Citizens get input on global warming.

• Position: YOUR LIFE - Conference notes

Results of the first global citizens' consultation in history have been announced by the organizers of World Wide Views on Global Warming. A broadly diverse group of residents in five greater metropolitan areas in the U.S. joined citizens in 37 other countries on six continents for a full day of deliberations on climate change policy. World Wide Views is the first opportunity everyday citizens from around the world have had to present their recommendations to climate change policymakers and to affect the outcome of December's United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP15) in Copenhagen, Denmark. Participants deliberated and voted on 12 questions within four thematic areas: climate change and its consequences; long-term goals and urgency; handling C[O.sub.2] emissions; and the economy of technology transfer and adaptation. They then proposed and prioritized action recommendations for COP15 delegates.

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In sharp contrast with recent public opinion polls in the U.S. indicating somewhat diminished popular concern with climate change, 74% of the participants in Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Los Angeles, and Phoenix are "very concerned" about global warming. Eighty-seven percent want the U.S. and other developed nations to reduce their year 2020 greenhouse gas emissions 25-40% or more below the 1990...