date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:49:05 -0500 from: Andrew Revkin subject: Re: NYTimes.com: Dot Earth: Climate Panel May Not Have Time to to: Phil Jones , revkin@nytimes.com don't suppose you'd be willing to post that as a comment, phil?? : ) would help jog folks a bit. At 10:37 AM 12/6/2007, Phil Jones wrote: Andy, You hit the nail on the head in your last few sentences. There will be less science done on climate change if govts of the world ask for another review. Hardly any of the scientists who did the last one will want to do it again. Also the conclusions aren't going to change. This talk just seems like a delaying tactic to put off decisions till a later date. The message isn't going to change. It's about time they started doing something as opposed to talking about it. The issue isn't like most normal things they deal with. Let's set up a committee and wait for it to report. The issue might then go away and our electorate think we're doing something. They have the report now - 2007 - they need to act. Cheers Phil At 15:18 06/12/2007, you wrote: [] [1]The New York Times E-mail This This page was sent to you by: revkin@nytimes.com Message from sender: Don't spend too much time in those tuxedos, all ye Nobelists. SCIENCE | December 6, 2007 [2]Dot Earth: Climate Panel May Not Have Time to Celebrate Andrew C. Revkin Yvo de Boer, the executive secretary managing the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, gave his latest update to the press today in Bali on negotiations over next steps under that faltering 1992 climate treaty. Some excerpts are here: Among other things, he said, several countries suggested that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which [...] [] [] Most E-mailed 1. [3]Op-Ed Columnist: Intercepting Irans Take on America 2. [4]Mind: Unhappy? Self-Critical? Maybe Youre Just a Perfectionist 3. [5]A Liquor of Legend Makes a Comeback 4. [6]Well: Aspergers Syndrome Gets a Very Public Face 5. [7]Study Shows Why the Flu Likes Winter » [8]Go to Complete List [9]Copyright 2007 [10]The New York Times Company | [11]Privacy Policy 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- [12]ANDREW C. REVKIN The New York Times / Environment / [13]Dot Earth [14]Blog 620 Eighth Ave., NY, NY 10018-1405 phone: 212-556-7326 fax: 509 -357-0965 mobile: 914-441-5556