date: Tue, 22 May 2007 11:53:34 +0100
from: "Jon Stewart" <Jonathan.stewart@bbc.co.uk>
subject: RE: BBC science radio Climate Change
to: "Phil Jones" <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>

   Dear Phil,



   Thank you very much for this, I'll have a proper read now. I appreciate your advice.



   I'll perhaps try and touch base with you next week,



   Best regards,



   Jon
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   From: Phil Jones [mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk]
   Sent: 22 May 2007 11:13
   To: Jon Stewart
   Subject: Re: BBC science radio Climate Change

    Jon,
      A brief reply as I'm preparing for a meeting the rest of the
    week. I'll be back in all next week and also all of June.
      Other people you might like to contact are
    Mike Schlesinger <schlesin@atmos.uiuc.edu>  - been in the subject since
    the 1970s, now more involved in policy issues in the US.
    "Mitchell, John FB \(Chief Scientist\)" <john.f.mitchell@metoffice.gov.uk>
    - been in the subject as long on the climate modelling side. He is now
    head of Climate Research at the Met Office.
    There are others, but you have appear to have a critical number with these
    two and those you had.
     I guess it's taken 30 years to get to such a high level of acceptance/agreement
    because the modelling has improved and things are beginning to happen in
    the observations.
    There has also been 4 IPCC Reports each one stronger than the previous.

     There is an interesting chapter at the start of the current 'Science/WG1'
    report on the history of IPCC. You can get this from (details below). Look
    at Chapter 1, which gives the predictions from the first 3 reports compared
    to what has happened.
     Even though the issue has the prominence it has, not much has
    happened to reduce future impacts. Many govts are stalling and there is
    still a band of skeptics making lots of waves trying to muddy waters.
    The BBC is raising the issue at every opportunity, so you're doing your
    bit.
    Cheers
    Phil
    We are very pleased to be able to tell you that the final checks and layout corrections to
   our SPM, TS and Chapters are now complete. As a result we are making the final versions of
   the Preface, SPM, TS, all Chapters, and Annexes (Glossary, List of authors, List of
   reviewers, List of acronyms) publicly available from the WG1 home page (
   [1]http://ipcc-wg1.ucar.edu/ ) today. The supplementary material (for those chapters that
   have it) is nearly complete and will be added shortly.

   At 18:24 21/05/2007, you wrote:

     Dear Professor Jones,
     The BBC is planning another radio programme on the issue of climate change. Unlike the
     World Service programme you kindly took part in at the end of last year, this show (on
     Radio4) will be looking back. We want to put climate change in its historical context,
     and examine why it's taken 30 years to reach public/ political acceptance.
     We're still in the early stages at the moment, but I was hoping to ask your advice on
     people you think should be included. We're looking for pioneers in the field. I've
     emailed your predecessor, Tom Wigley, along with people like James Hansen and Steve
     Schneider. Are there other people who have been publishing/ talking about the issue
     since the 1970s?
     I'd be very grateful for any advice and guidance you can offer. You can reach me by
     email, or on 020 7557 1026
     Thank you very much for your help,
     Jon Stewart
     BBC Science Radio
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