date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:01:05 -0000 from: "Oliver, Sophia (GA)" subject: Scoping for IPCC Fourth Assessment Report to: "'J.skea@psi.org.uk'" , "'m.hulme@uea.ac.uk'" , "'PARRYML@aol.com'" , "'merylyn.hedger@environment-agency.gov.uk'" , "'tom.downing@sei.se'" , 'Melvin Cannell' , "'chris.West@ukcip.org.uk'" , "'michael.grubb@imperial.ac.uk'" , "'terry.barker@econ.cam.ac.uk'" , "'george.marsh@aeat.co.uk'" , "'dennis.anderson@ic.ac.uk'" , "'peter.bates@epsrc.ac.uk'" , "'dave.griggs@metoffice.com'" , "'john.mitchell@metoffice.com'" , "'john.lawton@nerc.ac.uk'" , "'john.harries@ic.ac.uk'" , "Walker, Mike (WSR)" , "Stott, Andrew (EW)" , "Costigan, Peter (SD)" , "Lock, John (SD)" , "Eppel, Jeremy (SEP)" , "Whaley, Chris (EPI)" , "Pickard, Ian (SDU)" , "Dalton, Howard (SD)" , "Tauhid, Sayeeda (EPE)" , "'john.holmes@scotland.gov.uk'" , "Winter, Guy (SERAD)" , "'rodger.lightbody@doeni.gov.uk'" , "Dare, Barry (NAWAD)" , "Prosser, Havard (NAWAD)" , "'john.houghton@jri.org.uk'" , DL - GAALL , "Derwent, Henry (CEER)" , "Dalton, Howard (SD)" , "Parker, Miles (SD)" , "'terry.carrington@dti.gsi.gov.uk'" , "'tim_foy@dfid.gsi.gov.uk'" , "'robert.mason@fco.gov.uk'" , "'lorraine.hamid@fco.gov.uk'" , "'alan.apling@dft.gsi.gov.uk'" Dear all The IPCC Secretariat wrote to governments recently to ask for comments on the structure and scope of the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4). This is the first meeting in a process which culminates in the final approval of the scope of the AR4 at the IPCC Plenary session in November 2003. It is important to get our ideas on the table as early as possible. The suggestions, which need to be received by the 28th March, will be given to participants at an expert meeting during April on the scope of the AR4. The attached document, prepared in GA, is a first draft outlining preliminary ideas for the AR4 in terms of overall structure and approach, and lists specific areas of science that may require attention in the report. I would be grateful if you could email me with any comments that you have on the proposals, or any suggestions for areas that we have omitted. Please reply by 9am on the 28th March - apologies for the short deadline. Yours, Sophia <> -------------------------------------------------------- Dr Sophia Oliver Global Atmosphere Division DEFRA 3/C2 Ashdown House 123 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6DE Tel: 020 7944 5232 Fax: 020 7944 5219 sophia.oliver@defra.gsi.gov.uk Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\AR4scoping_consult.doc"