date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:21:36 +0000 from: Nick Brooks subject: Science in Parliament to: s.torok@uea.ac.uk, Neil Adger , m.hulme@uea.ac.uk Simon, Neil, Mike Our final version attached. Mike - I'm copying this to you in case you want to have a look at it before Monday, as it needs to be sent off then and Simon is busy all day today. I agree with Neil that we should retain the original title, as we are not focusing just on climate change. I think we should stick with August for Blair's touchdown - the nearest I can find to anything definitive relating to itineraries is here: http://www.parliament.uk/commons/selcom/eapnt10.htm, which suggests August. The language may be a bit strong in the controversial passages, but there's no point in using our opportunities to speak to politicians if we have to be worried about hurting their feelings. While the UK government is pretty good in many respects on the environment, the dominant policy strands undermine sustainable development - policy is not as coherent as it could be. As you know, energy policy has recently served to undermine the growth of renewable energy in the UK. I think it is important to criticise our government in particular, otherwise they may think we're just talking about everyone else! However, we should perhaps let Mike have the final say as he is the person who was originally approached to write the article, and who has to worry about us giving the Tyndall Centre a perhaps too radical reputation. I've rewritten the section about mitigation and adaptation so it is somewhere between our first take and the suggested revision, but taking account of the comments. We're only 39 words over the 1500 word limit in this version. Nick -- Dr Nick Brooks Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ Tel: +44 1603 593904 Fax: +44 1603 593901 Email: nick.brooks@uea.ac.uk Web: http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/~e118/welcome.htm Tyndall website: http://www.tyndall.ac.uk Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\BrooksAdger4NB.doc"