; (2) designate the Department of State’s Bureau for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs to coordinate Department and USAID efforts to guide United States foreign policy related to global climate change in order to— (A) confront risks to United States national security, including geopolitical, commercial, economic, environmental, financial, and health interests; (B) advance United States prosperity; and (C) restore United States leadership through climate change diplomacy; and (3) submit to the appropriate congressional committees the Strategy. (b) Elements The Strategy developed pursuant to subsection (a) shall at a minimum— (1) include an assessment of the global threat of climate change, including geographic or country prioritization based on the assessed threat to the United States and its allies; (2) identify Department of State and USAID goals, objectives, and priorities for United States policy on climate change to protect United States national security (including the interests specified in subsection (a)(2)(A)), including— (A) examining how the United States will engage diplomatically and utilize foreign assistance to ensure parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change collectively move toward a pathway consistent with holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2° C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5° C above pre-industrial levels, taking into account each country’s domestic circumstances and capabilities; (B) outlining an approach to utilize multilateral and bilateral foreign assistance to promote low-carbon, climate-resilient development; (C) integrating into diplomatic fora and development programs issues related to gender and the impacts of climate change on the most vulnerable countries and communities; (D) articulating guidelines for international finance flows consistent with a pathway toward low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development