[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 115 (Wednesday, June 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28753-28754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-14230]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 6672]
United States Global Change Research Program
ACTION: Call for U.S. Nominations to serve as Authors and/or Review
Editors of the IPCC Special Report ``Managing the Risks of Extreme
Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation'' June 17,
2009.
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SUMMARY: The United States participates in the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change, an intergovernmental body that oversees the
development of assessments of the state of knowledge on climate change.
The role of the IPCC is to assess on a comprehensive, objective, open
and transparent basis, the scientific, technical, and socioeconomic
information relevant to understanding the scientific basis of risk of
human-induced climate change, its potential impacts, and options for
adaptation and mitigation.
IPCC assessments are commissioned by member governments and
produced by scientists and technical experts. The reports undergo
expert and government review and are accepted by IPCC member
governments prior to their release. Information on the IPCC and its
assessments and procedures can be found at http://www.ipcc.ch.
Every six to seven years, the IPCC produces a comprehensive three-
volume assessment of the state of knowledge of climate change. Volumes
in this comprehensive assessment cover climate change science; impacts,
vulnerability and adaptation; and mitigation. The most recent of these
was finalized in 2008; the next comprehensive assessment will be
finalized in 2014.
In addition to this comprehensive assessment, the IPCC periodically
produces ``special reports'' that address specific topics on climate
change. At the IPCC's most recent plenary meeting on April 21-23,
governments approved the production of a ``Special Report on Managing
the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change
Adaptation.''
Under IPCC procedures, member governments have an opportunity to
provide nominations for authors to be involved in the production of
each chapter in the report. The United States provides this call for
nominations for U.S. authors or reviewers for the subject report. The
subject report will require the contributions of experts who can
integrate the findings of the climate change science; vulnerability,
impacts, and adaptation to extreme events; and
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disaster risk management communities. Nominees should have extensive
expertise pertinent to the subject matter covered, and will generally
be recognized in their field of expertise. For each chapter in a
report, IPCC procedures call for convening lead authors, who oversee
the production of a chapter; lead authors, who are responsible for
sections of a chapter, and contributing authors. IPCC procedures also
call for lead reviewers, also generally are recognized in their field.
The chapters are as follows:
Climate change: New dimensions in disaster risk, exposure,
vulnerability, and resilience
Determinants of risks: Exposure and vulnerability
Changes in climate extremes and their impacts on the
natural physical environment
Changes in impacts of climate extremes: Human systems and
ecosystems
Managing the risks from climate extremes at the local
level
Managing the risks from climate extremes at the national
level
Managing the risks: International level and integration
across scales
Toward a sustainable and resilient future
Case studies.
Further information on this request--such as the IPCC request for
nominations, the approved outlines of the report, a description of the
roles and responsibilities associated with them, and a nomination form
and other required materials that must be completed for each nominee--
may be found at either the IPCC Secretariat (http://www.ipcc-wg2.gov/AR5/sr.html) or USGCRP (http://www.globalchange.gov/ipcc/extremes) Web
sites.
DATES: A completed nomination form as well as a summary CV for each
nominee should be returned to the U.S. Global Change Research Program
Office ([email protected]) by close of business Friday, July
10, 2009. The summary CV--in English and preferably no more than 5
pages, highlighting topical expertise and relevant publications--must
include a statement of primary expertise (e.g., climate science,
disaster risk reduction, impacts of extreme events/disasters,
adaptation, economics).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Allen, U.S. Global Change
Research Program, Suite 250, 1717 Pennsylvania Ave, NW., Washington, DC
20006. (Phone: 202-419-3486, Fax: 202-223-3065, E-mail:
[email protected]); or visit the USGCRP Web site at http://www.globalchange.gov.
Dated: June 12, 2009.
Drew Nelson,
Acting Office Director, Office of Global Change, Bureau of Oceans and
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of
State.
[FR Doc. E9-14230 Filed 6-16-09; 8:45 am]
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