date: Tue Feb 6 13:03:30 2001 from: Mike Hulme subject: Fwd: RE: joint battelle-pik proposal to: t.d.davies Trevor, An email from John regarding a guy at Batelle in Washington commenting on the new US position on climate change. More optimism than in some quarters. Mike X-Sender: chefsekr@mailbox.pik-potsdam.de X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Light Version 3.0.3 (32) Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 15:00:24 +0100 To: m.hulme@uea.ac.uk From: PIK director´s office Subject: RE: joint battelle-pik proposal Dear Mike, Richard Benedick ("Ozone Diplomacy") has been contacting me several times for exploring cooperation options. Tyndall would well fit into this pattern. See the attachment. Cheers, John Schellnhuber >Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 13:16:34 -0800 >From: "Benedick, Richard E" >Subject: RE: joint battelle-pik proposal >To: "'schellnhuber@pik-potsdam.de'" >Cc: "Cooper, Chet" , > "Edmonds, James A (Jae)" , > "Stokes, Gerald M" >X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0) >Importance: high > > >Lieber Joachim, > >I have tried to reach you by phone today, but it was too late. Since you and I >talked, I've spoken about this proposal to several informed observers here - >both inside and out of government - and I sense there is growing receptivity to >considering new approaches to the climate negotiations. There may be more >sympathy in the new administration than one thought - see the attached speech by >Paul O'Neill, the new Secretary of the Treasury, given when he was CEO of ALCOA. >Colin Powell asked for a two-hour briefing last week from scientists (including >Dan Albritton) and negotiators, and by all accounts he was interested and >engaged in the subject - it was one of the first issues he addressed. I have >heard similar reports of a positive attitude and more activism from the new EPA >Administrator, Christine Whitman (former Governor of New Jersey). > >We are delaying seeing Marianne Ginsburg again until we have feedback from you >on your meeting with her - please let me know. Enclosed also is a more >developed edition of the concept paper - your comments are very welcome. > >Mit freundlichen Grussen, > >~ Richard > > <> > > <> > > > > >Richard E. Benedick >Deputy Director, Fundamental Science Division >Battelle Washington Operations >901 D Street, S.W., Suite 900 >Washington, DC 20024 >Phone: 202-646-5270 Fax: 202-646-7843 >E-mail: richard.benedick@pnl.gov <[1]mailto:richard.benedick@pnl.gov> > > > > >Attachment Converted: "c:\programme\eudora\attach\german US draft4.doc" > >Attachment Converted: "c:\programme\eudora\attach\Treas. Sec. O'Neill on Climate Change.pdf" > ***************************************************************** ***************************************************************** Gesine Herzog Secretary to Prof. Schellnhuber Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) Telegrafenberg C 4 (express mail, packages) P.O. Box 60 12 03 D-14412 Potsdam Germany Phone: +49-331-288-2502 Fax: +49-331-288-2510 e-mail:herzog@pik-potsdam.de [2]http://www.pik-potsdam.de ***************************************************************** *****************************************************************