii) Agencies that participate in multilateral
entities shall report on the efforts of multilateral
entities in integrating climate-resilient development
considerations into their operations through the
Federal Agency Planning process set forth in section 5
of Executive Order 13653. Where more than one agency is
involved in the U.S. Government's participation in a
multilateral entity, the lead agency for such
participation shall be responsible for reporting, in
coordination with the other agencies involved.
Sec. 6. Climate-Change Mitigation. As agencies
incorporate climate-resilience considerations into
international development work, they shall continue
seeking opportunities to help international partners
promote sustainable low-emissions development. The
Federal Government has greatly increased the number and
variety of international development initiatives
focused on climate-change mitigation, including
programs to promote clean energy, energy efficiency,
and sustainable land-use and forestry practices, as
well as partnerships with more than two dozen countries
to formulate and implement sustainable low-emissions
development strategies. Within 1 year of the date of
this order, and building on the full range of efforts
the United States has undertaken to date, the National
Security Council shall convene relevant agencies and
entities to explore further mitigation opportunities in
broader U.S. international development work and develop
recommendations for further action.
Sec. 7. Definitions. As used in this order:
(a) ``Adaptation'' has the meaning provided in
section 8(b) of Executive Order 13653: adjustment in
natural or human systems in anticipation of or response
to a changing environment in a way that effectively
uses beneficial opportunities or reduces negative
effects;
(b) ``Direct international development programs and
investments'' refers to:
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(i) bilateral, regional, and multilateral
international development programs and investments over
which agencies have primary programmatic and financial
management responsibilities; or
(ii) the extension of official financing by
agencies bilaterally to private sector investors to
support international development;
(c) ``Climate-change mitigation'' refers to actions
that reduce or enhance removals of greenhouse gas
emissions;
(d) ``Resilience'' has the meaning provided in
section 8(c) of Executive Order 13653: the ability to
anticipate, prepare for, and adapt to changing
conditions and withstand, respond to, and recover
rapidly from disruptions;
(e) ``Agencies with direct international
development programs and investments'' means the
Department of State, Department of Agriculture,
Department of the Interior, United States Agency for
International Development, Millennium Challenge
Corporation, Overseas Private Investment Corporation,
United States Trade and Development Agency, and other
relevant agencies and entities, as determined by the
Working Group Co-Chairs;
(f) ``Science and security agencies and entities''
means the Department of the Interior, Department of
Energy, Office of Science and Technology Policy,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United
States Global Change Research Program, Office of the
Director of National Intelligence, and other relevant
agencies and entities, as determined by the Working
Group Co-Chairs; and
(g) ``Agencies that participate in multilateral
entities'' means the Department of the Treasury,
Department of State, and other relevant agencies and
entities, as determined by the Working Group Co-Chairs.
Sec. 8. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order
shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law or Executive Order
to an executive department, agency, or head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget relating to budgetary,
administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with
U.S. obligations under international agreements and
applicable U.S. law, and shall be subject to the
availability of appropriations.
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(c) This order is not intended to, and does not,
create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural,
enforceable at law or in equity by any party against
the United States, its departments, agencies, or
entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any
other person.
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