date: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 11:49:05 +1300
from: "Richard Warrick" <CEARSR@waikato.ac.nz>
subject: RE: IPCC and UEA
to: "Phil Jones" <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>

   Phil,


   Thanks for all the newsy bits about ENV and CRU. I abhore these kind of RAEs. We had to do
   similar exercises whilst I was at IGCI/Univ Waikato and I detested them. Mostly, they
   soaked up enormous amounts of time.


   Although in retirement, I still do bits and bobs here and there. I have an Adjunct Prof
   position at a small university in Australia, called University of the Sunshine Coast, near
   Brisbane. We actually have assembled quite a clutch of people as Adjuncts (including at
   least four IPCC lead authors) in order to pursue climate-change-related teaching, applied
   research and local engagement in adaptation. I go over there about four times a year to
   teach an intensive post-graduate professional development block course in climate change
   impact and adaptation assessment.  One of the aims is to create an international network of
   collaborative centres that offer the course, with the aim of eventually getting dual
   accreditation. For example, California State University at Chico has joined and Jeff Price
   (lead author WG2 and fianc of Rachel Warren at Tyndall Centre, by the way) is driving the
   activities there. The ultimate strategy is to get a collaborative centre at a number of
   regions throughout the world and build a network of like-minded people who can share in
   teaching methods and materials, research and practical applications. Whether it will
   eventuate remains to be seen. If anyone there is interested, let me know.


   I have corresponded with Mick, but not for quite a while. He sent me information on the
   location of their new property in Northland. As my family and I are headed that way for a
   holiday in December, I shall make contact again with the hope of seeing him.


   Cheers for now,

   Dick




   -----Original Message-----
   From: Phil Jones [mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk]
   Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 12:10 AM
   To: Richard Warrick
   Subject: RE: IPCC and UEA


    Dick,
       Thanks for the quick reply!
    Trying to put all this together is difficult, developing a scoring system will-nigh
    impossible, but I reckon ENV has more involvement in IPCC over the years
    than anywhere else!  We have this stupid Research Assessment Exercise
    in the UK, so the preface about ENV for the 2008 (and hopefully last)
    one of these can say phrases like these.
   1. ENV has had more involvement across the IPCC Assessments (from 1990
    to the present) than any other institution in the world!
       (includes places like the Hadley Centre and NCAR as well - so not just
    academic institutions)
    2. Also ENV has more Nobel Peace Prize Laureates than anywhere else!!
    This is a bit vain, but I'm hopeful of everyone involved getting a copy of the certificate
   after it is
    awarded in Oslo on Dec 10!
    So, retiring !  In NZ - or are you going somewhere else? I have some years to
    go yet - possibly 10, unless UEA make me an offer. That might be a
    possibility if the RAE doesn't go too well.  CRU is about the same size as
    it was when you were here, but ENV is much bigger. ENV will be returning
    about 70 faculty in the RAE next year.
    Our MSc in Climate Change has 26 this year, but 50 do the CC courses fom
    across the modular masters. Keith has just capped the U/G course at 50
    students (out of the 180 doing the U/G course). 3 U/G students signed up
    for Atmospheric Chemistry! Many reckon loads more would do this if it
    were called Climate and Atmospheric Chemistry!  The whole
    U/G course might get changed to Climate and Environmental Sciences - seems
    as though you have to have that 7 letter word in everywhere.
    Have you heard Mick retired to NZ in March. He's about 100km north
    of Auckland.  I can dig out an email if you're ever up that way.
    Cheers
    Phil
   At 22:31 16/10/2007, you wrote:

   Hi Phil,

   Got the message below with attached table from Tom Wigley.  Although I retired from the
   University of Waikato this year, I still can be reached at this email address for a couple
   more months.

   As regards the table: You may wish to note that I left UEA in 1992, well before the IPCC
   SAR publications. Unlike Tom, I did not retain any sort of affiliation with UEA.

   If you still decide to count me for the SAR, I also contributed to Working Group II as a
   Lead Author, as follows:

   Basher, R.E., Pittock, A.B., Bates, B., Done, T., Gifford, R.M., Howden, S.M., Sutherst,
   R., Warrick, R.A., Whetton, P., Whitehead, D., Williams, J.E., Woodward, A., (1998).
   Chapter 4: Australia. In: R. Watson, M. Zinyowera, R. Moss and D. Dokken (eds.).  The
   Regional Impacts of Climate Change: An Assessment of Vulnerability. A special report for
   IPCC Working Group II. Cambridge University Press. 105-148.
   Bijlsma, L., Ehler, C.N., Klein, R.J.T., Kulshrestha, S.M., McLean, R.F., Mimura, N.,
   Nicholls, R.J., Nurse, L.A., Perez Nieto, N., Stahkhiv, E.Z., Turner, R.K. and Warrick,
   R.A., (1996). Coastal zones and small islands. In Watson, R.T., Zinyowera, M.C. and Moss,
   R.H. (eds.) Climate Change 1995: Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change.
   Contribution of Working Group II to the Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental
   Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, p. 289-324.
   Hope all is going well for you.

   Cheers,
   Dick
   ___________________________________________________________________________________________

   From: Phil Jones [[1] mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk]
   Sent: Wed 10/17/2007 3:42 AM
   To: k.briffa@uea.ac.uk; t.osborn@uea.ac.uk; n.gillett@uea.ac.uk; wigley@ucar.edu;
   p.liss@uea.ac.uk; c.lequere@uea.ac.uk; Sarah Raper; m.hulme@uea.ac.uk
   Subject: IPCC and UEA
     Dear All,
          The attachment has some congratulatory text (not sure who from
   - it's not me)
     then Tables of who has been involved from UEA during the 4 IPCC Assessments
     for WG1. Someone else is doing WG2 and 3, but do add in any
   involvement there -
     especially for the first 3 Assessments.
         The aim is to collect all the UEA involvement, to justify a
   claim we might use
     in the RAE - that is that UEA has had more involvement than any
   other academic
     institution in the world. I wonder if this can be made even greater
   - any more than
     anywhere else. The likely contenders with us for the latter are the
   Hadley Centre
     and NCAR - unless any of you can think of other 'worthy'
   institutions for the claim.
        Can you look through what I've put you down for?  I've been
   through the Assessments
     quite quickly, so have likely made some mistakes especially with
   omitting CA involvement
     and also TS and SPM?
        I don't have an email for Dick Warrick. Can anybody think of
   others from UEA who
     have been involved in any of the reports - whilst at UEA? I know
   there are others
     who were at UEA, but their involvement has been after they left.
     Cheers
     Phil
   Prof. Phil Jones
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   School of Environmental Sciences    Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784
   University of East Anglia
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   Prof. Phil Jones
   Climatic Research Unit        Telephone +44 (0) 1603 592090
   School of Environmental Sciences    Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784
   University of East Anglia
   Norwich                          Email    p.jones@uea.ac.uk
   NR4 7TJ
   UK
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