Climate and Energy Technology:
Current Options and Research Possibilities

November 20, 2008
12:00-1:30 pm
B 369 Rayburn House Office Building

A Congressional Luncheon Briefing

In conjunction with the
House Research and Development Caucus

Welcome
Alan Leshner
Chief Executive Officer, AAAS

Remarks by Research and Development Caucus Co-chairs
Rep. Judy Biggert and Rep. Rush Holt

Climate Stabilization Wedges
Dr. Roberta M. Hotinski, Science Communicator
Consultant to the Carbon Mitigation Initiative, Princeton University

Climate and Energy Technology Potential
Dr. Jae Edmonds, Laboratory Fellow and Chief Scientist
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Joint Global Change Research Institute

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Please join us for this interactive briefing that will examine various strategies – or “wedges” - for
reducing greenhouse gases emissions as well as the potential of research and development
for new energy and climate technologies.

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Organized by the
AAAS Center for Science, Technology and Congress