25676 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 86 / Friday, May 4, 2007 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF STATE 

[Public Notice 5791] 

Preparation of Fourth U.S. Climate 

Action Report 

AGENCY: Department of State. 

ACTION: Notice; Request for public 

comments. 

SUMMARY: In June 1992, the United 

States signed, and later ratified in 

October, the United Nations Framework 

Convention on Climate Change 

(UNFCCC). Pursuant to the national 

communication reporting requirements 

under Articles 4.2 and 12 of the 

Convention and to guidelines later 

adopted by the UNFCCC Conference of 

the Parties (COP), the United States 

submitted the first U.S. Climate Action 

Report (USCAR) to the UNFCCC 

Secretariat in 1994, the second in 1997 

and the third in 2002. The U.S. 

Government has prepared an initial 

draft of the fourth national 

communication for public review. The 

purpose of this announcement is to 

notify interested members of the public 

of the opportunity to submit input on 

the draft text of the national 

communication before the final 

document is completed. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before noon, May 18, 

2007. Because of the tight time 

constraints on completing and printing 

the final text, a longer review period is 

not feasible. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

submitted via e-mail to CAR4@state.gov. 

Additionally, comments may be sent via 

postal mail to: CAR4 Comments, U.S. 

Department of State, Office of Global 

Change (Room 2480), 2201 ‘‘C’’ Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20520 or via fax 

to: (202) 647–0191. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Kirsten R. Jaglo, Office of Global 

Change, U.S. Department of State at 

(202) 736–7092. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In accordance with the UNFCCC’s 

reporting requirements as specified in 

Articles 4.2 and 12, and following 

reporting guidelines developed (and 

adopted by the UNFCCC COP at its first 

session), the United States prepared the 

first U.S. Climate Action Report (CAR) 

and submitted it to the UNFCCC 

Secretariat in October 1994. 

At the eighth COP in 2002, in 

Decision 4/CP.8 the Parties requested 

that Parties included in Annex I to the 

convention submit to the secretariat a 

fourth national communication (see 

FCCC/CP/2002/7/Add.1). This 

document is available on the Internet at 

http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/cop8/ 

07a01.pdf#page=12. 

The Fourth United States Climate 

Action Report (CAR) 

The draft fourth CAR provides an 

update on key activities conducted by 

the U.S. since the third CAR, an 

inventory of U.S. greenhouse gas 

emissions and sinks, an estimate of the 

effects of mitigation measures and 

policies on future emissions levels, and 

a description of U.S. leadership and 

involvement in international programs, 

including associated contributions and 

funding efforts. 

In addition, the text discusses U.S. 

national circumstances that affect U.S. 

vulnerability and responses to climate 

change. Finally, the CAR presents 

information on the U.S. Climate Change 

Science Program, the U.S. Climate 

Change Technology Program, our efforts 

in systematic observations, including 

the U.S. Integrated Earth Observation 

System, and our education, training and 

outreach efforts. 

Table of Contents of the Draft Fourth 

U.S. CAR 

1. Introduction and overview 

2. National circumstances 

3. Greenhouse gas inventory 

4. Policies and measures 

5. Projected greenhouse gas emissions 

6. Impacts and Adaptation 

7. Financial resources and transfer of 

technology 

8. Research and systematic observation 

9. Education, training, and outreach 

Public Input Process 

This Federal Register notice solicits 

comments on the draft chapters listed 

above. The individual chapters are 

posted on the Internet and may be 

down-loaded from the following Web 

site: http://www.state.gov/g/oes/climate. 

Comments may be submitted to the 

contact listed above. Comments on each 

of the chapters will be due within 14 

days of release. 

The 2002 U.S. Climate Action Report 

may be viewed or downloaded via the 

Internet at: http://www.gcrio.org/ 

CAR2002/. 

Dated: April 30, 2007. 

Christo Artusio, 

Acting Director Office of Global Change, 

Department of State. 

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