date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:49:05 -0500
from: Andrew Revkin <anrevk@nytimes.com>
subject: Re: NYTimes.com: Dot Earth: Climate Panel May Not Have Time to
to: Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>, revkin@nytimes.com

   don't suppose you'd be willing to post that as a comment, phil??  : )
   would help jog folks a bit.
   At 10:37 AM 12/6/2007, Phil Jones wrote:

      Andy,
         You hit the nail on the head in your last few sentences.
      There will be less science done on climate change if govts of the
      world ask for another review.  Hardly any of the scientists
      who did the last one will want to do it again.
         Also the conclusions aren't going to change. This talk just
      seems like a delaying tactic to put off decisions till a later
      date. The message isn't going to change. It's about time they
      started doing something as opposed to talking about it.
        The issue isn't like most normal things they deal with. Let's
      set up a committee and wait for it to report. The issue might then
      go away and our electorate think we're doing something. They have
      the report now - 2007 - they need to act.
      Cheers
      Phil
     At 15:18 06/12/2007, you wrote:

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