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# About the Review
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Overview The independent Climate Change Email Review was ann ounced in December 2009 after emails from the University of East Anglia’s Climati c Research Unit were hacked and published online.
The Review was called for and is being funded by th e University of East Anglia, but its work and findings are wholly independent. The review will:

1. Examine the hacked e-mail exchanges, other relevant e-mail exchanges and any other information held at the Climatic Research Unit to d etermine whether there is any evidence of manipulation or suppression of data which is at odd s with acceptable scientific practice and may therefore call into question any of the researc h outcomes.

2. Review the Climatic Research Unit’s policies and p ractices for acquiring, assembling, subjecting to peer review and disseminating data an d research findings, and their compliance or otherwise with best scientific practi ce.

3. Review the Climatic Research Unit’s compliance or otherwise with the University of East Anglia’s policies and practices regarding requests under the Freedom of Information Act (‘the FOIA’) and the Environmental Information Regu lations (‘the EIR’) for the release of data.

4. Review and make recommendations as to the appropri ate management, governance and security structures for the Climatic Research Unit and the security, integrity and release of the data it holds.

The remit of the Review can be amended or added to at the discretion of the independent chair, Sir Muir Russell.

The Review team The Independent Climate Change Email Review is bein g conducted by an expert team, led by Sir Muir Russell KCB DL FRSE. The Review team h as more than 100 years’ collective expertise of scientific research methodology and a wide range of scientific backgrounds.
None have any links to the Climatic Research Unit, or the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). More information ab out each of the review team members can be found in the Biographies section

. The House of Commons Science and Technology Committ ee Inquiry On 22 January 2010 the Science and Technology Commi ttee announced an inquiry into the disclosure of climate data from the Climatic Resear ch Unit at the University of East Anglia. Full information about the inquiry and its terms of reference can be found on its website: http://www.parliament.uk/...

The Committee invited written submissions from inte rested parties by Wednesday 10 February. The independent Climate Change Email Revi ew made a written submission to the inquiry by this deadline, which is available t o download here

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- review.org/About.phpSir Muir Russell, Chair of the independent Review, also took part in the oral evidence session held by the Committee on 1 March.
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Date: 06/07/10 Type: Written evidence Number: 0153 

# Evidence

Evidence Evidence and submissions to the Review will be publ ished on this page.
The Review will publish all submissions and evidenc e by the conclusion of the Review, unless there are legal difficulties to prevent publ ication, or unless they are abusive or potentially defamatory.
If you have made a submission, it will be possible for the public to see that you or your organisation have done so – though the Review will not publish private postal or email addresses, or telephone contact details. The team w ill publish submissions in full accordance with the Data Protection Act.

Publication of submissions The Review reserves the right to withhold publicati on of submissions if they are abusive, potentially defamatory or there are other legal dif ficulties which prevent publication. In these cases, the Review will seek permission for us to pu blish contact details for the submission’s authors, so that interested parties may contact the m directly.
Publication of correspondence or submissions by the Review are not an endorsement of the views expressed by the author(s).

David Holland's submission: Mr Holland has made a submission to the Review whic h, like every other submission, has been read and noted in full. However, on legal advi ce we cannot publish the submission in its current form. Mr Holland subsequently submitted a letter response in lieu of his submission. This also cannot be published in its cu rrent form. The Review has offered to publish a redacted version of the letter response a nd publish Mr Holland's contact details for those who wish to obtain a copy of his submission d irectly from him. However, Mr Holland has not consented to this.

External websites Some of the submissions include website details and /or hyperlinks to websites or blogs. The Review is not responsible for the content of extern al websites referred to in any submission. The Review is not responsible for maintaining these websites, and they can be modified or updated without the Review’s knowledge or agreement

. Publication of submissions containing website detai ls and/or links to websites or blogs should not be understood to be an endorsement of th at website or blog, its content or the site’s owners.
Copyrighted materials Some submissions include materials which are held u nder copyright by third parties (e.g. excerpts from journal articles or books, or materia ls written or published by a third party). Since the Review does not have the right to reprodu ce copyrighted materials, the Review has removed these materials and provided details ab out where they can be found and/or purchased.
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- review.org/Evidence.phpAuthor: Sir Russell's response to Graham Stringer MP's enqu iry Link: click to open

Date: 02/07/10 Type: Written evidence Number: 0115 Author: Communication relating to Keith Briffa's editorial treatment of a submitted manuscript Link: click to open

