cc: m.hulme@uea
date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 18:12:14 +0100
from: Annie Ogden <a.ogden@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Tyndall update
to: mjo@nerc.ac.uk, Lilian.Eldoufani@esrc.ac.uk, Lesley.Tracey@epsrc.ac.uk

   Dear all,

   Re: Tyndall Centre Launch

   Attaching and pasting below draft of general press release (one of several planned) to be
   sent out in advance of Tyndall launch - probably now on Monday. I'm in London tomorrow for
   ACACIA launch but back in the office on Thursday so please get in touch with any comments
   then. Annie

   Because of number of climate related stories piling up  especially on the day before and
   the day of the launch, this is what I now propose as our strategy for media so we don't
   lose out on coverage:

   Oct/Nov
   (Background: weather stories - Mike Hulme lots of media coverage)
   November
   Wed 1   o Launch of ACACIA report on climate change in Europe - Mike Hulme one of authors.
   Wide media coverage expected.
   Thu 2   o Broads release (still working this up) to be sent to the Sunday paper/s -  Tim
   O'Riordan (if no joy, try again as general release)

   Mon 6   o Send out general Tyndall press release and story on country by country analysis
   of emissions and impacts

   Wed 8   o ?Michael Meacher launches new DETR guide? - based on research to be reported in
   Nature tomorrow

           o ? Gordon Brown mini-budget - inc fuel tax?

   Thu 9   o Two strong climate stories in Nature (Hadley Centre)

           o Tyndall Centre launch - 11 to  2

           o Pm - follow up opening - reporting anything Meacher announces?(IAN AT NERC
   FOLLOWING THIS UP - ANY NEWS? - or pic story of car?  (URSULA AT NERC FOLLOWING THIS UP -
   ANY NEWS ON CAR?)


   New centre gets to grips with climate change
   As governments prepare for next week's climate conference in the Hague, a new national
   centre opens this week which aims to get to grips with global climate change - acknowledged
   by PM Tony Blair as the biggest threat to our environment.
   On Thursday (November 9), Environment Minister Michael Meacher will open the Tyndall Centre
   for Climate Change at the University of East Anglia, in Norwich. But the Centre is itself a
   model of the partnerships it will be promoting.
   It brings together scientific, technological and social know-how from nine partner higher
   education and research institutions to explore and develop radical new responses to climate
   change.
   Dr Mike Hulme, the Centre's Executive Director, said: "Society is at last waking up to
   climate change. What might once have been considered unusual weather conditions for the UK
   - last week's storms and flooding, for example - are likely to be much more frequent
   occurrences.
   "But we can see from the furore over fuel taxes that there are no easy solutions. The
   breadth of expertise in our consortium means we will be looking at these issues from all
   perspectives. We will be exploring, with all relevant stakeholders, new technologies,
   lifestyles, economic and regulatory measures that might help us manage climate change."
   The Tyndall Centre willprovide open access to the results of the ground-breaking research
   it will undertake, and is already forming partnerships across society to ensure a coherent
   all-inclusive response to the challenges we face.
   In addition to its base at UEA, in Norwich, the Centre has regional offices at the
   University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology and the University of
   Southampton. Other partners are the Universities of Cambridge, Cranfield, Sussex and Leeds,
   the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology.
   Funding for the Centre comes from the Natural Environment, the Economic and Social and the
   Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Councils, and it is also supported by the
   Government's Department of Trade and Industry.

   Ends
   Notes to editors:
   1. UEA has the leading School of Environmental Sciences in the UK (top 5* grade research as
   assessed by Government). It is already home to the Climatic Research Unit, the Centre for
   Social and Economic Research on the Global Environment and the Jackson Environment
   Institute.

   2.     The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) is the UK's leading

   body for research, survey, monitoring and training in the environmental sciences. Its
   mission is to foster knowledge, understanding and prediction of the natural environment and
   its resources.
   3.      The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funds research and training in
   social and economic issues. It provides high-quality, relevant research to business, the
   public sector and government. The ESRC invests around 46 million every year in social
   science research.
   4.      The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) funds research in
   sustainable development to the tune of over 30m a year. This includes research to promote
   high and stable levels of economic growth, combined with the prudent use of natural
   resources, effective protection of the environment and social progress.

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   .................................................... Annie Ogden, Press and PR Manager
   University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 7TJ. Tel:+44 (0)1603 592764
