Address by Eileen Claussen at Commonwealth Club  Address by
Eileen Claussen President Pew Center on Global Climate Change
Commonwealth Club San Francisco, CA  February 23, 2000  Thank
you very much. It is a pleasure to be here. While I know this is
really a speech on global warming, you will find that I have
drawn some of my inspiration from Alice in Wonderland. And so I
would like to start with a quote that I believe really sets the
stage for my remarks, where Alice asks the Cheshire Cat "Would
you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That
depends a good deal on where you want to get to," said the Cat.
"I don't much care where---" said Alice. "Then it doesn't matter
which way you go," said the Cat. "---so long as I get
somewhere," Alice added as an explanation. "Oh, you're sure to
do that," said the Cat, "if only you walk long enough."  I bring
up this quotation because I believe that, on the issue of global
climate change, it is truly important to get somewhere, and
walking long enough is