Res Communis

by P.J. Blount with the blog faculty

From Daniel A. Reifsnyder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environment and Sustainable Development, Statement at the High-Level Segment 20th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer on November 19, 2008:

. . . Mr. President, two final points. The achievements I have described could not have come about without good science. We owe a significant debt of gratitude to the investments of scientists and scientific institutions worldwide for the contributions they have made and the vital insights they have brought to policy makers, enabling them to take action. In the case of my own country, I would be remiss not to highlight the efforts of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Altogether, the U.S. contribution to scientific monitoring, modeling and analysis activities since 1980 – excluding the significant additional investments in satellite hardware – exceeds $200 million. . . .