cc: "John Schellnhuber" date: Tue Aug 24 11:25:52 2004 from: Mike Hulme subject: Re: Tyndall/ERC memorandum of understanding to: "John Schellnhuber" , "Samantha Jones" Sam, This is the latest version I had from Jim Skea. Maybe you could arrange for a signed copy? Mike At 11:18 13/08/2004 +0100, John Schellnhuber wrote: Dear Sam, I do not have a copy of the final, official document either. Since Mike signed it for me, I guess he's got it somewhere. Cheers, John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Samantha Jones" To: "'John Schellnhuber'" ; "'M Hulme'" Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 4:37 PM Subject: RE: Tyndall/ERC memorandum of understanding John/Mike I haven't actually been sent a copy of the Tyndall/ERC memorandum of understanding, although I saw a draft version. Do you have a copy of the final version which you could send to me? It may be useful for me to keep in case of future queries, as well as forwarding to Nick Otter, although I think Mike may have circulated this to the Advisory Board already. Thanks Sam Samantha Jones Centre Manager Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research Zuckerman Institute for Connective Environmental Research School of Environmental Sciences University of East Anglia Norwich NR4 7TJ Norfolk UK 01603 593903 [1]http://www.tyndall.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: John Schellnhuber [[2]mailto:H.J.Schellnhuber@uea.ac.uk] Sent: 11 August 2004 13:25 To: nick.otter@power.alstom.com; Mike Hulme Cc: judy.henson@power.alstom.com; Samantha Jones; John Schellnhuber Subject: Re: Tyndall Centre Review/Phase2 Outcome Dear Nick, Many thanks for your compliments and for your thoughtful remarks. We did well in Phase I, yet we should do even better in Phase II - with a little help of our friends. You are absolutely right in emphasizing the importance of the Tyndall-UKERC relationship. Actually, there is already a MoU between our two organizations ( which Sam can forward to you ), but there is plenty of room for more orchestration and collaboration. One exciting idea is to operate a "Sustainabilty Hotel", addressing the climate-energy nexus with top scholars and stakeholders, together. This would also be the natural venue for the two Advisory Boards' get-togethers, and there could be joint meetings once in a while. Let us keep in touch on this issue. I would definitely appreciate your sustained advice on this and other matters. Best regards, John ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Mike Hulme" ; "John Schellnhuber" Cc: ; "Samantha Jones" Sent: Thursday, August 05, 2004 4:45 PM Subject: Tyndall Centre Review/Phase2 Outcome Mike/John Thank you for the recent mail regarding the outcome of the Tyndall Centre assessment. Congratulations on getting such a positive review which relects really well on all concerned and must bode well for the future. I am pleased to see the importance of the Centre being recognised and I look forward to a second phase of action. No doubt Climate Change will continue to feature highly. It is clear to me that next year will be a particularly important one for the UK, not only with its own national agenda but also the fact that it has the Chair of the G8 and the Presidency of the EU in 2005. Africa (and all that entails) and GCC are the two top key priorities and so the environment and energy will feature highly. Also on associated matters, over the last year or so the Carbon Capture and Storage issue has come from `nothing` to something potentially highly significant. I have been in the middle of setting up a Carbon Abatement Technology strategy for the UK (I now chair the DTI Advisory Committee on the subject, ACCAT) where the UK is just about to launch a consultation around our deliberations. It will be interesting how this pans out in the future. However I am convinced that there will a greater need to collaborate internationally, both within Europe and wider. My involvement with the CSLF (where I sit as one of the UK technical representatives) just reinforces this view. I feel that Tyndall together with the new UK Energy Research Centre are likely to be increasingly important in this aspect. >From my discussions with David King I am pleased to see that UKERC seems at last to be getting going. The interaction with Tyndall will be an important one issue. David King has called a follow up discussion (27/Sept/04) with industry to consider UKERCs remit and possible involvement. One way of course would be through an Advisory Board along the lines of Tyndall, something that I would favour. It would then of course be sensible to have some overlap between the `boards` to ensure a synergistic approach. Has Tyndall been involved recently in any way as to ensure the co-ordination issues are addressed? I would be grateful for any views that you have that you feel are relevant to these future discussions. Again, congratulations on the outcome of the review With regards Nick Nick Otter OBE Director of Technology and External Affairs ALSTOM Power Ltd Contact Details ALSTOM Power Technology Centre Whetstone, Leicester LE8 6LH, UK email : nick.otter@power.alstom.com Tel : +44 116 284 5600 Fax : +44 116 284 5472 CONFIDENTIALITY: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. CONFIDENTIALITE: Ce message et les éventuelles pièces attachées sont confidentiels. 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