date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 09:49:56 +0100 from: "Conway Declan Dr \(DEV\)" subject: couple of things from Declan to: "Tim Osborn" , "Phil Jones" , "Clare Goodess" Hi Tim / Phil / Clare hope all's well. At some point soon I must get in touch re the masters for next year - hopefully we can coordinate again....feedback from our students has been good so far - I hope yours have found the DEV unit interesting. Main point for this email is to let you know, in case you don't already, that there is to be a large Defra call for a climate impact/risk assessment for the UK in 1-2 months - something like 1-2 million pounds. Bob Watson keeps talking about the call at Tyndall meetings - he thinks this would be a key bid for UEA (Tyndall/CRU/whatever) to be involved in - I think the call may be very relevant to you/CRU in general, possibly more than the expertise now left in Tyndall - or certainly complimentary expertise. Anyway I think it's worth chatting with Bob about it - he and Kevin Anderson are going to try to take some ideas forward over the next few weeks in advance of the call. Bob is going to lead a Tyndall brown bag lunch about the call soon, I think on the 1st or 8th May. Finally - I'm going to Beijing for the British Council Turner exhibition....so Phil I might want to pick your brains about historical climatology in a few days....I'll give you a call. All the best, Declan.