cc: judy.henson@power.alstom.com, Samantha Jones date: Thu, 05 Aug 2004 16:45:20 +0100 from: nick.otter@power.alstom.com subject: Tyndall Centre Review/Phase2 Outcome to: Mike Hulme , John Schellnhuber Mike/John Thank you for the recent mail regarding the outcome of the Tyndall Centre assessment. Congratulations on getting such a positive review which relects really well on all concerned and must bode well for the future. I am pleased to see the importance of the Centre being recognised and I look forward to a second phase of action. No doubt Climate Change will continue to feature highly. It is clear to me that next year will be a particularly important one for the UK, not only with its own national agenda but also the fact that it has the Chair of the G8 and the Presidency of the EU in 2005. Africa (and all that entails) and GCC are the two top key priorities and so the environment and energy will feature highly. Also on associated matters, over the last year or so the Carbon Capture and Storage issue has come from `nothing` to something potentially highly significant. I have been in the middle of setting up a Carbon Abatement Technology strategy for the UK (I now chair the DTI Advisory Committee on the subject, ACCAT) where the UK is just about to launch a consultation around our deliberations. It will be interesting how this pans out in the future. However I am convinced that there will a greater need to collaborate internationally, both within Europe and wider. My involvement with the CSLF (where I sit as one of the UK technical representatives) just reinforces this view. I feel that Tyndall together with the new UK Energy Research Centre are likely to be increasingly important in this aspect. >From my discussions with David King I am pleased to see that UKERC seems at last to be getting going. The interaction with Tyndall will be an important one issue. David King has called a follow up discussion (27/Sept/04) with industry to consider UKERCs remit and possible involvement. One way of course would be through an Advisory Board along the lines of Tyndall, something that I would favour. It would then of course be sensible to have some overlap between the `boards` to ensure a synergistic approach. Has Tyndall been involved recently in any way as to ensure the co-ordination issues are addressed? I would be grateful for any views that you have that you feel are relevant to these future discussions. Again, congratulations on the outcome of the review With regards Nick Nick Otter OBE Director of Technology and External Affairs ALSTOM Power Ltd Contact Details ALSTOM Power Technology Centre Whetstone, Leicester LE8 6LH, UK email : nick.otter@power.alstom.com Tel : +44 116 284 5600 Fax : +44 116 284 5472 CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. CONFIDENTIALITE: Ce message et les éventuelles pièces attachées sont confidentiels. Si vous n'êtes pas dans la liste des destinataires, veuillez informer l'expéditeur immédiatement et ne pas divulguer le contenu à une tierce personne, ne pas l'utiliser pour quelque raison que ce soit, ne pas stocker ou copier l'information qu'il contient sur un quelconque support.