Restoration of the Transatlantic Dialogue: The Global Fight Against Climate Change

Location: Hearing will be held via Cisco WebEx

Subcommittee: Europe, Energy, the Environment and Cyber

Witnesses:

Her Excellency Patricia Espinosa
Executive Secretary
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Former Ambassador of Mexico to Germany and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico
 
His Excellency Frans Timmermans
Executive Vice-President for the European Green Deal
European Commission
Former First Vice-President of the EU Commission in charge of Better Regulation, Inter-Institutional Relations, the Rule of Law, and the Charter of Fundamental Rights
 
Ms. Rachel Kyte CMG
Dean
The Fletcher School, Tufts University
Former Special Representative of the U.N. Secretary General
 
Mr. Nicolas Loris
Deputy Director, Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies and Herbert and Joyce Morgan Fellow in Energy and Environmental Policy
The Heritage Foundation




The House Foreign Affairs Committee is responsible for oversight and legislation relating to:

- Foreign assistance - including development assistance, Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Millennium Challenge Account, HIV/AIDS in foreign countries, security assistance, and Public Law 480 programs abroad

- National security developments affecting foreign policy

- Strategic planning and agreements

- War powers, treaties, executive agreements, and the deployment and use of United States Armed Forces

- Peacekeeping, peace enforcement, and enforcement of United Nations or other international sanctions

- Arms control and disarmament issues

- The International Development Finance Corporation, the United States Agency for International Development

- Activities and policies of the State, Commerce, and Defense Departments and other agencies related to the Arms Export Control Act and the Foreign assistance Act, including export and licensing policy for munitions items and technology and dual-use equipment and technology

- International law

- Promotion of democracy

- International law enforcement issues, including narcotics control programs and activities

- International cyber issues

- U.S. Agency for Global Media

- Embassy security; international broadcasting

- Public diplomacy, including international communication and information policy, and international education and exchange programs; and all other matters not specifically assigned to a subcommittee.

- The Export Administration Act, including the export and licensing of dual-use equipment and technology and other matters related to international economic policy and trade not otherwise assigned to a subcommittee, and with respect to the United Nations, its affiliated agencies, and other international organizations, including assessed and voluntary contributions to such organizations.