SRES248-119

That it is the sense of the Senate that— it is in the national interest for the Federal Government to establish a national biodiversity strategy— to ensure the conservation and restoration of the biodiversity of the United States; to secure and restore the ecosystem services provided by nature for current and future generations; to deliver on the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals; to set ambitious, yet necessary, goals for protecting biodiversity in the coming decades; to promote social equity and justice in the conservation of the biodiversity of the United States; to coordinate the actions of Federal agencies to advance the conservation of biodiversity; to promote collaboration among Federal, State, and Tribal governments, nongovernmental stakeholders, civil society, and international parties to advance conservation; to honor the Federal trust obligations to Indian Tribes and Native Americans; and to provide global leadership in addressing the biodiversity crisis; and the national biodiversity strategy described in paragraph (1) should include direction on— achieving the national goal of conserving not less than 30 percent of the land and waters of the United States to protect biodiversity and address climate change by 2030 (referred to in this resolution as 30x30), supporting international efforts to achieve the same goal on a global scale, and setting other goals necessary to reduce the threats to biodiversity as indicated by the best available scientific information; taking action to protect threatened, endangered, and at-risk species from further imperilment or extinction; climate adaptation and mitigation strategies for biodiversity conservation, including— leading international agreements to combat climate change, including the decision of the 21st Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change adopted in Paris December 12, 2015 (commonly known as the Paris Agreement); establishing climate refugia and climate corridors for conservation of species affected by climate change; and the rapid build-out of renewable energy; reviewing existing laws, plans, programs, and strategies that are relevant to addressing threats to biodiversity to assess how the laws, plans, programs, and strategies can contribute to the objectives of this resolution and, as necessary, recommending new laws, plans, programs, and strategies; ensuring integration of biodiversity protection across the activities of the Federal Government, including foreign policy and foreign assistance; advancing conservation in collaboration with State and Tribal governments and on private lands through incentives, funding, technical support, and partnerships; incorporating indigenous knowledge and practices to support conservation and biodiversity, safeguarding the rights and needs of indigenous peoples, and ensuring fulfillment of the Federal trust obligations that apply to government decisionmaking that impacts the interests of Native Americans; ensuring equitable access to nature, inclusive decisionmaking on biodiversity protection, and just allocations of resources to achieve the goals of this resolution, including with respect to systematically and deliberately targeted populations such as communities of color, low-income communities, and Native American communities; establishing regular monitoring and reporting on the status of biodiversity in the United States and globally, including a quadrennial assessment reported to Congress and the people of the United States; prioritizing programs to identify knowledge gaps and accelerate research and development of new conservation solutions across sectors; assessing and integrating the role of the United States in international biodiversity, ecosystem services, and nature conservation in— national security and foreign policy strategies, including in international development policies, planning and finance, diplomatic dialogues, and trade agreements; and advancing global adoption of and progress toward 30x30; and funding existing conservation programs, developing new funding sources, and reducing subsidies that harm biodiversity in amounts commensurate with the scale of the harm to biodiversity.