cc: "Bronnert Deborah [FCO] - Moscow, Russian Federation" , "Sir John Houghton" , , "Cox, Peter" , , , "Stott, Peter" , "mike hulme" , "Jenkins, Geoff" , "Grout Nick \(Mr ND\)" date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 11:20:16 +0100 from: "Grubb, Michael J" subject: RE: SDK's Slides for Moscow Workshop / handling the meeting to: "King MPST" , "Korobova Liya [FCO] - Moscow, Russia" One point to note: Izrael and Illarionov do NOT dispute evidence that planet has been warming, but DO dispute proof of anthopogenic link, projected impacts, etc. Since he/they (is Illarionov attending?) will be trying to minimise the time available for anyone else to speak, our presentations need to use any time we can get to best effect. Larissa Skurutskoya (?) called me to update on situation, they (NGO group) had good meeting with L'vov & colleagues last week, but the biggest worries are that: - the 'pro-action' senior academicians (L'vov, Mokhov, Makarov) will be frozen out of the meeting; - the danger that Izrael will put out a note immediately after the seminar claiming it supported his views. Larrisa was hoping the Embassy could ensure that the senior academicians (L'vov, Mokhov, Makarov) and colleagues are invited. I assume the Embassy are on top of the situation, as best as possible, but whatever happends I certainly want a chance to meet with L'vov and Makarov if at all possible. On the latter fear, I assume the Embassy will be making sure something in Russian (translations of our presentations, summaries or short notes?) is got round to the relevant people directly. Best wishes Michael PS Has anyone thought to brief Tony Brenton on the situation? Is he in post yet? -----Original Message----- From: King MPST [mailto:MPST.KING@dti.gsi.gov.uk] Sent: Mon 05/07/2004 08:12 To: Korobova Liya [FCO] - Moscow, Russia Cc: Bronnert Deborah [FCO] - Moscow, Russian Federation; 'Sir John Houghton'; 'chris.anastasi@british-energy.com'; 'Cox, Peter'; 'N.W.Arnell@soton.ac.uk'; 'john.ashton@co2.org'; 'Stott, Peter'; 'mike hulme'; 'Jenkins, Geoff'; Grubb, Michael J; Grout Nick (Mr ND) Subject: SDK's Slides for Moscow Workshop - 1st Part Liya Please find attached the first part of Sir David's presentation. Grateful if you could get the slides translated on put on to a laptop for Wednesday. Second part will follow shortly. Many thanks Michael The original of this email was scanned for viruses by the Government Secure Intranet (GSi) virus scanning service supplied exclusively by Energis in partnership with MessageLabs. On leaving the GSi this email was certified virus-free