For Further Reading on the Topics Discussed at This Meeting

Long-Term Climate Change Mitigation

1. Global Warming Mitigation by Reduction of Outgoing Longwave Radiation Through Large-Scale Surface Albedo Enhancement of Deserts Using White Plastic Polyethylene Film – The Global Albdeo Enhancement Project (GAEP): Research Plan, August 20, 2003 and Response to Comments, January 28, 2004, A. Gaskill and C.E. Reese, agaskill@nc.rr.com.

2. What is the Kyoto Protocol? Reuters AlertNet, May 21, 2004, www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L21502437.htm.

3. 10 in EU Falling Behind on Cutting Emissions, The International Herald

Tribune, May 7, 2003,

www.ieta.org/Library_Links/IETAEnvNews/May7_EU.htm. Accessed June 2, 2004.

4. Japan Says It Won’t Meet Kyoto Targets Reducing Greenhouse Gases Without Policy Changes, K. Hall, www.enn.com/news/2004-05-18/s_23982.asp. May 18, 2004.

5. Brussels Warns EU in Danger of Missing Kyoto Targets, EU-Business, www.eubusiness.com/affp/031202104619/giteakoi, December 2, 2003.

6. Most EU States on Track to Miss Kyoto, Reuters NewsAlert, December 2, 2003, www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L02185680.htm.

7. Domestic Measures Taken or Planned So Far Are Insufficient to Meet EU Climate Emissions Targets, Projections Show, News Release, Copenhagen, December 12, 2003, http://org.eea.eu.int/documents/newsreleases/ghg-en. Accessed June 23, 2004.

8. Greenhouse Gas Emission Trends and Projections in Europe, European Environment Agency, Environmental Issue Report No. 36, December 5, 2003, http://reports.eea.eu.int/environmental_issue_report_2003_36/en/tab_abstract_RLR. accessed June 23, 2004.

9. U.S. Climate Change Strategy: a New Approach, The White House, 2002, http://web.mit.edu/globalchange/www/US.Nat%27l_Goal.pdf, accessed June 24, 2004.

10. U.S. Climate Change Plan Does Not Alter UK’s Commitment to Kyoto, Rt. Hon. Margaret Becket, UK Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, February 19, 2002, www.defra.gov.uk.corporate/ministers/statements/mb020219.htm, accessed June 10, 2004.

11. Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on U.S. Congressional Actions on Climate Change, www.firstenvironment.com/html/congressionalclimatechange/html, accessed April 20, 2004.

12. U.S. Climate Change Technology Program-Technology Options for the Near and Long Term, U.S. Climate Change Technology Program, November 2003, www.climatetechnology.gov, accessed May 12, 2004.