The WCRP Regional Information for Society (RIfS) Core Project is calling for members of the newly established Robust Information Working Group (RIWG), and associated task teams which will contribute to its work. The aim of the group is to establish what it means for a scientific product to be “robust”, i.e.,  context specific regional climate information that is fit for informing decision-making; and what processes could look like to generate and apply robust information to produce “robust” decisions.

The group aims to identify attributes of robustness of information, identify processes to generate and apply such information, and produce recommendations about what we need to change in our communities of practice, institutions and structures to allow for the achievement of robust climate change information geared towards context-specific decisions.

For more information and to nominate someone (including self-nomination), deadline 15 May 2025 - 17:00 UTC, please visit the open call webpage and the application form.

Pan-CLIVAR 2025 will bring together CLIVAR members from all panels, Research Foci, and Scientific Steering Group (SSG), as well as representatives from WCRP core-projects and external partners and will initiate the formulation of the next science plan. Pan-CLIVAR 2025 will be held from 22 to 26 September 2025 in hybrid mode (in-person and on-line) in Indonesia. It will consist of individual panels and Research Foci meetings, SSG sessions, cross-panel meetings, plenaries, and a Symposium "Bridging Science and Society in Southeast Asia and Beyond" on 24 September with breakout sessions in the morning of 25 September. This year 2025 marks the 30th Anniversary of CLIVAR.

Participation to Pan CLIVAR Meeting is by invitation. The Symposium, however, is open to all.

• Registration and the call for Symposium abstracts are open. Abstract submission deadline: extended to April 18, 2025, 23h59 CEST.
• To register and submit an abstract, visit the Pan-CLIVAR 2025 website.

Join us in the upcoming webinar as part of the WCRP Digital Earths Lighthouse Activity. Click here to register. 

Topic: The "Earthing" of Weather and Climate Processes: New Studies of Land-Atmosphere Feedback
Speaker: Dr. Volker Wulfmeyer (Institute of Physics and Meteorology, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany)
Date and time: April 1st, 2025 - 15:00 UTC 

For more information about the series: https://www.wcrp-climate.org/de-webinar-series

This workshop, by invitation only, is organized by the Regional Information for Society (RIfS) Core Project (RIfS) and the Coordinated Regional Climate Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX) in Cape Town (South Africa) from 8 to 11 September 2025. It is planned as a pivotal moment in Africa for how to address the critical questions of robust, defensible, and actionable climate information to support Africa’s policy and decision makers. This workshop is the first step to new cross-disciplinary, trans-disciplinary, and cross regional collaborations.

To know more visit the workshop website.

We are delighted to invite you to join the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) Tipping Point: "Impacts on Climate and Extreme Events" webinar, in the WCRP Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity, AIMES, the Earth Commission, and Future Earth webinar series. This webinar will explore the potential impacts of an AMOC tipping event on Europe’s climate.  When: 25 March 14:00-15:30 CET Presentations by:

• Anastasia Romanou (NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies/Columbia University): AMOC bifurcation - tipping due to internal climate variability
• René van Westen (The Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute):  AMOC Tipping Events under different Forcing Scenarios

Register: https://the-amoc-tipping-point-impacts-on-climate-and-extreme-events.confetti.events/

**The deadline for proposals to host the CORDEX IPO has been extended until 31 March 2025**

CORDEX is the focal point for advancing and coordinating the science and application of regional climate downscaling through global partnerships within WCRP. This fosters and grows research focused on advancing and coordinating the science and application of regional climate downscaling, to effectively link global climate research and the regional information needs of society.

The Host Institution will significantly benefit from hosting the CORDEX IPO by having a close interaction with this critical domain of research in support of regional downscaling experiments. It will serve as a great opportunity for the host to help deliver the exciting new goals of CORDEX to the international community.

• Download the open call application package
• The deadline for proposals has been extended until 31 March 2025 

All communications and enquiries regarding this call should be directed in English to Maureen Wanzala (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) in the WCRP Secretariat. 

The Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) Panel is seeking applications from enthusiastic and dedicated individuals to join :

• The Energy Consumption and Carbon Footprint Task Team.  This Task Team will evaluate the energy consumption and carbon footprint of CMIP, develop appropriate target setting and monitoring procedures, and identify potential actions for reducing the environmental impact.
  Find out more and apply to join this Task Team. Application deadline: 09:00 UTC, 28 February 2025

• The Responsible Data Use Task Team. Given the well-established role of CMIP data, and derived products, to inform decisions at the regional scale, this task team seeks to reduce data misuse by developing recommendations for better means of documenting the limitations of CMIP model outputs for various key applications.
  Find out more and apply to join this Task Team. Application deadline: 17:00 UTC, 1 March 2025

The WCRP Earth System Modelling and Observations (ESMO) Core Project is pleased to announce the launch of the open call for new members of the Working Group on Observations for Researching Climate (WGORC), a newly established working group dedicated to bridging the gap between climate modeling and observational data. ESMO is seeking experts in climate science with a focus on observational data and its integration into modeling efforts. Ideal candidates will have:

• A strong understanding of Essential Climate Variables (ECVs) and their role in climate monitoring
• Familiarity with obs4MIPs, CMIP7, and other international initiatives
• Experience in data policy, FAIR data principles, or data processing techniques such as homogenization, bias correction, and uncertainty quantification

For more details and to apply, please visit ESMO website. Deadline for applications: 31 March 2025 at 23:59 CEST.

