date: Thu Sep 24 13:45:16 2009 from: Phil Jones subject: FW: Climate Change to: juliusgoldthorpe@hotmail.com Julius, I'm too busy I'm afraid. You will likely find it too hard to get anybody good to go through questions. The key documents to read are the IPCC Reports particularly the Summaries for Policymakers. You need to talk to climatologists about this. Other scientists such as chemists, physicists, geologists etc may think they know what they are talking about, but they don't. I would not claim to be an expert in their fields, so they shouldn't in climate. So very important to determine what people think they are experts in. They need to have publications in climate journals. Also there are 3 areas of IPCC (science, impacts and mitigation)- and no-one can be an expert in all 3 working group fields. I only claim to be an expert in the first. So, if you're going to ask questions about adaptation and mitigation issues you have the wrong set of people if you've approached climate scientists. Cheers Phil ___________________________________________________________________________________ From: Julius Goldthorpe [[1]mailto:juliusgoldthorpe@hotmail.com] Sent: 24 September 2009 12:40 To: Sheppard Sylv Miss (SCI) Subject: Climate Change Dear Sir/Madam I am doing a MA in Science Journalism. I have chosen to do a project on Climate Change. I was wondering if you could be of any help to me? I need to interview experts in the field. The report will not be published and is only coursework based. I understand you are busy so i would ask you some questions at a time convenient for you. Best wishes, Julius Goldthorpe ___________________________________________________________________________________ Beyond Hotmail - see what else you can do with Windows Live. [2]Find out more. 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------