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We are profoundly saddened to learn of the passing of Dr Lisa Goddard. Our thoughts are with her, family, friends and many colleagues from around the world. Please click the heading above for words from the WCRP community.
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The WCRP Working Group on Coupled Modelling (WGCM) and the CMIP Panel are already working hard in preparation for the next phase of Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP). Specifically, we need to hear from everyone their views on the positive aspects and challenges they faced in CMIP6, and how they would like to see future phases of CMIP structured and delivered.
For that, we are inviting the community to take part in the “CMIP Community next steps survey”. It is your chance to help us shape the future of CMIP!
https://www.wcrp-climate.org/cmip-survey
Deadline for completing the survey: 28 Februray 2022
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8 – 10 February 2022, online
The Risk Modeling and Insurance Working Group of the Knowledge Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events (Risk KAN) is organizing a three-day workshop to bring together scientists and practitioners in the field of modeling risk in human and environmental systems. Some of the WCRP Lighthouse Activities will present their work on 10 February as part of the workshop. To find out more and to register, click the heading above.
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The latest edition of GEWEX Quarterly features articles on:
- The Digital Earths LHA invites GEWEX community to engage in the task of describing and predicting the Earth in detail
- Modelers and mathematicians collaborate to improve numerical accuracy of atmospheric physics parameterizations in models
- Introducing TEAMx
- A summary of the field campaign phase of LIAISE
- Looking at how synergistic Earth observing systems can aid precipitation assessment in high latitude and cold regions
- ... and many other articles
To read the Gewex Quarterly, click here
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The Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity, partnering with AIMES and the Earth Commission, has four exciting discussions planned for early 2022. