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From: Keith Briffa <k.briffa@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
To: Tim Osborn <t.osborn@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>,Clare Goodess <C.Goodess@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, Phil Jones <p.jones@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>,"Douglas Maraun" <d.maraun@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>, "Janice Darch" <J.Darch@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Subject: Re: potential DfID funding for climate centre
Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:33:01 +0100
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have not been approached - but I think it really
does sound like the sort of initiative CRU/ENV are looking for.
I get the feeling this is the sort of potential
contact ENV would wish to take over.
Keith
At 11:31 13/10/2008, Tim Osborn wrote:
>Hi CRU Board,
>
>I just had an interesting chat with Jack Newnham
>from the International Development Team at Price
>Waterhouse Cooper. They get lots of DfID
>(Douglas: DfID is the UK Government Department
>for International Development) funding.
>
>They've heard that DfID are likely to call for
>expressions of interest for a new centre
>focussing on international climate
>change. Their idea is to fund a centre that
>would be the first point of call for advice and
>for commissioning research related to climate
>change and development or to climate change in countries where DfID operate.
>
>He was talking about