[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 13 (Thursday, January 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3516-3517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-1098]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 6877]
Invitation for Recommendations for U.S. Authors and Reviewers to
the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC)
ACTION: Invitation for recommendations for U.S. authors and reviewers
to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change (IPCC).
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of State invites recommendations for
qualified U.S. experts to serve as authors or reviewers of the Fifth
Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
(IPCC), which will be developed and finalized over the coming four
years.
DATES: Qualified U.S. experts wishing to be considered for nomination
should submit an electronic application and supporting material
conforming to the information specified at http://www.globalchange.gov
by February 15th, 2010.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IPCC is an intergovernmental body that
oversees the development of assessments on the state of knowledge on
climate change by scientific and technical experts. In order to fulfill
this role, the IPCC produces comprehensive assessment reports at
regular intervals on major aspects of climate change and responses to
it. These reports have been widely used as key references for the state
of knowledge on climate change, including in international climate
discussions under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate
Change (UNFCCC). The United States has played a leading role in the
IPCC since its inception, through official contributions and key
leadership positions in IPCC report development, as well as through the
contributions of many U.S. scientist and experts to the reports
themselves. The Fourth Assessment Report was completed in November
2007.
Over 100 governments and organizations participate in the IPCC
process that oversees the development of the comprehensive assessments.
Governments develop and approve plans for reports, and nominate experts
as lead authors and reviewers. Draft reports go through reviews by
experts and governments, and IPCC member governments accept each final
report, and approve their executive summaries (known as a ``summary for
policy makers'') in a formal session of the IPCC. Three volumes are
prepared under the auspices of three working groups. Working Group I
assesses the scientific aspects of the climate system and climate
change; Working Group II assesses the vulnerability of socio-economic
and natural systems to climate change, negative and positive
consequences of climate change, and options for adapting to it; and
Working Group III assesses options for limiting greenhouse gas
emissions and otherwise mitigating climate change. A fourth, shorter
volume synthesizes the material found in the three working group
volumes. IPCC reports are prepared by author teams consisting of
scientists and technical experts according to agreed principles and
procedures, which specify the responsibilities of authors and reviewers
in the development of IPCC reports. Copies of completed reports, as
well as the IPCC's principles and procedures and related information,
can be found at http://www.ipcc.ch.
At the 31st session of the IPCC (Bali--26-29 October, 2009),
delegates accepted the overall outline and the work program for the
Fifth Assessment Report. Volumes of the report will be finalized in
2013 and 2014. The IPCC has formally requested that governments and
participating organizations
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nominate experts to serve as lead authors and reviewers of the various
chapters of the report. To respond to this request, the U.S. Government
is soliciting recommendations from any interested Federal, academic,
non-governmental, or private sector entity. The U.S. government will
review proposed nominations and develop a slate of nominees for
forwarding to IPCC. Given the large number of individuals that are
typically nominated by different member countries of the IPCC,
selection as a U.S. nomination does not guarantee selection as an IPCC
author.
Further information, including the IPCC request for nominations,
the approved outlines of the three IPCC working groups for the AR5, a
description of the roles and responsibilities associated with them, and
a nomination form that must be completed for each nominee, may be found
at either the IPCC Secretariat Web site (http://www.ipcc.ch) or USGCRP
Web site (http://www.globalchange.gov/)
Dated: January 15, 2010.
Trigg Talley,
Director, Office of Global Change, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2010-1098 Filed 1-20-10; 8:45 am]
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