date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 14:42:41 +0100
from: Trevor Davies <t.d.davies@uea.ac.uk>
subject: Edinburgh 
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>From: "Simon J Shackley" <mcysssjs@fs1.sm.umist.ac.uk>
>To: t.d.davies@uea.ac.uk
>Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:49:24 BST
>Subject: Edinburgh 
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>dear Trevor 
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>Tom and I enjoyed the meeting last friday - it is an exciting agenda 
>ahead of us.  Today, Tom and I met with Brian Launder today and we 
>are embarking on more comprehensive internal discussions to define 
>the UMIST role more clearly.   
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>Just on the topic of Edinburgh, two areas they have that seem to be 
>relatively less covered by the other 4 partners are: 
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>C sequestration:  particularly John Grace and Paul Jarvis - who have 
>excellent international reputations 
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>Carbon Trading:  there is a centre working on carbon trading, headed 
>up by Richard Tipper 
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>There are also other depts. that replicate some of our existing 
>strengths (e.g. Bert Whittington in electrical engineering and Nick 
>Hanley in Environmental economics).   And then there is Steven Salter 
>and wave power .... 
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>The weaknesses on the social science side between all partners, seem 
>to me to be energy policy, energy modelling and empirical work on 
>energy efficiency. (I may be in ignorance of work at CSERGE).  I 
>reckon we could buy in expertise in these areas where necessary - 
>except possibly energy  modelling, where a large start-up cost could 
>occur.  Imperial /  Cambridge have a lead over us here.  But the 
>energy modelling I've seen tends to be lacking in integration, so we 
>could put the onus on integration and developing new approaches. 
>(Afterall, a lot of energy modelling to look at impacts of a carbon / 
>energy tax has already been done - do we really need any more?).  The 
>more interesting / novel areas could be looking at economics of 
>carbon trading, and looking at the costs and impacts of the energy 
>tax  both pre- and post its introduction in 2001.  
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>Best wishes for now 
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>Simon Shackley 
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>Dr Simon Shackley 
>Lecturer in Environmental Management and Policy 
>Manchester School of Management and UMIST Environment Programme 
>UMIST, Manchester, M60 1QD, UK 
>Tel: (0) 161 200 8781 
>Fax: (0) 161 200 3505
>Email: Simon.Shackley@umist.ac.uk
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Professor Trevor D. Davies
Dean, School of Environmental Sciences
University of East Anglia
Norwich NR4 7TJ
United Kingdom

Tel.  +44 1603 592836
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