Notice2024-23649
Assessment of Biodiversity and Climate Change; Request for Public Comment on the First Draft of Assessment Chapters
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Published
October 15, 2024
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Interior DepartmentGeological Survey
Abstract
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is giving notice of a comment period on draft chapters of the Biodiversity and Climate Change Assessment.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23649]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Geological Survey
[GX24EN05ESBJF00]
Assessment of Biodiversity and Climate Change; Request for Public
Comment on the First Draft of Assessment Chapters
AGENCY: U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) is giving notice of a
comment period on draft chapters of the Biodiversity and Climate Change
Assessment.
DATES: Comments regarding the draft chapters of the assessment must be
submitted by December 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
<bullet> Electronic portal: <a href="https://contribute.globalchange.gov/">https://contribute.globalchange.gov/</a>
<bullet> Email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#06646f69626f706374756f727f656a6f6b677263656e67686163467375617528616970"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dbb9b2b4bfb2adbea9a8b2afa2b8b7b2b6baafbeb8b3bab5bcbe9baea8bca8f5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a>
<bullet> Mail to Kate Malpeli, 12201 Sunrise Valley Dr., MS-516,
Reston, VA 20192, United States
Instructions: Public comments should be accompanied by the
commentor's name, phone number, email address, and affiliation (at the
commentor's discretion).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Malpeli by email at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#87e5eee8e3eef1e2f5f4eef3fee4ebeeeae6f3e2e4efe6e9e0e2c7f2f4e0f4a9e0e8f1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5979c9a919c839087869c818c96999c98948190969d949b9290b580869286db929a83">[email protected]</span></a> or by telephone at 919-896-5029.
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within
their country to make international calls to the point of contact in
the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Biodiversity underlies nature's
contributions to people (also known as ecosystem services), including
food, water, health, hazard protection, and cultural values. Climate
change is among the primary drivers of biodiversity loss, and well-
managed biodiversity conservation can contribute to climate-change
mitigation and adaptation. Understanding the interplay between climate
change and biodiversity is critical for the implementation of effective
and lasting solutions to climate change and for maintaining
biodiversity and nature's contributions to people.
The USGS, the nation's largest water, earth, and biological science
agency, was charged by the United States Congress in the Fiscal Year
2022 budget with conducting an assessment that characterizes the state
of understanding concerning linkages between climate change and
biodiversity for the United States. Climate change impacts and
biodiversity drivers cross national boundaries, and accordingly the
geographic scope of assessment will include neighboring nations,
particularly Canada and Mexico. The assessment process and report
production will be led by the USGS, in collaboration with Environment
and Climate Change Canada and Mexico's La Comisi[oacute]n Nacional para
el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (CONABIO), and is being
undertaken by scientists, knowledge holders, practitioners, and policy
experts from all three countries. Participation includes engagement
from governments at all levels, universities, nonprofit organizations,
the private sector, Indigenous Peoples, and local communities. The
assessment will characterize the state of understanding concerning key
linkages between climate change and biodiversity, identify critical
knowledge gaps, and summarize implications for biodiversity and
climate-change policy. The assessment will build on the recently
completed Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem
Services (IPBES) global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem
services and represent a continental contribution to upcoming IPBES
(and other) knowledge products. The primary product will comprise an
assessment report, planned for release in early 2025, evaluating the
relationships between climate and biodiversity in the United States,
Canada, Mexico, and adjacent regions as appropriate, and identifying
policy options to conserve biodiversity in the face of climate change.
As the first milestone, USGS and its partners seek public comments
on the draft chapters (<a href="https://contribute.globalchange.gov/">https://contribute.globalchange.gov/</a>) for the
assessment of biodiversity and climate change.
Thomas Beard,
Senior Administrator, National Climate Adaptation Science Center.
[FR Doc. 2024-23649 Filed 10-11-24; 8:45 am]
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