date: Thu, 31 May 2007 11:53:37 +0300 from: "IOANNA NIAOTI" subject: Re: RE: FW: Eleftherotypia (greek national newspaper) interview to: "Phil Jones" Phil hi many many thanks for answering the questions i will work on the piece today and i will you a call tomorrow morning (after 10 UK time) to discuss a little further do email me your office numbers and a convenient time slot for you talk to you soon io ----- Original Message ----- From: [1]Phil Jones To: [2]niaoti@enet.gr Cc: [3]a.ogden@uea.ac.uk Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 11:21 AM Subject: Fwd: RE: FW: Eleftherotypia (greek national newspaper) interview request Dear Ioanna, Your email has been forwarded to me by the UEA press office. Below are some brief answers to your questions. You can call me later today or tomorrow morning if you want. Best Regards Phil _______________________________________________________________________________ From: [4]niaoti@enet.gr [ [5]mailto:niaoti@enet.gr ] Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2007 3:57 AM To: [6]press@uea.ac.uk Subject: Eleftherotypia (greek national newspaper) interview request Importance: High Hi there, this is Ioanna, i work for the foreign news of Eleftherotypia ([7]www.enet.gr) which is the largest selling greek national newspaper on the 5th of June we are going to publish a green issue, devoted completely on the environment, climate change etc i talked to one of your press office colleagues yesterday asking if i could email a couple of questions for one of your experts i do like dr P. Jones, i have interviewed him in the past as well but please ask whoever is available as my deadline is Friday noon (UK time) many many thanks ioanna 1) The earth is getting warmer and scientists predict increasing droughts, floods and extreme weather- can you please discuss the worse scenarion for the next 100 years? a rise in Earth's temperature, sea levels, icemelting, biodiveristy threatened- speciesin danger- areas most affected The worst scenario is that Greenland starts to melt rapidly leading to a much larger sea-level rise than estimated by IPCC. 2) Are human activities to blame? (ie greenhouse gas emissions) or is nature going through an enciromental circle as some other surveys suggest Humans are to blame 3) With humanity demanding more from the Earth than ever before, what are planet's most pressing environmental problems? Global Warming 4) Can climate change be tackled? How? What do you urge the International community to do? Is Britain playing a key role in saving the planet? Britain and Europe are playing the leading roles. It has to be tackled at the govt level, but recent news reports indicate that G8 (with Germany leading) are not having much success persuading the US and Japan to do anything. 5) Is EU leading a Kyoto carbon revolution- what is the role of the US and China The latter two don't seem to do anything. They dispute the science. 6) Can you give us a couple of tips that we could follow in everday life (ie switch off the electrical appliances when not in use) in order to help the environment Encourage alternative energy options (involving renewables) and change lighting to more energy saving bulbs and likewise buy more energy efficient applicances elsewhere in the home. ps- if there is any UEA survey on climate change please email me some info and add anything else you might feel it's important 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------