cc: harrabin1@aol.com date: Fri Nov 29 15:16:18 2002 from: Mike Hulme subject: what is Tyndall Centre? to: harrabin_roger Roger Thank you for your contribution to the Advisory Board yesterday - challenging the way we see ourselves and others perceive us is very important. Our stated vision ([1]http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/general/objectives.shtml) is as follows (not quite as you expressed it yesterday which I think was something like 'the UK's leading centre of excellence on climate change'): "To become an internationally recognised source of high quality and integrated climate-change research, and to exert a seminal influence on the design and achievability of the long-term strategic objectives of UK and international climate policy." The strap line for Tyndall appears on our web page as .... "Global climate change - enabling solutions through research and dialogue" and the 50 word summary of what is Tyndall Centre for the consumption of editors is appended below as it appears on our media page ([2]http://www.tyndall.ac.uk/media/media.shtml) ... "The Tyndall Centre is a network of more than 200 UK researchers evaluating the social, political and economic dimensions of options to slow the rate of climate change and minimise the risks caused by climate change. Our research goes beyond the question, "Is it happening?", to ask "What can we do about it?". We are solutions oriented and our research results aim to be local, national and global in reach." Your views on any of the above would be interesting, Mike