guided by science, and in concert with the international community to significantly reduce emissions, prepare for climate impacts, and drive progress through international negotiations to maintain a livable climate for today and future generations. (8) The United States can also build strong scientific and security partnerships and reinforce the United States ability to lead on other key global priorities through climate diplomacy. These efforts can foster climate security while creating new opportunities for United States leadership, economic growth, and innovation. (9) The United States is a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (referred to in this Act as the Convention ), as agreed to by the advice and consent of the Senate on October 7, 1992, and should remain actively engaged in the Convention. (10) In Paris, on December 12, 2015, parties to the Convention reached a landmark agreement to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping a global temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase even further to 1.5° C. (b) Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the United States should— (1) utilize multilateral and bilateral foreign assistance to promote low-carbon, climate-resilient development, including supporting greater participation of women in the development and implementation of climate policies that are gender-responsive