OUR CHANGING PLANET
The U.S. Climate Change Science Program
for Fiscal Year 2007

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Department of State

Principal Areas of Focus

Through Department of State annual funding, the United States is the world’s leading financial
contributor to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)—the principal international organization for the assessment of scientific, technical, and socioeconomic information relevant to the understanding ofclimate change, its potential impacts, and options for adaptation and mitigation. Recent DOScontributions to these organizations provide substantial support for global climate observation and assessment activities in developing countries. DOS also works with other agencies in promotinginternational cooperation in a range of bilateral and multilateral climate change initiatives, including: the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, the Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum, the Group on Earth Observations, the Methane-to-Markets Partnership, the International Partnership for a Hydrogen Economy, and the Generation IV International Forum.

Program Highlights for FY 2007