from Climate Alert Volume 9, No. 5 September-October 1996

Summary Information on the Washington Summit on
Protection of the World's Climate, September 4 - 6

Intellectual electricity crackled through the sessions of the Summit , as more than 400 people circulated through the meetings.

• a condensed version of the luncheon address by Peter Goldmark, President of the Rockefeller Foundation, a high point of the three days;
  

• remarks by Senators Alvarez (Philippines) and Lieberman (US)
  

• conclusions from the Summit by Sir Crispin Tickell who chaired the meeting for three strenuous days.