The WCRP Core Project on  Regional Information for Society (RIfS) is offering two postdoc positions to contribute to its activities in Africa.  The postdocs will work collaboratively to support the core foci of the RIfS Africa action in the CLARE Programme, under supervision of the host institutions in Africa with oversight by the RIfS Africa Science Officer and the RIfS Africa Task Team. These fellowships are designed to contribute to improving our understanding of the use and challenges of climate information for climate adaptation in Africa.

• Postdoc 1: Climate services and stakeholder engagement.
• Postdoc 2: Robust climate information for adaptation. 

To learn more about the call. Deadline to apply: November 10, 2025

The 3^rd International Conference on Subseasonal to Seasonal to Decadal Prediction (S2S2D) will take place on 7-11 September 2026 in Reading, UK. This event will provide a forum for the current state of Earth system prediction science to be shared and discussed. It will consist of two parallel sub-conferences, respectively focusing on the subseasonal-to-seasonal and seasonal-to-decadal prediction horizons, together with plenary sessions addressing cross-cutting themes. 

Session topics include:

• Climate Services Across Timescales
• Predictability and Prediction Skill
• Physics-based Prediction Systems
• Machine Learning Methods in S2S2D

Important Dates

• 1 Dec 2025: abstract submission open
• 1 March 2026: abstract submission closed

To know more about the conference, please visit the S2S2D conference website.

 Registrations are open for the WCRP School on Climate Prediction Across Timescales, which will be held on 23-27 February 2026 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The School is designed for graduate students, postdocs, and early-career professionals working in climate and related sciences. Participants will engage in a combination of expert lectures and hands-on lab sessions using real-world data, with a focus on prediction across subseasonal to interdecadal timescales. Further details on the programme, eligibility, and application instructions are available on the ESMO Website. 

Would you like to engage in and contribute to WCRP Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) development as a member of the CORDEX Science Advisory Team (SAT)? The call for nominations is open until 31 October 2025 and self-nominations are welcomed.

To know more, view the open call and apply online. If you cannot access the google form, please used the PDF for offline applications.

This is the first topic in a new  “Status Brief” series by WCRP aimed at decision-makers, climate-interested professionals, general climate science community and the wider public who may not regularly read technical reports but want clear, credible updates on topical climate science related issues.

To read the full document please click here. 

 A 5-day joint workshop and training school (AI4Climate) to adapt capacity building to the needs of the Global South countries, using a bottom-up approach, organised by the APARC Outreach Panel in collaboration with Cheikh Anta Diop University, will be held from 24 to 28 November 2025 at Cheikh Anta Diop University in Dakar, Senegal. It is intended for early-career scientists (i.e. BSc, MSc and PhD students, as well as postdoctoral fellows) from around the world, as well as local students and researchers. Participation is limited to 30 people, and applications from early-career scientists (ECS) in the Global South are particularly encouraged. The possibility of online participation is also explored.

To know more and to apply, please visite the event website. The deadline for applications is 15 October 2025. 

Join AIMES, the Earth Commission, Future Earth, and the WCRP’s Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity for a webinar exploring the latest scientific insights on positive social tipping points and the barriers they can face. This discussion will bring together experts to examine examples and how science and policy can address them.

• When ?  17 September 15:00-16:30 CEST
• More information and registration at https://reducing-barriers.confetti.events/

WCRP, WMO & WGNE invite submissions on advances in Earth System Modelling, from coupled models and forecasting to AI applications. The WGNE Blue Book publication is an attempt to foster an early interchange of information among scientists developing numerical models for the purpose of climate simulation and for forecasting on various timescales.
The contributions are requested as PDF files with a maximum length of two pages (including references and any diagram, figures, or tables). Deadlines: 15 September 2025

• WGNE Blue Book submission form
• Template for your contribution  
• For more information contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

As a pan-cryospheric meeting, the CliC OSC will address all elements of the cryosphere and its climate connections. We invite scientists, researchers, scholars, practitioners, educators, and stakeholders to come together at the nexus of climate and cryosphere to learn from one another, identify knowledge gaps, and address emerging challenges. From modellers and observationalists to social scientists and community organizers, we welcome leading and emerging experts as well as early career researchers (ECRs) to present their work and discuss the state of cryospheric science.

Please note the following important deadlines: 

• Abstract submission:  extended to 19 September 
• Apply for a CliC-funded travel grant: 31 August 
• Apply for an IGS-funded ECR travel grant: 30 September 
• Early Bird Registration: 11 November

Find more information about the conference at http://clic2026.com/

This open call to fill vacant position(s) within the  WCRP Global Extremes Platform (GEP) Working Group on Event Attribution is targeted at the Global South and/or other underrepresented regions. The Working Group on Event Attribution aims to support activities that will foster extreme event attribution collaboration and research to provide information globally, particularly in an operational context, that is clear, defensible, traceable, and consistently interpreted, including development of best practice guidelines, and to increase the capacity for event attribution in the Global South and underrepresented regions.

