These experts include Professor of Economics Gary Yohe , Associate Professor of Biology Sonia Sultan , and John Kamp, a 2000 graduate who is now the coordinator of the global warming campaign for the Student-Sierra Coalition. The summit is being sponsored by Ozone Action, a group now affiliated with Greenpeace. The goal of the U.N. conference is to determine the fate of the global warming treaty currently being negotiated, the Kyoto Protocol, which outlines quotas and mechanisms for international control of greenhouse gas emissions. They also will have access to the larger U.N. conference, as well as to the lobbyists and conference delegates. The cost for travel, lodging and food for each student has been covered by money from Robert Schumann, a 1941 graduate of Wesleyan.
Students also are available for individual interviews.