[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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