Date Time Annual Greening Diplomacy Initiative Award Winners Announced In President Biden’s first foreign policy speech, he underlined the importance of leading by example on climate, saying that “integrating climate objectives across all of our diplomacy and raising the ambition of our climate targets. That way, we can challenge other nations, other major emitters, to up the ante on their own commitments.” For over a decade, the Greening Diplomacy Initiative (GDI) has helped the Department integrate climate considerations into its management and operations both to help conserve natural and financial resources and to showcase U.S. solutions. The winners of the 2021 GDI Awards highlight the teams and individuals who have best exemplified the President’s commitment to addressing the climate crisis, leading by example, and reducing the Department’s environmental footprint.