[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 940-941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00097]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Public Comment on the Annotated Outline of the Fifth National
Climate Assessment
AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR), National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce,
(DOC).
ACTION: Notice of request for public comment and public engagement on
the Annotated Outlines for the Fifth National Climate Assessment.
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SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the U.S. Global Change Research Program
seeks public comment on the proposed themes and framework of the Fifth
National Climate Assessment as indicated by the chapter annotated
outlines linked here. Based on input received from this notice, chapter
author teams will develop their draft chapters.
DATES: Comments must be submitted to the web address specified below
and received by 45 days after the publication date of this FRN.
ADDRESSES: Comments from the public will be accepted electronically via
http://www.globalchange.gov/notices. Instructions for submitting
comments are available on the website. Submitters may enter text or
upload files in response to this notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Avery, (202) 419-3474,
[email protected], U.S. Global Change Research Program.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Global Change Research Program
(USGCRP) is mandated under the Global Change Research Act (GCRA) of
1990 to conduct a quadrennial National Climate Assessment. The most
recent was completed in 2018 and delivered in two volumes: The Climate
Science Special Report (science2017.globalchange.gov) and Impacts,
Risks, and Adaptation in the United States (nca2018.globalchange.gov).
In addition to these two volumes, other recent assessments by the
U.S. Government will inform the Fifth National Climate Assessment
(NCA5), including the Second State of the Carbon Cycle Report
(carbon2018.globalchange.gov); the Impacts of Climate Change on Human
Health in the United States (health2016.globalchange.gov); and Climate
Change, Global Food Security, and the U.S. Food System (https://www.usda.gov/oce/energy-and-environment/food-security) As with all
previous USGCRP assessments, NCA5 development will be transparent and
inclusive, offering opportunities for public participation throughout
the process. The production and review processes are designed to result
in a report that is authoritative, timely, relevant, and policy
neutral; valued by authors and users; accessible to the widest possible
audience; and fully compliant with the GCRA.
Background information, additional details, and instructions for
submitting comments can be found at http://www.globalchange.gov/notices. Responses to this Request for Comment can be entered via that
website.
The U.S. Global Change Research Program seeks public comment on the
Annotated Outlines of each chapter of the Fifth National Climate
Assessment (NCA5), in particular on the scope and framing of chapter's
proposed topic areas. Input received on proposed themes within each
chapter's Annotated Outline will be used by chapter author teams to
develop their draft chapters.
Authors of each chapter of NCA5 will develop chapter content
structured around the topic areas proposed in the Annotated Outlines,
highlighting the risk climate change poses to the things Americans
value. All chapters are charged with focusing on scientific
advancements since the last assessment was released in 2018. Because
Chapter 1 is an overview summary of the final report, there is no
Annotated Outline for Chapter 1 at this time.
Response to this Request for Comment is voluntary. Respondents need
not reply to all questions or topics. Responses may be used by the U.S.
Government for program planning on a non-attribution basis. NOAA
therefore requests that no business proprietary information or
copyrighted information be submitted in response to this Request for
Comment. Please note that the U.S. Government will not pay for response
preparation, or for the use of any information contained in the
response.
The full list of NCA5 chapters is below and can also be found
https://www.globalchange.gov/nca5. Chapter titles reflect the target
topics or regions for the chapters. Final titles for the chapter may
evolve as authors assess published literature.
Introduction and Summary
1. Overview (not included in this review)
Physical Sciences
2. Earth Systems Processes
3. Climate Trends
National Topics
4. Water
5. Energy
6. Land Cover & Land-Use Change
7. Forests
8. Ecosystems
9. Coastal Effects
10. Oceans
11. Agriculture, Food Systems, and Rural Communities
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12. Built Environment
13. Transportation
14. Air Quality
15. Human Health
16. Tribes & Indigenous Peoples
17. U.S. International Interests
18. Complex Systems
19. Economics
20. Human Social Systems
Regions
21. Northeast
22. Southeast
23. U.S. Caribbean
24. Midwest
25. Northern Great Plains
26. Southern Great Plains
27. Northwest
28. Southwest
29. Alaska
30. Hawai[revaps]i & U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands
Response
31. Adaptation
32. Mitigation
As noted in a previous Notice from October 2020 (https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/10/15/2020-22729/request-for-public-nominations-for-authors-and-scientifictechnical-inputs-and-notice-of-planned), public engagement efforts by the author teams will
be undertaken while this Notice is available for comment.
Chapters will hold virtual public engagement workshops to allow
interested members of the public to provide feedback on a chapter's
Annotated Outlines to the author teams. The schedule for these
workshops and registration opportunities has been posted on https://www.globalchange.gov/nca5 and announced in the USGCRP newsletter.
Eric Locklear,
Acting Chief Financial Officer/Administrative Officer, Office of
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration.
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