 To find out more and to apply, visit the Open Call website.

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) are joining forces to convene a co-sponsored workshop on “High-impact events, tipping points and their consequences” in Paris, France, from 26–28 November. The workshop will bring together leading experts from around the globe, covering many disciplines, in support of the 7th IPCC Assessment Report (AR7) process. The workshop is by invitation only.

To learn more, read the article published in MeteoWorld and visit the workshop website.

The call for nominations to the CLIVAR panels and Scientific Steering Group (SSG) is  open, with appointment starting in January 2026 and January 2027 respectively. Nominations can be submitted online via the nomination form, deadline for the submission is 3 October 2025. Detailed information about CLIVAR panels and the SSG, including current activities and membership, can be found on their respective webpages. 

Participating in an international group like this means putting aside our individual and institutional priorities to identify and address gaps where better coordination is needed. It’s a great way to serve the community, while expanding your network and building meaningful connections.

Open call for the Membership of the Global Extremes Platform (GEP) Working Group on Annual assessment of Weather and Climate Extremes (AWCE).
 For information and to apply (deadline August 5, 2025), please visit the Open Call webpage. 

Join the RIfS Scientific Steering Group (SSG)!
For information and to apply (deadline September 15, 2025, 17:00 UTC), please visit the Call webpage. 

By bridging climate science, policy, and communities through regional platforms such as the Indo-Pacific My Climate Risk Hub at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) Pune, India, this paper in Frontiers in Climate outlines pathways for collaborative climate action. This work proposes actionable strategies for regional resilience.This study synthesizes existing climate knowledge for the Indo-Pacific region, emphasizing the need for localized, community-driven adaptation approaches.

To know more, read the study "Bridging climate science, policy, and communities: collaborative pathways for climate resilience in the Indo-Pacific, Modi A, et al., (2025), Front. Clim. Vol.7.

Virtual Workshop Series on Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI)

6 – 9 October 2025 via Zoom

The World Climate Research Program (WCRP) Lighthouse Activity “Research on Climate Intervention” and the Core Activity “Atmospheric Processes and their Role in Climate” are hosting a series of Virtual Workshops, in which the community can discuss the topic of Stratospheric Aerosol Injection (SAI), a proposed climate intervention that would aim to reduce the impacts of global warming through the injection of reflective particles in the stratosphere. As this topic becomes more widely discussed, it is important that robust scientific discussions are had to better identify potential risks and impacts of SAI across different scenarios, to understand and reduce uncertainties in future projections using Earth System Models, and to understand potential observational strategies to detect and monitor potential deployments. Furthermore, it is important to foster an inclusive, international dialogue where diverse perspectives are heard.

We welcome brief presentations from groups interested in showcasing and discussing their research on the topic, as well as participants that are interested in learning more and discussing potential future research activities.

Themes:

• Observational strategies: detection, monitoring and attribution
• SAI modeling: processes, capabilities and uncertainties
• Simulation strategies and scenario exploration (emulators)
• Impacts on atmospheric composition, from the stratosphere to air quality
• Global and regional surface climatic impacts, including societal and ecological
• Ethical aspects of studying and testing SAI

The SAI virtual workshops will be held between 6 to 9 Octobre 2025 via Zoom. It will be spread over four sessions to accommodate different time zones, with the following preliminary schedule:

• Session 1: 6 October 2025, 18:00 - 21:00 UTC
• Session 2: 7 October 2025, 15:00 - 18:00 UTC
• Session 3: 8 October 2025, 09:00 - 12:00 UTC
• Session 4: 9 October 2025, 06:00 - 09:00 UTC

Note that the number and length of sessions may be adjusted depending on indicated preferences and abstract submissions.
We plan to record talks and discussions for all sessions, with the recordings open to be viewed by registered participants.

   Online registration form

Please register before 15 August 2025.

If you can’t access the google form, you may download the pdf form and send it via email to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and/or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Organizing Committee

The joint CLIVAR-OMDP and RIfS-CORDEX Task Force on Regional Ocean Climate Projections  is assembling a record inventory of regional ocean model projection simulations as both a resource for the regional ocean modeling community, to inform recommendations regarding community needs and priorities. The Task Force is collecting information for this inventory by way of voluntary survey with the intent of making synthesized information publicly available via the Task Force web page.

You’re invited to take the survey using the QR code below or using directly this link https://forms.office.com/e/18yxHGqWPZ  by 1 July 2025.

An international study, published in Science, has found that only 24% of present-day glacier mass will remain if the world were to warm to 2.7°C, the trajectory set by current climate policies. In contrast, limiting warming to 1.5°C — the target of the Paris Agreement — would preserve 54% of glacier mass.

To know more, read the study "Glacier preservation doubled by limiting warming to 1.5°C versus 2.7° - Harry Zekollari et al., Science, 2025, Vol 388, Issue 6750 pp. 979-983, DOI: 10.1126/science.adu4675.