ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This report has benefited greatly from the generous and thoughtful comments of many friends and colleagues. From within WRI, my thanks to Liz Cook, Al Hammond, Donna Wise, Elaine Young, Paul Faeth, Michelle Corrigan, Devra Davis, Darryl Banks, and Ellen Brown. I extend my gratitude to outside reviewers including Paul Epstein, William H. Smith, Walter Heck, Ellis B. Cowling, Dennis Haydanek, and Tom Jacob. Particular thanks to Tamara Nameroff for her extensive editorial comments and suggestions and to WRI's Vice President for Program, Walt Reid, who provided numerous comments, suggestions, and advice for improving the report. To all these reviewers I owe a debt of thanks. Ultimately, of course, the accuracy and recommendations of the report are solely my own responsibility.

Thanks also go to Maxine Hattery for her skillful editing, to Sridevi Nanjundaram for her work on the graphics as well as day to day support, and to Hyacinth Billings for preparing the text for publication. Lastly, my gratitude to WRI President Jonathan Lash for his continued support of this work and his dedication to finding viable solutions to the climate problem.

JJM