Join one of the webinars being jointly hosted by C40 and Future Earth as an opportunity to learn more and ask questions about the call for proposal for sessions and abstracts for the Cities and Climate Change Sciences Conference (#CitiesIPCC). For details on how to join click the heading above.
16-18 October 2018 | Guayaquil, Ecuador
Abstracts can now be submitted to the IV International Conference on ENSO. The goal of this conference is to review the progress on the science of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). See the conference website for more details.
The call for abstracts closes on 30 April 2018.
5-7 March 2018 | Edmonton, Canada
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and Future Earth offer support for early career researchers and professionals to get involved in the “2018 Cities and Climate Change Science Conference: Fostering new scientific knowledge for cities based on science, practice and policy”. For full details on how to apply click the header above.
Edmonton, Canada | March 5-7, 2018
The call for session proposals and individual abstracts (oral and/or poster) for the “Cities and Climate Change Science Conference: Fostering New Scientific Knowledge for Cities Based on Science, Practice and Policy” is now open. See the conference website for full details or you can email the organizers on: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it....
John Turner and Josefino Comiso call for a coordinated push to crack the baffling rise and fall of sea ice around Antarctica. Find out more in their comment in Nature: Nature 547, 275–277 (20 July 2017) doi:10.1038/547275a
Allianz Reinsurance has launched the Allianz Climate Risk Research Award as part of its activities to mitigate risks related to climate change, to increase resilience, and to promote scientific research. The 2017 Award topic is 'Climate risk: real-time information & new technologies'. Deadline 2 September 2017. For more infomation click the heading above.
Fostering new scientific knowledge for cities based on science, practice and policy
5-7 March 2018
Edmonton, Canada
Start preparing your submissions for the Cities and Climate Change Science Conference. WCRP is pleased to work with the partner organizations, aiming to inspire the next frontier of research focused on the science of cities and climate change. To find out how to get involved in this landmark conference, click the heading above.
Want to make a difference to climate and ocean research?
The call for nominations to the CLIVAR Scientific Steering Group and to the CLIVAR Panels is now open. Click the heading above for more details.
The WCRP Core Project Stratosphere-troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate (SPARC) leadership is composed of experts from around the world who dedicate their time to SPARC's international activities. These include the SPARC Scientific Steering Group (SSG), who serve to guide SPARC's scientific focus. SPARC is now accepting nominations (or self-nominations) for SSG membership to serve from January 2019 - December 2021 (initial three-year term can be extended by two additional years). If you
To find out about GEWEX scientific research and activities see the latest GEWEX Newsletter. For opportunities and meeting announcements take a look at the July edition of GEWEX eNews.
You can subscribe to GEWEX eNews on the GEWEX website.
The July 2017 edition of the SPARC Newsletter is available on the SPARC Website. Science highlights include: the SPARC Data Initiative, Fine-Scale Atmospheric Processes and Structure and the Polar Climate Predictability Initiative. There are also meeting and workshop reports for: SPARC WAVAS-II Annual Meeting, SSiRC Meeting at ISSI, SPARC LOTUS Workshop, the Third Workshop on Atmospheric Composition and the Asian Monsoon (ACAM) and the Second ACAM Training School, the IGAC/SPARC
How will different choices of the pre-industrial baseline affect the likelihood of nations exceeding the 1.5 °C or 2 °C temperature thresholds? Find out in this new article by Andrew Schurer and others:
Schurer, A. P., Mann, M. E., Hawkins, E., Tett, S. F. B. and Hegerl, G. C., 2017. Importance of the pre-industrial baseline for likelihood of exceeding Paris goals. Nature Climate Change. doi:10.1038/nclimate3345
This paper acknowledges the World Climate Research Programme’s Working Group on
This article by Qinjian Jin and Chien Wang, published in Nature Climate Change, shows that monsoon rainfall in India has increased since 2002 after previously showing significant decline, a signal that has not yet been replicated by global climate models. To find out more see the article:
Jin, C. and Wang, C. , 2017. A revival of Indian summer monsoon rainfall since 2002. Nature Climate Change. doi:10.1038/nclimate3348
Get the latest issue of the Subseasonal-to-Seasonal (S2S) Prediction Project Newsletter, which includes:
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) has issued a call for expressions of interest from national, regional and international institutions to host a coordinator for WCRP regional activities. To find out more about the criteria and selection process, please click the heading above.
Find out more in an article by Josep (Pep) Candela and David Carlson in the World Meteorological Organization Bulletin.
Highlights from the Regional Sea Level Changes and Coastal Impacts Conference in New York City are available on the conference website:
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5
Click the headline above for more information.
The Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society and the American Meteorological Society (AMOS) have announced that the Joint 25th AMOS National Conference and 12th International Conference for Southern Hemisphere Meteorology and Oceanography, AMOS-ICSHMO 2018, will be held at UNSW Sydney from 5 to 9 February 2018. The conference will bring together experts in meteorology, oceanography and other climate sciences from around the world as well as government representatives, NGOs,
The goal of this conference is to review the progress on the science of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) with a focus on examining the range of ENSO “flavors”, assess the existence of possible, and distinct precursors, and examine how the different oceanic and atmospheric processes that drive the different ENSO flavors and impact their predictability would vary in a warming world. See the conference website for more details.
The call for abstracts will
Next Monday marks the beginning of the Regional Sea Level Changes and Coastal Impacts Conference in New York City. The conference puts a spotlight on interactions between global warming, associated sea level rise, coastal impacts and options for adaptation. See the full press release (English) (French) (Spanish).
We are excited to release a short movie: A Short Introduction to Climate Models - CMIP & CMIP6
This movie gives insight into the world of climate modelling, particularly WCRP's initiative CMIP. See also the accompanying European Geosciences Union (EGU) highlight article.
This recent paper in Nature Climate Change by Sander Veraverbeke and others discusses how changes in climate and fire regimes are transforming boreal forests. Click the headline above to learn more.
24-27 October 2017 | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, USA
Registration is open for 2017 FAMOS school and workshop. Deadline: 15 August 2017. For more information click the headline above.
Saint Petersburg, Russia | 8 – 13 October 2017
The CODATA conference will explore the fundamental issues relating to the availability, (re-)use and scientific analysis of data that relate to the most significant contemporary global challenges. For more information see the conference website. The deadine for abstract submissions is 30 June 2017.
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