date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:06:04 +0100
from: "Carol Stiff" <Carol.Stiff@uce.ac.uk>
subject: RE: Effects of fossil fuel emissions on climate change
to: "Phil Jones" <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>

   Hi Phil,

   Thanks for coming back to me so promptly. I hope your trip went well. I have forwarded your
   e mail to my student Karamjit Gill. He will be contacting you this week via e mail to chat
   about his dissertation on transport and climate change.


   Many Thanks


   carol

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   From: Phil Jones [mailto:p.jones@uea.ac.uk]
   Sent: 15 March 2007 13:56
   To: Carol Stiff
   Subject: Re: Effects of fossil fuel emissions on climate change


    Carol,
       I'm just back from the US. I'll be off home soon. I'm
    in tomorrow, but busy with several meetings. I'm off
    Sunday for all of next week. If the week of March 26 is
    OK then it'll have to wait till then.
       Attached is the IPCC SPM for WG1 (The Science) that came out
    on Feb 2 in Paris. There are two other WGs yet to report (April and
    May) on Impacts and Policy Issues/Mitigation.
       There is only one view worth listening to - and that is what IPCC
    says on the subject. Climate change is happening, it will
    continue to get warmer and all the things said in the SPM.
       I understand how awkward it is when the public and fellow
    scientists see programmes like that produced by Channel 4
    a week or so ago. There were barely any climate scientists on the
    programme and the few that were had their views distorted. Why
    the media (both paper and TV) want to portray divisions is
    beyond me. Amongst climate scientists (and I know I define
    who these are above, so it may seem awkward) there is
    almost total unanimity on the fact that the climate is changing
    and will continue to warm.
       Even the measures proposed in Britain don't go far enough to
    stop most of the effects. This is a personal opinion.
      Aviation is the fastest growing sector for emissions, but still
    quite small. We have done without mass flying until recently.
    It seems as though we could do without it now.  This is
    hypocracy on my behalf, having just flown in from the US and
    off to Korea on Sunday. One was a meeting of a project and
    the next is to talk to the Korean Met Society, so I'm not
    practicising what I'm preaching.
    Cheers
    Phil

   At 12:05 15/03/2007, you wrote:

   Hi Professor Jones,

   I am senior lecturer in B.A (hons) Design in Business @UCE. One of my final year students
   is researching the impact of European transport emissions upon climate change and global
   warming. There have been several contentious arguments put forward recently, both in the
   press and on the radio which offer conflicting opinions regarding this subject. As one of
   the leading experts in this field, I was wondering if you could possibly spare my student
   ten minutes to discuss your views either via e-mail or telephone. I appreciate that time is
   precious but would be grateful for your assistance.
   My student's name is Karamjit Gill.

   Many Thanks

   Carol Stiff FCSD

   Prof. Phil Jones
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   School of Environmental Sciences    Fax +44 (0) 1603 507784
   University of East Anglia
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