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ClimateXChange Andy Kerr Director, Policy Centre of Expertise on Climate Change. Three areas of work. Image: federico stevanin / FreeDigitalPhotos.net. Image: think4photop / FreeDigitalPhotos.net. Image: Evgeni Dinev / FreeDigitalPhotos.net. Planned work
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ClimateXChangeAndy KerrDirector, PolicyCentre of Expertise on Climate Change
Three areas of work Image: federico stevanin / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Image: think4photop / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Image: Evgeni Dinev / FreeDigitalPhotos.net • Planned work • Near term policy research (~3 – 12 months outlook) organised into three interlinked Workstreams – Mitigation; Adaptation; and Significance, Risk and Uncertainty. • Call Down Service • A call down enquiry service providing policy makers with access to timely, robust and impartial evidence and professional opinion to support policy questions. • Proactive support • Providing focused intelligence and professional opinion on medium-term and over-the-horizon issues.
How do we fit into the broader picture… Strategic RESAS / UKRC / FP7 Strategic Research Programmes Policy-relevant Research Research synthesis Fixed funding Flexible activities Call Down Tactical Days to weeks 1 yr + <12 months
Call Down Enquiry service • Providing advice and evidence in response to specific enquiries from policy teams, to meet their deadlines. • We assemble the right expertise to respond. • We are able to draw in outside expertise to complement the in-house research resource. • Turn-around times range from a few working days to several months, depending on the needs of the enquirer and the scope of the work. • Quality is assured by the ClimateXChange Directorate.
How to Make an Enquiry Email your enquiry to enquiries@climatexchange.org.uk. Provide as much detail as possible about the substance of the enquiry, and also: • a named contact; • an indicative deadline; • any relevant background documentation; • an indication of the purpose to which the response will be put. • Contact Ragne Low in the Secretariat for more information. ragne@sniffer.org.uk
Examples Support to the development of the second Report on Proposals and Policies (RPP2) Expert review of Scottish implications of UK CCRA A study to consider the abatement potential in the housing sector looking beyond 2020 An international comparative review of adaptation strategies
Planned work • 3 Workstreams: • Mitigation – led by Dominic Moran and Eileen Wall, SAC • E.g. Exploring system wide implications of economic interventions • Adaptation – led by Iain Brown, JHI and John Rowan, Dundee • E.g. Developing effective indicator sets • Significance, Risk and Uncertainty – led by David Elston, BioSS • E.g. Significance of climate model outputs • Multidisciplinary teams drawn from across ClimateXChange • Outputs tailored to policy teams’ needs on a longer timescale
Proactive support – Emerging Issues • In partnership with policy teams identify key mid-term policy questions where evidence, analysis and expert opinion can add real value • Examples: • Carbon accounting • Urban heat developments • Peatland restoration
Who are we? Over 80 researchers 16 organisations
ClimateXChange’s Structure Three Directors: Iain Gordon - MRP Director (James Hutton Institute) Andy Kerr - Policy Director (Edinburgh) Pete Smith - Science Director (Aberdeen) Workstream leads: Adaptation: Iain Brown (JHI) & John Rowan (Dundee) Mitigation: Dominic Moran (SAC) & Eileen Wall (SAC) SRU: David Elston (BIOSS) Secretariat: Matt Ogston (Project Manager) Ragne Low (Knowledge Officer) Paul Georgie (Data and Information Officer) Anne Marte Bergseng (Communications Officer) Lee Callaghan (Administrator)
Three areas of work Image: federico stevanin / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Image: think4photop / FreeDigitalPhotos.net Image: Evgeni Dinev / FreeDigitalPhotos.net • Planned work • Near term policy research (~3 – 12 months outlook) organised into three interlinked Workstreams – Mitigation; Adaptation; and Significance, Risk and Uncertainty. • Call Down Service • A call down enquiry service providing policy makers with access to timely, robust and impartial evidence and professional opinion to support policy questions. • Proactive support • Providing focused intelligence and professional opinion on medium-term and over-the-horizon issues.