cc: "Adger Neil Prof (ENV)" , "Brown Katrina Prof (DEV)" , "Few Roger Dr (ODG)" , "Goodess Clare Dr (ENV)" date: Thu Oct 29 09:28:41 2009 from: Phil Jones subject: RE: Impacts to: "Newell Peter Prof (DEV)" , "Martin Adrian Dr (DEV)" , Kevin Anderson , "Trott Katharine Ms (ODG)" , "greg.kaser@htspe.com" Pete et al, I'm away tomorrow and Mon/Tues - back in at UEA on Wed Nov 4. Here are a few thoughts on the Impacts of the Project 1) In terms of research - I'd also mention that publications will get assessed and referred to in the next set of IPCC reports (due for publication in 2013 and 2014). Another impact would be for the research to get reported at COP meetings 2) For the advisory services or communications - monitoring the requests to see why the take up might be low in some parts of the world or in some sectors. 3) Capacity Building shouldn't be just considered a developing country issue. There also needs to be an effort educating people how best to incorporate new climate scenarios/services in the developed world and the university sector as well. Cheers Phil At 14:32 28/10/2009, Newell Peter Prof (DEV) wrote: Dear All In haste, attached some thoughts on impacts of each of the outputs to get the ball rolling Best wishes Pete Professor Peter Newell School of International Development University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ UK Tel: +44(0)1603 593724 Fax: +44(0)1603 591170 E-Mail: [1]P.Newell@uea.ac.uk Web page: [2]www.uea.ac.uk/dev/Newell ESRC Climate Change Leadership Fellow [3]www.clean-development.com Find out more about our Msc in Climate Change and International Development [4]http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/MScCCID ___________________________________________________________________________________ From: Martin Adrian Dr (DEV) Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:49 AM To: Newell Peter Prof (DEV); Kevin Anderson; Trott Katharine Ms (ODG) Cc: Adger Neil Prof (ENV); Brown Katrina Prof (DEV); Few Roger Dr (ODG); Jones Philip Prof (ENV); Goodess Clare Dr (ENV) Subject: RE: Impacts Dear all, Thanks to all for providing inputs about research themes/priorities and about board members. Sorry to add one more task but the one thing that we still need to gather ideas for, is a section early in the bid that will state the expected impacts of the network as a whole (i.e. of the research, advisory services, knowledge disemination and capacity building). I think this is important - there is some cynicism out there about what this £40million can really achieve above and beyond all the other climate change initiatives ongoing. I think DfID will enjoy some clear vision on this matter. What will all this research and disemmination achieve? We really need this by tomorrow best wishes Adrian ___________________________________________________________________________________ From: Newell Peter Prof (DEV) Sent: 26 October 2009 11:40 To: Kevin Anderson; Phil Abrahams; Trott Katharine Ms (ODG); Elizabeth Dodsworth - Global Director, KM Cc: Adger Neil Prof (ENV); Brown Katrina Prof (DEV); Few Roger Dr (ODG); Martin Adrian Dr (DEV); Jones Philip Prof (ENV); Greg Kaser; Rachel Nalumoso; Goodess Clare Dr (ENV) Subject: RE: Annual review Dear All Quick update before I leave for Singapore. I just had an hour long conversation with Shardul about being named as potential CEO of the bid. I filled him on the background to the bid and how we plan to set things up. He raised a series of issues about the value added of such a network and how it would interact with other existing initiatives. Anyway, on whether he would take this on. He has one of the few permanent positions at OECD, is not many years from retirement and has a lot to lose so: * asks that we treat his potential candidacy with high confidentiality as he is well known at DFID and word will get out quickly * might want to combine this post with a chair and tenured position (perhaps 50/60% as CEO, the rest in an academic position, presumably at UEA) * he couldnt imagine combining this role with ongoing work at OECD as there would be a conflict of interest since he has to work with so many different donors in his current role * the other possibility is to request a secondment or leave of absence from OECD * he would want a lead time of some months after set up to negotiate terms with DFID, us etc. This means we would still near an interim director * he would want to know that the funding is secure irrespective of change of government. The Tories have said they wont cut development spending but politicians change their minds he doesnt want to run something which might be scaled down or not even funded at all * he wouldnt want his name put forward as one among many but as our preferred choice All of this strikes me as reasonable, hence my expressed concerns about trying to get a named senior individual to commit to something like this when there is so much uncertainty. If we decide to go forward with this, well need a form of wording that is acceptable to him. Ill be in touch again in a week