date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 16:43:34 +0100
from: Armin Haas <haas@pik-potsdam.de>
subject: AMS project
to: Alex Haxeltine <Alex.Haxeltine@uea.ac.uk>, Alexander Wokaun  <wokaun@psi.ch>, Anco Lankreijer <lana@geo.vu.nl>, Andrew Jordan  <a.jordan@uea.ac.uk>, Antonella Battaglini  <antonella.battaglini@pik-potsdam.de>, Antoni Rosell  <antoni.rosell@uab.es>, Antonio Navarra <navarra@ingv.it>, Armin Haas  <haas@pik-potsdam.de>, "Asbjrn Torvanger"  <asbjorn.torvanger@cicero.uio.no>, "baldur.eliasson@ch.abb.com"  <baldur.eliasson@ch.abb.com>, "Benito Mller"  <benito.mueller@philosophy.oxford.ac.uk>, Bert Metz <bert.metz@rivm.nl>, "bhare@ams.greenpeace.org" <bhare@ams.greenpeace.org>, "Brian O'Neill"  <oneill@iiasa.ac.at>, Carlo Carraro <ccarraro@unive.it>, Carlo Jaeger  <carlo.jaeger@pik-potsdam.de>, Catherine Boemare  <boemare@centre-cired.fr>, Christian Azar <frtca@fy.chalmers.se>, Christian Flachsland <christian.flachsland@pik-potsdam.de>, Christos  Giannakopoulos <cgiannak@meteo.noa.gr>, Claudia Kemfert  <kemfert@uni-oldenburg.de>, Daniel Droste <d.droste@consultants.mvv.de>, Eberhard Jochem <eberhard.jochem@isi.fhg.de>, Eberhard Jochem  <jochem@cepe.mavt.ethz.ch>, Elaine Jones <e.l.jones@uea.ac.uk>, Elas  Hunfeld <els.hunfeld@falw.vu.nl>, Felicity Thomas  <ft@ier.uni-stuttgart.de>, Ferenc Toth <toth@iiasa.ac.at>, Francis  Johnson <francis.johnson@sei.se>, Frank Thomalla  <frank.thomalla@pik-potsdam.de>, Fred Langeweg <Fred.Langeweg@rivm.nl>, Gary Yohe <gyohe@wesleyan.edu>, "gberz@munichre.com"  <gberz@munichre.com>, Gernot Klepper <gklepper@ifw.uni-kiel.de>, HALLEGATTE Stephane <Stephane.Hallegatte@lmd.jussieu.fr>, Harald Bradke  <hb@isi.fhg.de>, Heike Zimmermann-Timm  <heike.zimmermann-timm@pik-potsdam.de>, Helga Kromp-Kolb  <kromp-ko@tornado.boku.ac.at>, Henning Jappe  <h.jappe@consultants.mvv.de>, Henning Niemeyer  <h.niemeyer@consultants.mvv.de>, Henry Neufeldt <neufeldt@ife-le.de>, Herve Le Treut <letreut@lmd.ens.fr>, "Jaap C. Jansen" <j.jansen@ecn.nl>, Jan Rotmans <j.Rotmans@icis.unimaas.nl>, Jean Palutikof  <j.palutikof@uea.ac.uk>, Jean-Charles Hourcade  <hourcade@centre-cired.fr>, Jeroen Aerts <jeroen.aerts@ivm.vu.nl>, Jeroen van der Sluijs <j.p.vandersluijs@chem.uu.nl>, Joan David Tabara  <jdtabara@terra.es>, John Schellnhuber <h.j.schellnhuber@uea.ac.uk>, John Turnpenny <j.turnpenny@uea.ac.uk>, Jon Hovi <jon.hovi@stv.uio.no>, "Jonathan Khler" <j.kohler@uea.ac.uk>, Juergen  Kurths <juergen@agnld.uni-potsdam.de>, " juergen.engelhard@rwerheinbraun.com"  <juergen.engelhard@rwerheinbraun.com>, "Karen O'Brien"  <karen.obrien@cicero.uio.no>, Katrin Gerlinger  <Katrin.Gerlinger@pik-potsdam.de>, "Klaus Bswald"  <klaus.boeswald@factorag.ch>, Klaus Hasselmann  <klaus.hasselmann@dkrz.de>, Kornelis Block <K.Blok@chem.uu.nl>, Leen  Hordijk <hordijk@iiasa.ac.at>, Lennart Olsson  <lennart.olsson@miclu.lu.se>, Liudmila Romaniuk  <Romaniuk@mail.lanck.net>, Manfred Stock <manfred.stock@pik-potsdam.de>, Marco Berg <marco.berg@factorag.ch>, Marcus Lindner  <Marcus.Lindner@efi.fi>, Marina Fischer-Kowalski  <marina.fischer-kowalski@univie.ac.at>, Marjan Minnesma  <Marjan.Minnesma@ivm.vu.nl>, Mark Rounsevell <rounsevell@geog.ucl.ac.be>, Martin Claussen <Martin.Claussen@pik-potsdam.de>, Martin Kaltschmitt  <kaltschmitt@ife-le.de>, Martin Parry <martin.parry@uea.ac.uk>, " martin.welp" <martin.welp@pik-potsdam.de>, Mike Hulme  <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>, Monika Ritt <Monika.ritt@falw.vu.nl>, MVV C&E  Berlin Tom Mansfield <mansfield@euweb.de>, MVV C&E Hanan Abdul-Rida  <h.abdulrida@consultants.mvv.de>, Nakicenovic <naki@iiasa.ac.at>, Neil  Adger <n.adger@uea.ac.uk>, "Niklas Hhne"  <n.hoehne@ecofys.de>, Ola Johannessen <ola.johannessen@nersc.no>, ottmar  edenhofer <ottmar.edenhofer@pik-potsdam.de>, "Pl  Prestrud" <pal.prestrud@cicero.uio.no>, Pavel Kabat  <P.Kabat@Alterra.wag-ur.nl>, Philippe Ambrosi <ambrosi@centre-cired.fr>, Pier Vellinga <pier.vellinga@falw.vu.nl>, Pier Vellinga  <vell@geo.vu.nl>, Pim Martens <P.Martens@icis.unimaas.nl>, "Reinhard G.  Budich" <budich@dkrz.de>, Renaud Crassous <crassous@centre-cired.fr>, Alex Haxeltine <Alex.Haxeltine@uea.ac.uk>, "Brian O'Neill"  <oneill@iiasa.ac.at>, Eberhard Jochem <eberhard.jochem@isi.fhg.de>, Jean-Charles Hourcade <hourcade@centre-cired.fr>, Lennart Olsson  <lennart.olsson@miclu.lu.se>, Ola Johannessen <ola.johannessen@nersc.no>, Tom Downing <tom.downing@sei.se>, Eberhard Jochem  <jochem@cepe.mavt.ethz.ch>, Rik Leemans <rik.leemans@rivm.nl>, ottmar  edenhofer <ottmar.edenhofer@pik-potsdam.de>, "richard.klein"  <richard.klein@pik-potsdam.de>, "Karen O'Brien"  <karen.obrien@cicero.uio.no>, "richard.klein"  <richard.klein@pik-potsdam.de>, Rik Leemans <rik.leemans@rivm.nl>, Roger  Kasperson <roger.kasperson@sei.se>, Rupert Klein  <Rupert.Klein@pik-potsdam.de>, "S.E. van der Leeuw" <vanderle@wanadoo.fr>, "S.E. van der Leeuw" <vanderle@mae.u-paris10.fr>, Saleemul Huq  <saleemul.huq@iied.org>, Sebastian Gallehr <gallehr@e5.org>, Simone  Ullrich <SU@ier.uni-stuttgart.de>, "SSinger@wwfepo.org"  <SSinger@wwfepo.org>, Stephane Hallegatte <hallegatte@centre-cired.fr>, Alexander Wokaun <wokaun@psi.ch>, John Schellnhuber  <h.j.schellnhuber@uea.ac.uk>, Klaus Hasselmann  <klaus.hasselmann@dkrz.de>, Pier Vellinga <pier.vellinga@falw.vu.nl>, " S.E. van der Leeuw" <vanderle@wanadoo.fr>, "S.E. van der Leeuw"  <vanderle@mae.u-paris10.fr>, Sebastian Gallehr <gallehr@e5.org>, Pier  Vellinga <vell@geo.vu.nl>, Sybille van den Hove <s.vandenhove@terra.es>, "Tim O'Riordan" <t.oriordan@uea.ac.uk>, Tobias Kampet  <t.kampet@consultants.mvv.de>, Tom Downing <tom.downing@sei.se>, Tom  Kram <Tom.Kram@rivm.nl>, Tony Patt <tonypatt@pik-potsdam.de>, "V.K.  Dochenko" <donchenkovk@mail.ru>, Wim Turkenburg  <W.C.Turkenburg@chem.uu.nl>, Wolfgang Cramer  <Wolfgang.Cramer@pik-potsdam.de>, Wolfgang Lucht  <Wolfgang.Lucht@pik-potsdam.de>

