1) The Pew Climate Center held a conference to develop a framework for mandatory caps on carbon emissions. However, the group was not asked to debate whether caps should exist, only to assume they would and design the "perfect program". 2) The consensus reached was to start with small reductions and make deeper cuts later. Specific levels and dates were not agreed upon. 3) The document criticizes Pew for trying to create a sense of consensus without genuine debate and for setting rules that avoided specifying key details.