when Im back from Singapore Best wishes Peter Professor Peter Newell School of International Development University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ UK Tel: +44(0)1603 593724 Fax: +44(0)1603 591170 E-Mail: [5]P.Newell@uea.ac.uk Web page: [6]www.uea.ac.uk/dev/Newell ESRC Climate Change Leadership Fellow [7]www.clean-development.com Find out more about our Msc in Climate Change and International Development [8]http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/MScCCID ___________________________________________________________________________________ From: Kevin Anderson [kevin.anderson@manchester.ac.uk] Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 11:30 AM To: Phil Abrahams; Trott Katharine Ms (ODG); Elizabeth Dodsworth - Global Director, KM Cc: Adger Neil Prof (ENV); Brown Katrina Prof (DEV); Few Roger Dr (ODG); Newell Peter Prof (DEV); Martin Adrian Dr (DEV); Jones Philip Prof (ENV); Greg Kaser; Rachel Nalumoso; Goodess Clare Dr (ENV) Subject: RE: Annual review Dear Phil, Elizabeth and Katharine, I apologies for my delay in getting back to you. Suggestions for the Science area outside of UEA would be: (please note these are UK based and going beyond both the UK and Annex 1 nations would likely be of benefit for a Dfid call?) Clearly Hadley is appropriate and whilst it is involved with another consortium I thought this time Dfid had asked for non-exclusivity? If so suggestions are: John Mitchell Richard Betts Jason Lowe Chris Jones I also suggest these by complemented with non-Hadley scientists my immediate recommendations are Peter Cox University of Exeter Dave Stainforth UCL Dave Frame Oxford John Shepherd Southampton In terms of translating science related to the global situation to more regional impacts, Chris West (UKCP09 & Oxford) would be a good place to start. Kind regards Kevin ___________________________________________________________________________________ From: Phil Abrahams [[9]mailto:P.Abrahams@cabi.org] Sent: 23 October 2009 14:51 To: Newell Peter Prof (DEV); Adger Neil Prof (ENV); Martin Adrian Dr (DEV); Few Roger Dr (ODG); Brown Katrina Prof (DEV); kevin.anderson@manchester.ac.uk; Trott Katharine Ms (ODG) Cc: Greg Kaser; Elizabeth Dodsworth - Global Director, KM; Rachel Nalumoso Subject: RE: Annual review Thank you all for these comments. As you see, I have incorporated them into a document which Elizabeth will work on next week (when Im absent on vacation) as part of the CABI contribution which is to say the version you see here probably will not be the version you see sent from her next week (not least because of its length). However, I am still missing names on the science: Kevin. My apologies if youve sent these already but could you please forward any proposed names to Elizabeth Dodsworth? Best wishes Phil Phil Abrahams Market Development Director CABI Head Office Nosworthy Way Wallingford Oxfordshire OX10 8DE United Kingdom Telephone: +44 (0) 1491 829374 Mobile: +44 (0) 7833 464342 Fax: +44 (0) 1491 829178 Skype: p.abrahams Email: p.abrahams@cabi.org Visit us at [10]www.cabi.org CABI improves people's lives worldwide by providing information and applying scientific expertise to solve problems in agriculture and the environment ___________________________________________________________________________________ From: Newell Peter Prof (DEV) [[11]mailto:P.Newell@uea.ac.uk] Sent: 20 October 2009 12:39 To: Adger Neil Prof (ENV); Phil Abrahams; Martin Adrian Dr (DEV); Few Roger Dr (ODG); Brown Katrina Prof (DEV); kevin.anderson@manchester.ac.uk; Trott Katharine Ms (ODG) Cc: Greg Kaser; Elizabeth Dodsworth - Global Director, KM Subject: RE: Annual review Thanks Neil. On international policy I would suggest: Prof. Matthew Paterson (U. Ottawa) Prof. Michael Grubb (U. Cambridge) Farhana Yamin (IDS, U. Sussex) Prof. Frank Bierman (Free University, Amsterdam) Dr. Fari Zelli (GTZ, Germany) Prof. Timmons Roberts (Brown U, US) Dr. MJ Mace (FIELD) Prof. Ann Florini (Nat U. Singapore) Dr. Benito Muller (OIES, U. Oxford) On low-carbon development: Dr. Jim Watson (SPRU, U. Sussex) Dr. Adrian Smith (SPRU, U. Sussex) Dr. Jim Skea (UK CC Committee) Dr. Axek Michaelowa (U Zurich) Dr. Xiaojie Xu, Head, International Energy Program, Institute of World Economics and Politics, China Academy of Social Sciences Dr. Kirsty Hamilton, Renewable Energy Finance project, Chatham House Dr. Tim Forsyth, (LSE) Dr. Ian Rowlands (U Waterloo, Canada) Dr. Karen Olsen (UNEP Risoe) Prof. Michael Wara (Stanford U) Professor Peter Newell School of International Development University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ Tel: (01603) 593724 Fax: (01603) 451999 E-mail: P.Newell@uea.ac.uk [12]http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/Newell _______________________________________________________________________________ From: Adger Neil Prof (ENV) Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 11:58 AM To: Newell Peter Prof (DEV); Phil Abrahams; Martin Adrian Dr (DEV); Few Roger Dr (ODG); Brown Katrina Prof (DEV); kevin.anderson@manchester.ac.uk