cc: alex.haxeltine@uea.ac.uk, m.hulme@uea.ac.uk, "mike.woodfield" , justin.goodwin@aeat.co.uk, peter.g.taylor@aeat.co.uk date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 09:20:02 +0100 from: Rob Swart subject: RE: to: davidw@globatmo.demon.co.uk Dear David, Thanks for your email. To bring you up-to-date: due to internal questions at the EEA about the new EU financial regulations and the appropriate long-term startegy development, EEA has decided (rather unexpectedly) not to establish new multi-year grant agreements with the five topic centres, but for the time being to extend the current contracts by a year. Nevertheless, my proposal to add UEA to the ETC Consortium has been approved by the EEA and in 2004, they will contribute to a scoping study in the area of vulnerable regions in Europe (impacts and adaptation) and probably some support in the area of participatory integrated assessment activities (EEA State of the Environment and Outlook Report 2005, including the development of a "sustainable (European) emissions pathway" scenario). AEAT continues to be a major ETC partner in the area of emissions work. As to a possible UK national contribution, this would continue to be most helpful for us, even more so since the EEA's new Director started a new development diverting funds away from the ETCs towards a more centralized EEA set of activities. This specifically implies for 2004 that the foreseen work in the area of climate impacts/adaptation and European GHG emissions inventory review cannot be fully implemented as planned. More staff in Copenhagen cannot replace (at least in my view) the wide, country-supported network of ETC institutions, but as manager of a successful ETC I may be somewhat biased. If there would be an overlap between DEFRA 's interests and the EEA's interests in the area of climate impacts/adaptation, integrated assessment and GHG emissions work (see attached draft Technical Annex for the workplan), a small national contribution may trigger a number of activities which are now likely to be dropped. I copy this message to UEA and AEAT, so they may provide you with some more details. Best wishes for 2004, Rob (See attached file: ACC TA_2004 draft 17 November 03.doc) Rob Swart ETC Manager EEA European Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change (ETC/ACC) RIVM (pb 47) P.O. Box 1 3720 BA Bilthoven telephone: 31-30-2743026 fax 31-30-2744433 http://www.rivm.nl http://air-climate.eionet.eu.int "Warrilow, David (GA)" gsi.gov.uk> cc: Subject: RE: 29-12-2003 17:38 Rob I am reviewing emails that I didn't have time to deal with in the hustle and bustle of normal life! Is this still an issue? I assumed Tydall would have approached me themselves? I doubt we could provide funding in any case but willing to give moral support where appropriate. Anyway happy New Year! David -----Original Message----- From: Rob Swart [mailto:Rob.Swart@rivm.nl] Sent: 10 September 2003 16:42 To: Warrilow, David (GA) Subject: Dear David, Long time no see. I hope that you are doing well. As you may have heard I am currently managing the European Topic Centre on Air and Climate (ETC/ACC) of the European Environment Agency (EEA) and it is in this role that I would like to ask you something. The ETC is operating under a three year contract, which is about to be renewed by another three years. I would like to take this opportunity to make some slight changes in the current 13 members of the ETC consortium. More specifically, because of the increased emphasis on climate change in the ETC work programme, I have discussed possibilities to include the Tyndall Centre as one of the partners with John Schellnhuber and Alex Haxeltine of Tyndall, and André Jol and the new Director, Jacquie McGlade of the EEA. With generally very positive reactions. Tyndall would primarily contribute to work in the area of European climate state, impacts and adaptation indicators, and integrated assessment (scenarios). Currently, the ETC/ACC has one partner from the UK, AEAT, which institution contributes in various areas, notably on emissions of GHGs and air pollutants. This work is related to the work of Mike Woodfield of the UNECE Task Force on Emissions Inventories and Projections (TFEIP), whose chairmanship of the TFEIP was supported until recently by the UK government. AEAT will continue to be a partner for the coming 2004-2006 period. For more details on the ETC, you can check our website (see signature below). Let me now come to the point. The ETC/ACC contracts with the EEA also depend on national contributions of countries in which the partners are located. More specifically, the ETC/ACC receives support in addition to the core EEA budget from the Netherlands (RIVM), Austria (UBA), Germany (UBA) and Norway (NILU). Roughly, the ETC budget is about 2MEUR EEA funds plus 0.5 MkEUR national contributions from the four countries mentioned. So far, the UK government has not supported the ETC activities. In September, I have to prepare an offer for the next three year contract, and I was wondering if we could discuss the possibility of a UK/DEFRA national contribution to the work of the ETC, through the Tyndall Centre and/ot AEAT. There is no condition in the EEA contracts as to the level of support from countries, everything helps to implement the work plan, especially in a situation in which the level of air pollution work continues at the same level, while then climate work increases. Please let me know if you are willing to consider this, and what kind of additional information you may need. Kind regards Rob Rob Swart ETC Manager EEA European Topic Centre on Air and Climate Change (ETC/ACC) RIVM (pb 47) P.O. 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