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UK government asked UEA to create climate ‘headline’

In looking through more of the AR4 references, I came across an old site created by the UK's Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) about the 'Indicators of Climate Change in the UK'. The site was created in 1999, and last updated in 2003. I was wandering around the site, marveling at their outdated information, and I found an interesting document. It is entitled:

Review of UK Climate Change Indicators

Contract EPG 1/1/158
June 2003
(Revised Jan 2004)
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

It then lists the main contractors and the subcontractors. The University of East Anglia CRU is one of the subcontractors. Here is the rationale in their words for the report:

An update of the current set of UK indicators was also necessary, along with a reappraisal to assess whether :
- the original set of indicators was still appropriate;
- new indicators should be devised;
- indicators should be removed from the set