Date: 02/07/10 Type: Written evidence Number: 0116 Author: A list of all FOI and EIR requests received relatin g to the Climatic Research Unit since 2005 Link: click to open

Date: 02/07/10 Type: Written evidence Number: 0122 Author: Evidence from Review Editors for Chapters 3 and 6 o f the IPCC Fourth Assessment Link: click to open

Date: 25/06/10 Type: Written evidence Number: 0135 Author: Keith R. Briffa - Response to additional Question r egarding Keith Briffa's request to Eugene Wahl and his Response Link: click to open

Date: 25/06/10 Type: Written evidence Number: 0140 Author: Keith Briffa, Response to additional Question regar ding Keith Briffa's request to Eugene Wahl and his Response Link: click to open

Date: 15/06/10 Type: Oral evidence Number: 0144 Author: Notes of Sir Muir Russell & David Eyton's interview with Professor Trevor Davies, PVC Research, Enterprise and Engagem ent Link: click to open

Date: 09/06/10 Type: Written submission Number: 0104 Author: Stephen McIntyre Link: click to open

Date: 08/06/10 Type: Written evidence Number: 0112 Author: Response from Lisa Williams to questions from Muir Russell on governance Link: click to open

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# Workplan

Remit The remit of the review is as follows: Examine the hacked e-mail exchanges, other relevant e-mail exchanges and any other information held at the Climatic Research Uni t to determine whether there is any evidence of manipulation or suppression of data which is at odds with acceptable scientific practice and may therefore ca ll into question any of the research outcomes. 1.

Review the Climatic Research Unit’s policies and pr actices for acquiring, assembling, subjecting to peer review and dissemina ting data and research findings, and their compliance or otherwise with be st scientific practice. 2.
Review the Climatic Research Unit’s compliance or o therwise with the University of East Anglia’s policies and practices regarding requ ests under the Freedom of Information Act (‘the FOIA’) and the Environmental Information Regulations (‘the EIR’) for the release of data. 3.

Review and make recommendations as to the appropria te management, governance and security structures for the Climatic Research Unit and the security, integrity and release of the data it holds. 4.

Approach The remit requires the Review to address the specif ic allegations about the way in which CRU has handled its data, reflecting comments in th e e-mail exchanges that have been made public.
To do this, it will seek written submissions from C RU and other appropriate parts of UEA. It will also invite interested parties to comment on w hat the Issues paper covers, and to propose any further matters that clearly fall withi n the Remit and should also be examined. The Team wishes to focus on the honesty, rigour and openness with which CRU handled its data. It wishes to gain a proper understanding of: The range of data involved, and how it has been ind exed and archived. • The procedures, processes and relevant protocols us ed to handle the data, recognizing that these may have changed over time a s data-handling capacity has developed. •
The associated metadata, algorithms and codes used for analysis. • The extent to which other independent analysis prod uces the same conclusions. • The peer review process, examining how much was in common between the work of the reviewers and the reviewed. •

The Review’s remit does not invite it to re-do the scientific work of CRU. An audit or assessment of that type would be a different exerci se, requiring different skills and resources. However, the Review’s conclusions will b e useful to any such audit by pointing to any steps that need to be taken in relation to data , its availability and its handling.
In making its analysis and conclusions, the Team wi ll test the relevant work against pertinent standards at the time it was done, recognizing that such standards will have changed. It will also test them against current best practice, parti cularly statements of the ethics and norms such as those produced by the UK Government Office for Science and by the US National Academy of Sciences. These identify principles rel ating to rigour, respect and responsibility in scientific ethics and to integrity, accessibilit y and stewardship in relation to research data. This overall approach will allow the Team to establ ish a conceptual framework within which it can make judgements and comment about key issues such as the level of uncertainty inherent in all science, and the particular confide nce limits associated with the CRU work.
Transparency The Team will operate as openly and transparently a s possible. It is establishing a website which will eventually display all of the submission s received, correspondence, analyses and 

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- review.org/Workplan.phpconclusions. The aim will be to publish all receiv ed submissions quickly, unless there are wholly exceptional reasons to delay, for example le gal issues.

Issues The Review team have set out the specific allegatio ns it intends to investigate in the Issues for Examination Document: Issues for Examination, February 2010

Timescale The Review team issued a call for submissions on 11 February 2010, and expects to receive submissions from UEA and the public by the end of F ebruary .
These responses will require analysis and there may be follow-up questions and/or interviews. The team expect to have at least prel iminary conclusions by Spring 2010.
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