POLICY ON NEGOTIATIONS.

SEC. 722. POLICY ON NEGOTIATIONS. (a) In General.—The Secretary of State, acting through the United States representative to the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Coordination and Development (OECD), should initiate, at the earliest practicable 103 STAT. 2524date, negotiations among member countries on a coordinated approach to global warming, tropical deforestation, sustainable development, and biological diversity through bilateral assistance programs that would indude— (1) increased consideration of the impact of developmental projects on global warming, tropical deforestation, and biological diversity; (2) reduction or elimination of funding for those projects that exacerbate those problems; (3) coordinated research and development of projects that emphasize sustainable use or protection of tropical forests and support for local conservation efforts: (4) expanded use of forgiveness of foreign assistance debt in exchange for policy changes or programs that address problems associated with global warming, tropical deforestation, sustainable development, and biological diversity; (5) increased use of foreign assistance funds and technical assistance in support of local conservation, restoration, or sustainable development efforts and debt-for-nature exchanges; (6) improved exchange of information on energy efficiency and solar and renewable energy sources, and a greater emphasis on the use of those sources of energy in developmental projects; and (7) increased use of environmental experts in the field to assess development projects for their impact on global warming, tropical deforestation, and biological diversity. (b) Implementation of Agreement.—Negotiations described in subsection (a) shall seek to ensure that the recommended changes are implemented as quickly as possible by member countries of the Development Assistance Committee.