The concern he expressed was against introducing any form of positive discrimination to the judicial appointments system without careful analysis of the full range of potential consequences".
El Niño is a periodic climatic phenomenon where waters of the eastern tropical Pacific warm, triggering a range of potential consequences for global weather.
The thinking behind the decision was to encourage governments to prepare for the full range of potential consequences under climate change.
Among the letters was one signed by 72 Democratic members of Congress who urged Mr. Genachowski "to carefully consider the full range of potential consequences" of his proposal.
Asked whether the contingency plans covered just British exposure to Greece or the risk of wider contagion, she said: "You would expect us to have plans in place that look at a range of potential consequences".
The range of potential consequences (positive and negative) for each tracer activity will be elicited in the interviews and used to generate items for the questionnaires.
