Climate Change Technology Deployment in Developing Countries Act of 2005

The Climate Change Technology Deployment in Developing Countries Act of 2005 (S. 883) would have established the Department of State as the lead agency for helping developing nations adopt technologies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The bill directed the U.S. government to identify effective environmental technologies, launch demonstration projects in at least ten countries, and create exchange programs to share American technical expertise with foreign officials. Additionally, it sought to boost the U.S. economy by tasking trade officials with removing barriers to the export of American-made clean energy products and services.

For everyday citizens, this legislation aimed to address global climate change by promoting American innovation abroad and opening new international markets for U.S. businesses. While the bill was introduced and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations in 2005, it did not advance further in the legislative process and its proposed programs would have expired in 2010.