Cc: Greg Kaser; Elizabeth Dodsworth - Global Director, KM Subject: RE: Annual review Peter Thanks. In terms of names who would be appropriate on adaptation etc (I think a few UEA names would be good to include): Barry Smit University Guelph Sam Fankhauser (LSE and UK Climate Change Committee) Richard Klein (SEI) Ian Burton (Environment Canada) Ian Noble World Bank Neil Leary (Dickinson College and former START and AIACC project) Coleen Vogel (Univ Wits) Tony Nyong (African Development Bank) Victor Cruz (University Philippines) Bruce Capmbell Climate Change Challenge CGIAR etc maybe in another category Daniel Murdiyarso CIFOR Indonesia Tao Wang now with WWF China Hope these help stuimulate thoughts Neil _______________________________________________________________________________ From: Newell Peter Prof (DEV) Sent: 17 October 2009 16:55 To: Phil Abrahams; Martin Adrian Dr (DEV); Adger Neil Prof (ENV); Few Roger Dr (ODG); Brown Katrina Prof (DEV); kevin.anderson@manchester.ac.uk Cc: Greg Kaser; Elizabeth Dodsworth - Global Director, KM Subject: RE: Annual review Dear Phil Thanks for this. I am copying to other colleagues at UEA that are part of the bid to suggest names to you (which I will also do of course). One way would be to aim for a mix of specialists across each of the themes that the 'Climate Exchange' (CCDKN) will focus on (i) climate science (of particular importance for developing countries) (ii) low carbon development (iii) adaptation and (iv) international policy for development. As I mentioned at the meeting in London, one way of ensuring synergy across the research and this annual review will be to summarise latest research in these areas, rather than duplicate what the IPCC and other do. Assuming you agree with this, can I invite colleagues to submit a few names under these headings? Kevin on the science, Neil and Kate on adaptation. I'll send some on low carbon development and international policy. Best wishes Peter Professor Peter Newell School of International Development University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ UK Tel: +44(0)1603 593724 Fax: +44(0)1603 591170 E-Mail: [13]P.Newell@uea.ac.uk Web page: [14]www.uea.ac.uk/dev/Newell ESRC Climate Change Leadership Fellow [15]www.clean-development.com Find out more about our Msc in Climate Change and International Development [16]http://www.uea.ac.uk/dev/MScCCID _______________________________________________________________________________ From: Phil Abrahams [P.Abrahams@cabi.org] Sent: Friday, October 16, 2009 12:19 PM To: Newell Peter Prof (DEV) Cc: Greg Kaser; Elizabeth Dodsworth - Global Director, KM Subject: Annual review Peter Im tasked with considering how we manage the outputs of the Annual Review and will be recommending that a small external Editorial Board is responsible for QA and identification of authors to be commissioned to write reviews of key papers/findings etc. The EB will have to be a mix of eminent research, social and policy experts and can of course, at least in part, be drawn from some of the consortium (especially UEA) staff. Meanwhile, Ive been Googling for resources that rank scientists in terms of their climate science citations and/or absolute outputs as potential candidates to approach for an EB. The site Ive come across at [17]UToronto may not be valid, so are there sites doing this you can also recommend? Are the names below, from the UToronto list known to you and worth approaching as a lined-up EB member? Ive taken an arbitrary selection of names from key institutes (excluding the rival Hadley Centre) and included names lower down the rankings who could be put forward as representing some Southern science) Ranking: 1 Jean Jouzel, CNRS France Ice core data 2 Kevin Trenberth, NCAR, US Decadal variance 3 Joseph Berry, Carnegie, US Plant physiology 5 James Hurrell, NCAR, US NAO 8 Philip Jones, UEA Surface temperature trends 22 Martin Heimann, MPI Germany Carbon cycle 35 Robert Dickinson, GIT, US Biogeochem Cycles 41 Navin Ramankutty*, McGill, Can Biosphere modelling (*India) 57 Filippo Giorgi, Abdul Salam, Italy Regional modelling 63 Mario Molina*, Scripps US Ozone loss (*Nobel winner, Mexico) 77 Andre Berger, Louvain, Bel Orbital forcings 79 Venkatachalam Ramaswany, NOAA US All the best Phil Phil Abrahams Market Development Director CABI Head Office Nosworthy Way Wallingford Oxfordshire OX10 8DE United Kingdom Telephone: +44 (0) 1491 829374 Mobile: +44 (0) 7833 464342 Fax: +44 (0) 1491 829178 Skype: p.abrahams Email: p.abrahams@cabi.org Visit us at [18]www.cabi.org CABI improves people's lives worldwide by providing information and applying scientific expertise to solve problems in agriculture and the environment [19][] P Think Green - don't print this email unless you really need to ************************************************************************ The information contained in this e-mail and any files transmitted with it is confidential and is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient. 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