cc: "Asher Minns" date: Thu Feb 19 09:08:27 2004 from: Phil Jones subject: Re: Dana Centre - Climate Change events to: amanda tyndall Dear Amanda, Not sure whether you've sent your email to more people/groups here at UEA, but I'm cc'ing this reply to Asher Minns at the Tyndall Centre here at UEA. This centre's remit is Solutions to the Climate Change problems. Tyndall here have lunchtime discussions on the sorts of issues you raise, so seem much more appropriate for your debates. In the Climatic Research Unit, we are more in the science area - what is happenning, why, is it unusual and what might happen etc. We also look at possible impacts, but Tyndall is clearly on solutions, policy and lifestyles. There is a growing group of skeptics in the UK with an email exchange forum and occasional letters to the press. They debate the science, generally rubbishing all work that tries to say the climate is changing. By doing this they believe they are creating uncertainty in the public's mind, so solutions aren't needed as there isn't a problem. My view would be you need two themes, one on the science and one on the solutions. Trying to mix the two always brings the debate back to the science. To have a good debate on solutions, you have to get the audience/speakers to accept the science (the IPCC best guess for the future for example - the UKCIP02 scenarios for the UK). The science debate wouldn't get to solutions and should precede the debate on solutions. Cheers Phil At 17:45 18/02/2004 +0000, you wrote: Dear Professor Jones, I am writing to introduce myself as a content development researcher for the Science Museum in London. As you may be aware, November of last year saw the opening of a brand new Science Museum events space the Dana Centre which will aims to bring the latest in contemporary science to life. It will be the place in the UK where the public and scientists come together, and will form the focal point of informed, informal and ongoing dialogue (see [1]http://www.danacentre.org.uk for details). The events held here blend the best of science, art, performance and multimedia to allow the public to engage with the issues which concern them most. I am currently putting together the programme for a two-part event aimed at stimulating dialogue about Radical Solutions to Climate Change, with a particular focus on the effects that our lifestyle choices have on people in developing countries. Part one of the event, scheduled for the end of March, will consist of two 2-hour dialogue/brainstorming sessions,where the attendees discuss the pros and cons of six radical solutions to climate change with experts in the field (with each expert allocated/chosing a specific solution to promote/defend). Part two, scheduled for late April or early May, will be an interactive forum theatre piece (for an adult audience) based on the discussions and decisions that arise from these sessions. I am, therefore, looking for experts in various aspects of climate change who will participate in the brainstorming session and/or be present at the performances of the forum theatre piece, and I was wondering if this is something that you might potentially be interested in. Should the idea interest you, I would love to talk about all of this in more detail and can send you more detail of the form that the events will take. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any queries, and I hope to hear from you in the near future. Best wishes, Amanda Tyndall 01273 697 278 Send instant messages to your online friends [2]http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------