In the face of a deceptive multi-million dollar ad campaign funded by several fossil fuel companies, the world's senior scientists will converge in Washington to call upon government leaders to choose global warming policies that are supported by the best science, rather than the most money. The Science Summit on Climate Change is set for Tuesday, September 30, one week before the Oct. 6 White House deliberations on global warming. The Science Summit will bring together scientists, economists, and government officials to examine policy options for industrialized and developing countries in light of the most recent scientific findings on global warming. At lunch, a delegation of Nobel laureates in science - on behalf of prestigious scientists worldwide - will present to Vice President Gore a landmark declaration on climate change.

WHERE: Grand Ballroom, J.W. Marriott Hotel 14th St. and Pennsylvania Ave, NW (next to National Press Club) Washington, DC

WHEN: Tuesday, September 30, 1997

10:15 am
Welcome

Nobel laureate Henry Kendall, UCS Chair and MIT Professor

10:30 am
Plenary Panel on the intersection of climate change science and policy.
Panelists include:

Jos� Goldemberg, Physicist, Former Science and Environment Minister, Brazil
Paul Krugman, Professor of Economics, MIT
Jessica Matthews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Harold Mooney, Professor of Environmental Biology, Stanford University
Kevin Trenberth, Head of Climate Section, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Moderator: Deborah Potter, Former CNN Environment Reporter

12:15 pm
Lunch, with keynote address by Vice President Al Gore (invited) and release of landmark call for action from prestigious scientists worldwide. On behalf of preeminent scientists around the world, a delegation of Nobel laureates in science will present the Vice President with a major consensus declaration on climate change.

Following lunch, the Nobel delegation and selected summit speakers will be available in an adjacent room for questions from the press. Other interviews can be arranged throughout the day or by request.

1:40 pm
Concurrent Breakout Panels

The Outlook for Kyoto
Melinda Kimble, Acting Assistant Secretary of State, US State Department
Micheal Grubb, Royal Institute of International Affairs, London
Alden Meyer, UCS, (moderator)

The Climate System and Climate Change
Benjamin Santer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lead Author of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Jerry Mahlman, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory
Richard Gammon, University of Washington, (moderator)

Impacts of Climate Change Walter Oechel, San Diego State University, IPCC Contributor
Jonathan Patz, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health
Joel Scheraga, US Environmental Protection Agency
Laurel Standley, Stroud Water Research Center, (moderator)

Climate Change Action: Policies and Costs
Florentin Krause, International Project for Sustainable Energy Paths, IPCC author
William Moomaw, Tufts University, IPCC Lead Author
Daniel Lashof, Natural Resources Defense Council
Dwayne Breger, Lafayette College, (moderator)

3:30 pm
Concurrent Panels Repeat. Outlook for Kyoto panel replaced by:

Developing Countries and Climate Change
Jos� Goldemberg, University of Sao Paulo
Christiana Figueres, Center for Sustainable Development in the Americas
Peter Frumhoff, UCS, (moderator)

** Preregistration is required for the general public. The summit is open to the media. Reporters: to reserve a seat for lunch please RSVP to Rich Hayes at (202) 332-0900.