The World Climate Research Programme Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) has formally endorsed during its 45b session the process and scenarios proposed by ScenarioMIP as part of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) suite of experiments. The proposed scenarios have been established through internal consultation, in close collaboration with the CMIP community and endorsed by the WCRP Earth System Modelling & Observations (ESMO) Core project’s Working Group on Coupled Modelling (WGCM) . Download the endorsement here. 

The WCRP Regional Information for Society (RIfS) Core Project is launching an Africa Task Team for researchers living and working in Africa to define and address their regionally-specific challenges on climate information for society. The Task Team will become a body of the RIfS representing the regional interests of Africa. It will facilitate and steer this work in Africa, and be a model for how RIfS might organize similar activities in other regions of the world.
For more information and to nominate someone (including self-nomination), deadline 15 March 2025 - 17:00 UTC, please visit the RIfs Africa Task Team web page.

RIfS is also looking for a Science Officer, based in Africa, to coordinate activities with regional foci in Africa. This key coordination role requires someone with a working knowledge about physical climate science, and comfortable with engaging a wide range of disciplines, individuals, projects, and organizations across the continent already active in relevant work. The goal of the Science Officer is to serve as the connecting glue for various communities of practice that touch on producing robust information for decisions in the face of climate change.
For more information and to apply, deadline 31 March 2025 17:00 UTC, please visit the application web page.

The 2024 edition of the WGNE Blue Book 2024 is available through the open repository Zenodo. This publication fosters collaboration and the early exchange of ideas among scientists at the forefront of numerical model development. These models are critical for advancing Earth system simulations and forecasts across various timescales, from short-to-medium range, from subseasonal to seasonal and beyond.

The WGNE Blue Book continues to be an invaluable resource for the modelling community, showcasing innovative approaches and facilitating the exchange of ideas that drive the science forward.

Read the WGNE Blue Book 2024, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.14753296

"ESMO Brief," the newsletter of the ESMO project, will come out every six months with updates, reports and insights from the ESMO community.

This first issue covers key developments in Earth system modeling and observations, including:

• New Working Group on Observations – Strengthening collaboration between modeling and observational research communities.
• WGNE Blue Book Now on Zenodo – Easier access and improved referencing for this key resource.
• Conference & Meeting Highlights – Key takeaways from recent events.
• Exciting Research & Opportunities – New publications, initiatives and expert insights.
• Upcoming Events – Don’t miss important workshops, conferences, and webinars.

We invite you to read the 1^st issue of the ESMO Newsletter.

We are delighted to announce that Dr Addis Alaminie, an exceptional hydrologist and climate scientist from Ethiopia, has been named the first recipient of the WCRP 2024 Global South Fellowship. This Fellowship program aims to empower early to mid-career researchers from the Global South to develop and foster climate research in the regions. In 2024, the Fellowship call focused on Africa, inviting proposals from African researchers to address critical gaps in climate research highlighted by WCRP, enhance climate action for and in Africa, and build a strong legacy for the continent’s scientific community. 

Professor Tim Naish (New Zealand) and Professor Cristiana Stan (USA) have been elected as the Chair and Vice-chair of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Joint Scientific Committee (JSC).  

The elections for the two positions concluded on 27 January 2025.

The Digital Earths lighthouse activity is organizing two webinars - one each under the land modelling webinar series and the Global Hackathon - next week.

1. Groundwater representation in High-Resolution Land Modeling (Digital Earths - Land Modeling webinar series) - 3 Feb 2025; 15:00 UTC (Register here). 
2. A Global Pan-Hackathon for Km-Scale Models (Digital Earths) - 4 Feb 2025; 16:00 UTC (Register here). 

Rising sea levels are a major concern for low-lying coastal communities and ecosystems across the globe, yet planning for future sea-level rise is hampered by uncertainties in future greenhouse gas emissions, how ice sheets will respond and other potential climate tipping points that lead to a wide range of possible future projections. The World Climate Research Programme’s Grand Challenge on 'Regional Sea-Level Change and Coastal Impacts’ was implemented to further advance understanding of natural and human contributions to sea level rise, promote advances in observations and foster the development of sea-level information that assists coastal practitioners in planning for the future.

We invite you to read the review paper "Perspective on Regional Sea-level Change and Coastal Impacts” based on the Grand Challenge on Regional Sea Level Change and Coastal Impacts.

The 10 New Insights in Climate Science (10NICS) has opened call for expert input in preparation for its upcoming edition. To know more about the process and to apply, please click here.

Deadline to apply is 31 January 2025.