date: Fri, 25 May 2007 17:40:04 +0100 from: "Jon Stewart" subject: RE: BBC science radio Climate Change to: Hi Phil, That's great, thank you very much. I've just emailed Tom too, to check his availability. Yes, sorry - I meant Colorado not California - too many time zones in my head today! I hope your wait isn't too painful, and you have a good trip home Cheers, Jon -----Original Message----- From: P.Jones@uea.ac.uk [mailto:P.Jones@uea.ac.uk] Sent: 25 May 2007 17:28 To: Jon Stewart Subject: RE: BBC science radio Climate Change Jon, Meeting in Chicago finished suddenly, so I have 4.5 hours to wait now for the plane home. As I said, I can pm days the week of June 4 (except the 5th). This is from memory, so I'll confirm next week. Happy to participate by the way. I'm happy to talk with Tom as well, if you can do the link. Tom is normally in Boulder, but I guess he could be in California that week. Cheers Phil > Dear Phil, > > Thank you very much for your advice. I'm waiting to hear back from > John Mitchell at the moment - it seems this is a busy week for most > people! I hope your meeting has gone well. > > We are getting a better idea of the structure the programme should take. > After we have looked at climate change in it's historical context we > would like to bring things up to date, and I wonder if you would be > happy to participate? > > We are very keen to come and visit you at UEA, both to recount some of > the history (with UEA having been at the forefront of climate research > for 3 decades) but also to find out what's being done now. > > Our proposal is to bring our presenter, Peter Evans to UEA to talk to > you. We are also planning to talk to Tom Wigley, and wondered if you > and he would be happy having a joint discussion with Peter. A reunion > of sorts. Tom is of course in California, so he would join us on an > ISDN line, organised by your press office. I've had a brief chat with > Annie Ogden who thinks that would be possible. > > Do you have any time in the week starting Mon 4th June? I imagine this > will have to be an afternoon thing, because of the time difference > with Tom. Failing that, how about early in the week starting Mon 11th June? > > I'm going to send a similar email to Tom. Hopefully when we all come > back on Tuesday I'll be able to pinpoint a date that suits you both. > > Many thanks in advance, > > Jon Stewart > > BBC Science Radio > www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science > http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/science_in_action.shtml > 630 SE Bush House, Strand, London. WC2B 4PH > Tel: +44 20 7557 2471 > Fax: +44 20 7557 3008 > > ________________________________ > > From: Phil Jones [mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk] > Sent: 22 May 2007 11:13 > To: Jon Stewart > Subject: Re: BBC science radio Climate Change > > > > Jon, > A brief reply as I'm preparing for a meeting the rest of the week. > I'll be back in all next week and also all of June. > Other people you might like to contact are > > Mike Schlesinger - been in the subject > since the 1970s, now more involved in policy issues in the US. > > "Mitchell, John FB \(Chief Scientist\)" > > - been in the subject as long on the climate modelling side. He is > now head of Climate Research at the Met Office. > > There are others, but you have appear to have a critical number with > these two and those you had. > > I guess it's taken 30 years to get to such a high level of > acceptance/agreement because the modelling has improved and things > are beginning to happen in the observations. > > There has also been 4 IPCC Reports each one stronger than the previous. > > There is an interesting chapter at the start of the current > 'Science/WG1' > report on the history of IPCC. You can get this from (details below). > Look > at Chapter 1, which gives the predictions from the first 3 reports > compared to what has happened. > > Even though the issue has the prominence it has, not much has > happened to reduce future impacts. Many govts are stalling and there > is still a band of skeptics making lots of waves trying to muddy waters. > The BBC is raising the issue at every opportunity, so you're doing > your bit. > > Cheers > Phil > > > We are very pleased to be able to tell you that the final checks and > layout corrections to our SPM, TS and Chapters are now complete. As a > result we are making the final versions of the Preface, SPM, TS, all > Chapters, and Annexes (Glossary, List of authors, List of reviewers, > List of acronyms) publicly available from the WG1 home page ( > http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/ ) today. The supplementary material (for > those chapters that have it) is nearly complete and will be added shortly. > > > > > > > At 18:24 21/05/2007, you wrote: > > > > Dear Professor Jones, > > The BBC is planning another radio programme on the issue of climate > change. Unlike the World Service programme you kindly took part in at > the end of last year, this show (on Radio4) will be looking back. > We want to put climate change in its historical context, and examine > why it's taken 30 years to reach public/ political acceptance. > > We're still in the early stages at the moment, but I was hoping to > ask your advice on people you think should be included. We're looking > for pioneers in the field. I've emailed your predecessor, Tom Wigley, > along with people like James Hansen and Steve Schneider. Are there > other people who have been publishing/ talking about the issue since > the 1970s? > > I'd be very grateful for any advice and guidance you can offer. > You can reach me by email, or on 020 7557 1026 > > Thank you very much for your help, > > Jon Stewart > > BBC Science Radio > www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/science > > http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/science_in_action.shtml > 630 SE Bush House, Strand, London. 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