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Subject: Business Roundtable statement on Global Climate Change (heads up!)
Date: Friday, November 05, 1999 12:09 PM
The Business Roundtable Statement on Global Climate Change
BONN, Germany, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- The Business Roundtable released the
following statement today on global climate change:
"The leading U.S. corporations that belong to The Business Roundtable are
concerned about global climate change and about meeting the world's
environmental and energy needs in the 21st century. We are concerned and we
are taking action -- action in the marketplace, action in the research
laboratories, and action in the public policy arena.
"The BRT believes technology must be an essential part of the solution to
address our concerns about climate change. Promoting and accelerating the
emergence of new and breakthrough technologies is the most effective response
to these concerns.
"Member companies of The Business Roundtable are making significant progress
in creating a cleaner, more energy efficient environment through the
development, large-scale commercialization, and global dissemination of
innovative long-term technologies. They require billions of dollars of
investments in RD, infrastructure and commercialization, and require years,
if not decades, to successfully bring to the marketplace.
"To accelerate the development of these new technologies, The Business
Roundtable has launched two initiatives. These technology initiatives are
based on a BRT report released last summer, The Role of Technology in
Responding to Concerns About Climate Change. The report illustrates the
enormous potential of exciting technologies being developed in every sector
of the economy. It also details the technological, cost, infrastructure, and
market challenges that must be overcome before these technologies can be
successfully brought to the marketplace.
"As our first initiative, the BRT will host a Technology Summit in May 2000
to bring together government leaders, the national laboratories, the private
sector and members of leading research universities, with a goal of reaching
consensus on actions to accelerate technology development and transfer. The
summit will focus on identifying new structures, systems and processes to
improve technology transfer, and foster more cooperative and productive
relationships between industry and government -- a need that has certainly
been expressed repeatedly and forcefully here at COP5.
"The Technology Summit has received enthusiastic support from the private and
public sectors, and the US Congress. A consortium of national laboratories in
the United States will be invited to participate. The Roundtable is forming a
Steering Committee, chaired by Lawrence Papay, senior vice president and
general manager of Bechtel, to provide leadership and strategic guidance. To
date, Lucent, General Motors, Exxon and American Electric Power have joined
as members of the Steering Committee.
"Next, the BRT is working to identify regulatory, trade, informational,
infrastructure, tax, and other obstacles that impede, discourage and even
halt rapid technological innovation, commercialization, and dissemination.
Currently, we are in the process of surveying BRT member companies to
identify obstacles in each of these areas, and will be developing a white
paper offering concrete, practicable recommendations to clear the path for
innovation. We anticipate completing this report early next year. We hope
this report will complement the conclusions and recommendations in the
special study of technology and obstacles to innovation being developed by
the IPCC.
"It is the Roundtable's hope that our technology initiatives will chart a
course that will enable the public and private sectors to harness the great
potential of technology to help address our concerns about climate change.
"The Business Roundtable is excited about the promise innovative technologies
hold, and we are deeply committed to turning this promise into reality -- to
make the 21st century the most environmentally conscious and prosperous we
have ever seen."
To obtain more information about BRT, visit its web site at www.brtable.org.
SOURCE The Business Roundtable
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11/05/1999 11:00 EST http://www.prnewswire.com
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