The 2002 Retreat, Melting Mountains: Climate Change in the Asia Pacific Region, took place June 26-29 in the Glacier National Park region of Montana. This fifth Mansfield Pacific Retreat convened 65 scientists, policy makers, business leaders, scholars and government officials from Japan, South Korea, China and the United States for four days of candid, open discussions focused on climate change in the Asia-Pacific region. The Retreat was organized by The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center at the University of Montana (Missoula) and the Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation (Washington, D.C.).

Summary of Discussions (view summary)

Joanna R. Shelton
Interim Director of the Maureen and Mike Mansfield
Center at The University of Montana

Opening Banquet (view summary)

Opening Remarks (view summary)

Elliot Diringer (view paper)
Director, International Strategies,
Pew Center on Global Climate Change

Session One: "Melting Mountains: Urban Zones, Protected Lands and the Climate Connection (view summary)

Panelists:

Dr. Lisa Graumlich (view paper)
Executive Director, Big Sky Institute, Montana State University

Dr. Shirong Liu (view presentation)
Director, Forest Ecology and Research Bureau, Chinese Academy of Forestry

Mr. Kazuo Aichi (view paper)
Director General, Global Environmental Action, Tokyo

Mr. Thomas Jorling (view presentation)
Vice President of Environmental Health and Safety, International Paper

Moderator:

L. Gordon Flake
Executive Director, The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Foundation

Presentation #1 — The Science of Climate (view summary)

Speakers:

Dr. Charles Keeling
Professor of Oceanography, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Dr. Tom Wigley (view presentation)
Senior Scientist, National Center for Atmospheric Research

Session Two: "Common Solutions: Industry, Technology and the Future of Climate Change" (view summary)

Panelists:

Mr. Elliot Roseman (view presentation)
Principal, ICF Consulting

Mr. Hideo Takahashi (view presentation)
Director, Environment, Science and Technology Bureau, Keidanren

Ms. Judith Bayer
Director, Environmental Affairs, United Technologies

Mr. Robert Prolman (view presentation)
Director, International Environmental Affairs, Weyerhaeuser

Moderator:

Dr. Philip West
Mansfield Professor of Modern Asian Affairs, The University of Montana

Session Three: The Road to India, Leading Multilateral Issues for COP 8 (view summary)

Panelists:

Dr. Sang Gon Lee (view presentation)
President, Korea Energy Economics Institute

Mr. Gao Feng
Deputy Director General, Department of Treaties and Law, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PRC

Mr. Daniel Reifsnyder
Director, Office of Global Change, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. State Department

Moderator:

Ambassador Mark Johnson (ret.)
Adjunct Mansfield Professor, The University of Montana

Site Visit and Presentation:
Where Have All the Glaciers Gone (view summary)

Presentation:

Dr. Dan Fagre (view paper)
Research Ecologist, U.S. Department of the Interior,
U.S. Geological Survey

Dinner Presentations (view summary)

Presentation #2: Global Climate Monitoring: NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS) Program and the Implications for Climate Research and Public Policy (view summary)

Speaker:

Dr. Steven W. Running (view presentation)
Director, Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group.
The University of Montana

Session Four: The Kyoto Connection:
Charting a Future Course (view summary)

Panelists:

Mme. Zehui Jiang
President, Chinese Academy of Forestry,
Leading Member of the State Forestry Administration

Mr. John Beale
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Mr. Chong Chun Kim (view presentation)
Senior Environmental Specialist, The World Bank

Mr. Hiroyuki Ishitobi
Senior Policy Coordinator, Climate Change Policy Division,
Ministry of Environment, Japan

Moderator:

Joanna R. Shelton
Director (Interim), The Maureen and Mike Mansfield Center
at the University of Montana

The Fifth Mansfield Pacific Retreat concluded on Saturday evening with a banquet and invitation from Mr. Chang-Hyung Ko, Deputy Mayor, Seogwipo City, Jeju Island, Korea, who invited the participants to the Sixth Mansfield Pacific Retreat, to take place in Jeju Island in May 2003.