Jenny Bankie's Profile

The bill represents the Foreign Relations Committee's entry to the broader
climate proposal being crafted by Kerry and Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and
Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.).

Five other committees are also expected to contribute ideas to the overall
package, including Agriculture, Commerce, Energy and Natural Resources,
Environment and Public Works, and Finance.

Through the forestry programs, the bill sets a goal for reducing emissions by at
least 720 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2020 -- with a cumulative
target of 6 billion tons by 2025.

Strategic Interagency Board on International Climate Investment

oversight of multiple government agency contributions to international climate
finance. It would require the State Department to report to Congress on
low-carbon development efforts in rapidly growing countries

offers aid to the most vulnerable developing nations to help them develop and
implement adaptation programs that deal with everything from sea-level rise to
heat waves, extreme weather, air pollution, allergies and water- and food-borne
infectious disease.

Four members of the Foreign Relations Committee cosponsored the bill: Sens. Bob
Menendez (D-N.J.), Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Ted Kaufman (D-Del.), and Kirsten
Gillibrand (D-N.Y.).

developing nations to help them deploy clean energy technologies and curb
emissions from deforestation, and for adaptation

Obama administration officials have said they are likely to commit about $1.3
billion this year

Over the long term, de Boer said developed countries should expect to contribute
about $100 billion annually

H.R.
2454 (pdf)) and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee (S.
1733 (pdf)) include emission allocations worth several hundred billion
dollars over the four-decade lifetime

praising the Kerry-led proposal, including the U.N. Foundation, Natural
Resources Defense Council, OxFam America, the Nature Conservancy, Business
Council for Sustainable Energy, Center for Clean Air Policy, Union of Concerned
Scientists, World Wildlife Fund and CARE USA