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[Federal Register: May 26, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 102)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 5420]
United States Climate Change Science Program
The United States Climate Change Science Program requests expert
review of the Working Group II contribution (``Climate Change 2007:
Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability'') to the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) was
established by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the
World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 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 relevant for understanding the scientific basis of
climate change, potential impacts, and options for mitigation and
adaptation. The First Assessment Report was completed in 1990, the
Second Assessment Report in 1995, and the Third Assessment Report in
2001. Three working group volumes and a synthesis report comprise the
Fourth Assessment Report, with all to be finalized in 2007. Working
Group I assesses the scientific
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aspects of the climate system and climate change; Working Group II
assesses the vulnerability of socio-economic and natural systems to
climate change, potential negative and positive consequences, and
options for adapting to it; and Working Group III assesses options for
limiting greenhouse gas emissions and otherwise mitigating climate
change. These assessments are based upon the peer-reviewed literature
and are characterized by an extensive and open review process involving
both scientific/technical experts and governments before being accepted
by the IPCC.
The IPCC Secretariat has informed the U.S. Department of State that
the second-order draft of the Working Group II contribution to the
Fourth Assessment Report is available for Expert and Government Review.
The Climate Change Science Program Office (CCSPO) is coordinating
collection of U.S. expert comments and the review of these collations
by panels of Federal scientists and program managers to develop a
consolidated U.S. Government submission. Instructions on how to format
comments are available at http://www.climatescience.gov/Library/ipcc/wg24ar-review.htm
, as is the document itself and other supporting
materials. Comments must be sent to CCSPO by June 28, 2006 to be
considered for inclusion in the U.S. Government collation. Comments
submitted for potential inclusion or consideration as part of the U.S.
Government Review should be reserved for that purpose, and not also
sent to the IPCC Working Group II Technical Support Unit as a discrete
set of expert comments.
Properly formatted comments should be sent to CCSPO at
wg24AR-USGreview@climatescience.gov by COB Tuesday, June 28, 2006. Include
report acronym and reviewer surname in e-mail subject title to
facilitate processing.
For further information, please contact David Dokken, U.S. Climate
Change Science Program, Suite 250, 1717 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20006 (http://www.climatescience.gov).
Dated: May 9, 2006.
Trigg Talley,
Office Director, Acting, Office of Global Change, Bureau of Oceans and
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of
State.
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