date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 09:22:07 -0000 from: "Jean Palutikof" subject: RE: Tyndall Centre bid and TERI to: "Phil Jones" , , "M. Kelly@Uea. Ac. Uk" , "K. Brown@Uea. Ac. Uk" , "Mike Hulme" , "Trevor Davies" Didn't realize they have a copy of the outline bid. Because of that, I absolutely agree with Trevor (otherwise I don't think its very important how we play it). Jean > -----Original Message----- > From: trevor davies [mailto:t.d.davies@uea.ac.uk] > Sent: 01 February 2000 21:21 > To: p.jones@uea.ac.uk; j.palutikof@uea.ac.uk; m.kelly@uea.ac.uk; > k.brown@uea.ac.uk; Mike Hulme > Subject: Re: Tyndall Centre bid and TERI > > > My inclination would be to be reasonably robust on this. We provided TERI > with a copy of our outline bid on their assurance that they would provide > sole support for our bid. They have already shared in the > preparation of our > bid by accepting the copy of our outline proposal. > > Trevor > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mike Hulme > To: ; ; ; > ; > Sent: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 7:33 PM > Subject: Re: Tyndall Centre bid and TERI > > > > Any suggestions on how to play this one .......... ? > > > > Mike > > > > >Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 16:00:34 +0530 > > >From: "Sujata Gupta" > > >To: , > > >Subject: Re: Tyndall Centre bid > > >Content-Disposition: inline > > > > > >Dear Mike, > > > > > >TERI has a presence in London as of 25 January. My colleague Dr Ritu > Kumar > > there has been approached by the consortia led by Imperial College > > >for TERI to join them. I am writing to explore the possibility of TERI > > joining both consortia on a non-exclusive basis. This would of course > imply > > that we do not share/participate in the preparation of the bid. > Any inputs > > provided by TERI would be common to both consortia, unless it was in > > response to a specific request by a particular partner. > > > > > >As we have committed to you first, we will revert to Imperial > College for > > a non-exclusive tie-up, only after discussing the matter with you. > > > > > >I am copying this email to my colleague Dr Kumar. > > > > > >Looking forward to hearing from you. > > > > > >Regards > > > > > >Sujata > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Sujata Gupta Ph.D. > > >Fellow and Dean > > >Policy Analysis Division > > > >************************************************************************ > > >TERI's SILVER JUBILEE CONFERENCES > > >Celebrating 25 years of innovation and change > > >Meet on 'Global Sustainable Development in the 21st Century' > > >18-21 February 2000, New Delhi, India > > >Come shape a common practical and achievable agenda > > >Be a part of the future. > > >More details at http://www.teriin.org/25years/ > > > >************************************************************************ > > >T E R I > > >New Delhi - 110 003 / India > > >Fax 462 1770 or 463 2609 Country code 91 > > >Tel. 460 1550 or 462 2246 City code 11 > > >Web www.teriin.org > > > > > >>>> Mike Hulme 01/19/00 02:52PM >>> > > >Thank you Sujata ...... I will keep you informed about our needs for > > >bidding for the UK Climate Change Centre. > > > > > >And it *was* me that you had a conversation with in Canberra about > > >reviewers for Chapter 3 on scenarios. I will forward your > suggestion on > to > > >the TSU II. > > > > > >Regards, > > > > > >Mike > > > > > > > > >At 11:56 19/01/00 +0530, you wrote: > > >>Dear Dr Hulme > > >> > > >>TERI will be happy to provide sole support to the consortium > led by you > > >and UEA. I was on travel and hence could not respond earlier. > Please let > > >me know if we can assist in any way in the preparation of the bid. > > >> > > >>If I recollect we had a discussion on a possible reviewer for the > > >scenarios chapter from India who was thus far not involved > with the IPCC > > >process. I can suggest the name of Dr Shreekant Gupta at the > Delhi School > > >of Economics, New Delhi. It is quite possible that I had this > discussion > > >with Tom Downing. Please let me know if I am communicating to the wrong > > >person on this matter. > > >> > > >>Best wishes for the new year > > >> > > >>Sujata > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>Sujata Gupta Ph.D. > > >>Fellow and Dean > > >>Policy Analysis Division > > > >>************************************************************************ > > >>TERI's SILVER JUBILEE CONFERENCES > > >>Celebrating 25 years of innovation and change > > >>Meet on 'Global Sustainable Development in the 21st Century' > > >>18-21 February 2000, New Delhi, India > > >>Come shape a common practical and achievable agenda > > >>Be a part of the future. > > >>More details at http://www.teriin.org/25years/ > > > >>************************************************************************ > > >>T E R I > > >>New Delhi - 110 003 / India > > >>Fax 462 1770 or 463 2609 Country code 91 > > >>Tel. 460 1550 or 462 2246 City code 11 > > >>Web www.teriin.org > > >> > > >>>>> Mike Hulme 01/05/00 06:54PM >>> > > >>Dear Colleague, > > >> > > >>Thank you very much for your support for our bid to run the new UK > Climate > > >>Change Centre being established by three of our national research > councils. > > >> We have heard that just two of the seven outline bids have > been invited > to > > >>submit detailed proposals and that the Consortium led by UEA is one of > > >>these two. Final bids are required by 29th February. The UEA-led bid > > >>proposes the new Centre to be called the Tyndall Centre for Climate > Change > > >>Research (named after the 19th century British physicist who > experimented > > >>with the radiative properties of greenhouse gases, John Tyndall). > > >> > > >>Assuming you are happy to continue sole support for our > initiative, and > on > > >>the undertaking that you do not disclose our outline bid to other > parties > > >>who may be aligned with the other finalist (a Consortium led > by Imperial > > >>College and involving the Environmental Change Institute at Oxford and > the > > >>U. Edinburgh), then I will send you a copy of our outline proposal. > > >> > > >>There are a number of aspects of this outline bid that we will change > and > > >>develop before 29th Feb. and it may be that I am back in contact with > you > > >>to ask for some additional text of support about some > concrete ways the > UK > > >>Tyndall Centre could collaborate with your organisation. > > >> > > >>We would also, of course, welcome any suggestions you may have about > such > > >>future collaboration. > > >> > > >>Best wishes for the New Year, > > >> > > >>Mike > > >> > > >> > > > >>**************************************************************** > ********** > ** > > >>**** > > >>Dr Mike Hulme > > >>Reader in Climatology tel: +44 1603 593162 > > >>Climatic Research Unit fax: +44 1603 507784 > > >>School of Environmental Science email: m.hulme@uea.ac.uk > > >>University of East Anglia web site: > > http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~mikeh/ > > >>Norwich NR4 7TJ > > > >>**************************************************************** > ********** > ** > > >>**** > > >> The estimated annual mean temperature in Central England for 1999 is > +1.16 > > >>degC above the 1961-90 average, the warmest year recorded in > 341 > > >>years > > >> > ***************************************************************** > > >> The estimated global-mean surface air temperature anomaly for > 1999 is > > >> +0.33 deg C above the 1961-90 average, the 5th warmest year yet > > recorded > > > >>**************************************************************** > ********** > ** > > >>**** > > >> Neither of these estimates have yet been confirmed > > >> ************************************************** > > >> > > >> > > > >***************************************************************** > ********** > > >Dr Mike Hulme > > >Reader in Climatology tel: +44 1603 593162 > > >Climatic Research Unit fax: +44 1603 507784 > > >School of Environmental Science email: m.hulme@uea.ac.uk > > >University of East Anglia web site: > http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~mikeh/ > > >Norwich NR4 7TJ > > > >***************************************************************** > ********** > > >The unconfirmed annual mean temperature in Central England for 1999 was > > +1.16 > > > degC above the 1961-90 average, the warmest year recorded > in 341 years > > > ***************************************************************** > > > The unconfirmed global-mean surface air temperature anomaly for 1999 > was > > > +0.33 deg C above the 1961-90 average, the 5th warmest year yet > recorded > > > >***************************************************************** > ********** > > > > > > >