The Eighteenth Meeting of the President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD) in Atlanta, Georgia

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The President's Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD), a Presidential Commission with representation from industry, government, environmental, and Native American organizations, will convene its eighteenth meeting in Atlanta, Georgia on Thursday, November 20, 1997. Under its current charter, the Administration asked the Council to continue its work by continuing to forge consensus on policy, demonstrating implementation, getting the word out about sustainable development, and evaluating progress. The Council will advise the President in four specific areas: domestic implementation of policy options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, next steps in building the new environmental management system of the 21st century, promoting multi-jurisdictional and community cooperation in metropolitan and rural areas, and policies that fosters the United States' leadership role in sustainable development internationally. At the Council's last meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma on September 22, 1997, members were briefed on the science impacts, technology impacts, and economics related to climate change. The Council also heard from Tulsa's community about ways in which the climate change issue affect