[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 67505]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18520]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12497]


Nominations for Coordinating Lead Authors, Lead Authors, or 
Review Editors on the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities To Be 
Undertaken by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change During the 
Seventh Assessment Report (AR7) Cycle

    The United States Department of State, in cooperation with the 
United States Global Change Research Program, seeks nominations for 
U.S. scientists with requisite expertise to serve as Coordinating Lead 
Authors, Lead Authors, or Review Editors on the Special Report on 
Climate Change and Cities to be undertaken by the Intergovernmental 
Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) during the Seventh Assessment Report 
(AR7) cycle. The outline for the report was adopted at the 61th session 
of the IPCC Plenary held July 27-Aug. 2, 2024.
    Nominations may be submitted at https://contribute.globalchange.gov/. This is an Open Call. All registered 
users can nominate U.S. citizens and permanent lawful residents to be 
considered by the IPCC Scientific Steering Committee (SSC). The call 
for nominations will close on Monday, September 16, 2024, and a 
nominations package transmitted on behalf of the U.S. IPCC Focal Point 
on September 20th. The SSC will complete its work and issue appointment 
memos in late December 2024.
    The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World 
Meteorological Organization (WMO) established the IPCC in 1988. In 
accordance with its mandate and as reaffirmed in various decisions by 
the Panel, the major activity of the IPCC is to prepare comprehensive 
and up-to-date assessments of policy-relevant scientific, technical, 
and socio-economic information for understanding the scientific basis 
of climate change, potential impacts, and options for mitigation and 
adaptation.
    This notice will be published in the Federal Register.

Hagen D. Maroney,
Acting Director, Office of Global Change, Bureau of Oceans and 
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of 
State.
[FR Doc. 2024-18520 Filed 8-19-24; 8:45 am]
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