NCSE Conference Promotes Energy Sustainability and Security More than 850 scientists, policymakers, businesspeople, and civil society representatives participated in NCSE's <http://www.ncseonline.org/ncseconference/2006conference>6th National Conference on Science, Policy and the Environment: Energy for a Sustainable and Secure Future, held in Washington, D.C. on January 26-27, 2006. Over 120 experts spoke in plenary sessions, symposia, and topical breakout sessions. Conference presentations and recommendations are available at <http://www.NCSEonline.org/NCSEconference/2006conference>www.NCSEonline.org/NCSEconference/2006conference.
The conference identified the urgent need to transcend barriers to sustainable and secure energy use, owing to the reality of global climate change as well as rising energy prices and concern about future demand. A great deal of immediate improvements could be made through conservation, energy efficiency, adoption of existing technologies and translation of scientific knowledge into policy. There is also a need for expanded investment in science, looking more broadly to integrating different fields of science and technology that offer unrecognized contributions to sustainable energy. Successful transformation of national approaches to energy will require collaboration across traditional approaches and fields. Many of these collaborations are occurring at all levels of government and in a variety of private sector organizations.
