date: Wed Jun  4 13:05:54 2008
from: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Some items of news!
to: wigley@ucar.edu, Ben Santer <santer1@llnl.gov>, Janice Lough <j.lough@aims.gov.au>

    Dear All,
    1. See below re Jean's new 5-year job - at the Gold Coast campus.
    2. Dave Viner has a new job shortly - the Climate Change co-ordinator for the
    British Council.  Yes, Dave will be Britain's image abroad!

    3. [1]http://www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/sci/env/events/chelseasilver
    Funniest thing here was that the UK Environment Minister came round and he
    thought the low and high emissions gardens related to the plant's ability to take
    up CO2!
    4. -----Original Message-----
   From: Steve McIntyre [[2]mailto:stephen.mcintyre@utoronto.ca]
   Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:09 PM
   To: alan.ovenden@uea.ac.uk
   Subject: Farmer et al 1989
   Dear Sir, Can you please send me a pdf of the Farmer et al 1989, cited in Folland andPArker
   1995, which, in turn is cited in the IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. Thanks, Steve McIntyre
   Farmer, G., Wigley, T. M. L., Jones, P. D. and Salmon, M., 1989 'Documenting and explaining
   recent global-mean temperature changes'. Climatic Research Unit, Norwich, Final Report to
   NERC, UK, Contract GR3/6565 (unpublished)
    Mike is going to scan this and put it on the CRU web site. This is one of those pieces of
    work over the years that we probably should have written up more. Had a look through it
   this
    morning and it reads very well and shows we did a lot of work and know what we're talking
    about when it comes to SST adjustments and buckets. Maybe it will show that idiots at CA
    and Roger Pielke Sr  that we know what we're doing!
    [3]http://climatesci.org/2008/06/03/biased-view-of-the-global-average-temperauture-trend-d
   ata-at-real-climate/
    I appear to have got my own thread in the last few days - one person thinks I should
    be struck off, for poor research practice!

    Cheers
    Phil

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     Folks

     Australias new Minister of Environment announced this morning the appointment of
     Director of the new Adaptation Research Facility (multi-million dollar consortium of Aus
     universityies along with CSIRO).

     The Director is Jean Palutikof. Great for her. And good for our networks to the
     Australian partners involved in this effort.

     Neil


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     Developments at Griffith
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     SENATOR THE HON PENNY WONG
     Minister for Climate Change and Water

     3 June 2008

     INTERNATIONAL EXPERT TO HEAD CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH BODY

     Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, today welcomed the
     appointment of eminent international research scientist, Dr Jean Palutikof, to head the
     Governmentôs Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

     Griffith University, which hosts the facility, announced Dr Palutikofôs appointment
     today.

     úDr Palutikof has more than 20 yearsô experience researching the potential effects
     of climate change and how best to respond to those effects,ù Senator Wong said.

     úHer work includes a major contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
     Changeôs latest global assessment of climate change, with a particular focus on
     impacts and adaptation.ù

     Senator Wong said the Rudd Government saw climate change as one of the greatest
     challenges facing Australia and was already implementing an ambitious agenda to respond
     to the challenge.

     úAdapting to the impacts of climate change resulting from the growing level of
     greenhouse gases in our atmosphere is a key pillar of our climate change strategy.

     úWe are starting to see the effects of climate change now and the way we respond will
     have far-reaching impacts for our economy, our environment and our society.

     úThis is not a choice between a no-cost option and an option with costs. It is a
     choice about whether we take responsible action now ì or neglect to act and face much
     higher costs.

     úOur decision-making needs to be informed by sound science and the Climate Change
     Adaptation Research Facility will lead the national research effort.

     úWork in this area is in its infancy and the facilityôs initial priorities will be
     to identify adaptation research priorities and establish networks to encourage
     cooperation among our leading researchers.

     úA truly cooperative effort on this front is needed, and Dr Palutikof will play an
     important role in bringing together the best brains in Australia.ù

     The Governmentôs climate change strategy is built around three key pillars ì
     reducing Australiaôs greenhouse gas emissions, adapting to climate change that we
     cannot avoid, and helping to shape a global solution.

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