cc: "Newton Martyn Mr (MAINT)" date: Fri Nov 6 15:24:06 2009 from: Phil Jones subject: RE: Environment Agency announcement to: "Ogden Annie Ms (MAC)" , "Dunford Simon Mr (MAC)" , "Davies Trevor Prof (ENV)" , "Burgess Jacquelin Prof (ENV)" Dear All, I'll be around, but as far as I can see there are no scientists speaking. I've no idea what they will be talking about. This seems just another pre-Copenhagen meeting. Cheers Phil At 14:05 06/11/2009, Ogden Annie Ms (MAC) wrote: Dear all, If they are looking for something visual and they are expecting people to be doing things in labs rather than sitting at computers - I wonder if David Richardson's lab might be appropriate - as we did for the David Cameron visit? Annie ------------------------------- Annie Ogden, Head of Communications, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ. Tel:+44 (0)1603 592764 [1]www.uea.ac.uk/comm ............................................ _______________________________________________________________________________ From: Dunford Simon Mr (MAC) Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 1:05 PM To: Davies Trevor Prof (ENV); Jones Philip Prof (ENV); Burgess Jacquelin Prof (ENV) Cc: Newton Martyn Mr (MAINT); Ogden Annie Ms (MAC) Subject: FW: Environment Agency announcement Importance: High Dear Trevor, Phil and Jacqui I've just been contacted by the EA about this. Very late notice, may not come to anything, but potentially a very good opportunity. Could someone let me know if we can make this happen. Their specific requests are: 1. Will an expert/scientist be available for interview at the university on Monday morning? If so, who is this and what would they say? 2. What filming opportunities will there be e.g. to film researchers at work in your centre? Could you please let me know how these will appear on camera. (On the phone they said they may want to film students being taught too...) 3. If you will be issuing any comment of your own off the back of the Environment Agency's announcement. I can sort out the photographs for them, but I don't have any footage. (Do you Martyn?) Thanks, Simon Simon Dunford, Press Officer, University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ. Tel:+44 (0)1603 592203 [2]www.uea.ac.uk/comm A PREMIER RESEARCH AND TEACHING UNIVERSITY 2009 "What Uni" Student Choice Award winner and 2nd amongst mainstream English universities in the National Student Survey World top 200, European top 100, UK top 30 (Times League Table 2010) Norwich: fourth highest cited UK city for science, thanks to the University and our Norwich Research Park partners. _______________________________________________________________________________ From: Winser, Jo J [[3]mailto:jo.winser@environment-agency.gov.uk] Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 12:57 PM To: Dunford Simon Mr (MAC) Subject: Environment Agency announcement Hi Simon Following my call, please find details of the Environment Agency's annual conference and Lord Chris Smith's speech below. environment 09, the Environment Agency's annual conference will take place on Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th November 2009 and will be the largest meeting of environmental leaders in the UK in the run up to Copenhagen. There will be several key note speeches from political and business leaders throughout the event. Please find more information at [4]www.environment09.com and attached. On Monday, Lord Chris Smith, Chairman of the Environment Agency will be making a key speech on his vision for a "low carbon revolution within our lifetime". This speech will set out the measures that Britain must take in the next 20 years to achieve a dramatic reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. It will include a focus on the need for "more scientists and more engineers" to develop technology for a low carbon economy. Lord Smith will be calling for a 'Climate Challenge Fund' to prioritise research on combating climate change across a group of leading academic institutions. Please note that this information is embargoed until Monday 9th November. We will be issuing a press release to media under embargo for Monday 9th November. We will be pitching the story to national print, online and broadcast media. Our regional press officers will also be looking for regional angles on the story. I will send you the final press release as soon as I have it. We'd be interested in working with the University of East Anglia to offer filming and interview opportunities to broadcast media in relation to your Climatic Research Unit and Low Carbon Innovation Centre. This would be pitched to broadcast media ahead of Monday. Could you let me know if you'd be keen to work with us on this please? If you are we'll need to know the following: Will an expert/scientist be available for interview at the university on Monday morning? If so, who is this and what would they say? What filming opportunities will there be e.g. to film researchers at work in your centre? Could you please let me know how these will appear on camera. If you have any rushes/film/photographs of the centre that we can offer to media to use as background footage/illustration. If you will be issuing any comment of your own off the back of the Environment Agency's announcement. Also, could you please send me any useful information on climate research at the university which might be useful in our sell in to the media. Please call me on the number below if you have any questions. Best Wishes Jo Jo Winser | Press Officer Forward Features desk Environment Agency | National Press Office, 25th floor, Millbank Tower, 21-24 Millbank, London SW1P 4XL tel: 020 7863 8690 | fax: 020 7863 8621 | mobile: 07787004878 email: jo.winser@[5]environment-agency.gov.uk Information in this message may be confidential and may be legally privileged. If you have received this message by mistake, please notify the sender immediately, delete it and do not copy it to anyone else. We have checked this email and its attachments for viruses. But you should still check any attachment before opening it. We may have to make this message and any reply to it public if asked to under the Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act or for litigation. Email messages and attachments sent to or from any Environment Agency address may also be accessed by someone other than the sender or recipient, for business purposes. If we have sent you information and you wish to use it please read our terms and conditions which you can get by calling us on 08708 506 506. Find out more about the Environment Agency at [6]www.environment-agency.gov.uk Prof. Phil Jones Climatic Research Unit Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090 School of Environmental Sciences Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784 University of East Anglia Norwich Email p.jones@uea.ac.uk NR4 7TJ UK ----------------------------------------------------------------------------