Dear all,

Attached please find the first minutes of the strategy committee. We are
building on the documents attached to my first e-mail to you so as to
stepwise define the project and develop the proposal. 

Many of you have been asked to make specific contributions and we are
grateful for the timely responses we get. In particular, we have asked
the members of the research committee to specialize on specific work
domains in the short run, so as to move fast forward with the writing.
We will soon mail out a first raw version of the proposal and ask for
additional input.

By now, for most work domains not only individual contributors, but also
working groups facilitated by the work domain coordinators have been
formed. They work via e-mail and teleconferences, and they work well -
thank you.

For your convenience, here comes the list of domain coordinators:
Scenarios: Sander van der Leeuw
Adaptation: Pier Vellinga
Mitigation: Alexander Wokaun
Strategies: John Schellnhuber
Cross-cutting activities: Klaus Hasselmann

On our second decision-making session, we have taken a first round of
decisions about project partners. As these are of particular importance,
I communicate the key decision here without waiting for the second
minutes (these need to be checked at the next meeting of the strategy
committee): we have decided that all institutions represented either in
the strategy or the research committee will be asked to be project
partners. 

For your convenience here comes the list of these institutions:
CEPE / ETH
CICERO
CIRED
CNRS
ECF
IIASA
ISI
Lund University
Nansen Institute
Paul Scherrer Institute / ETH
PIK
SEI
Tyndall Centre
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Wageningen University

The list is not closed yet, and no budget decisions have been taken so
far. Both issues will be addressed soon, of course. 

Clearly, the EU wants to see proposals organized around a small number
of competent and powerful institutions. At the same time, it seems that
sub-contracting will be very difficult in the 6th framework program.
Therefore, we will have a long list of partners with the understanding
that all partners see this project as a major opportunity to take
advantage of research synergies and to gain visibility, an opportunity
they are actually willing to invest in. We have no time for efforts to
make a lot of money for oneself where there is an opportunity to make
critical discoveries for the whole community - discoveries that will no
doubt direct additional money flows towards those who make them.

Besides the on-going writing process and the definitions of partners and
budgets, the form-filling exercise will keep us busy in the weeks to
come. As this is critical, too, it may be useful to start talking with
the relevant officers in your institution so as to make sure that they
can handle things on short notice by the end of this month.

With this background, I look forward to a process of discovery carried
out at a European scale  in view of global risks, and I believe that it
is just about time for Europe to get its act together when it comes to
global risks.

Best regards,
Carlo
Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\ams 12 m 03 sc minutes 09-03-03.rtf"
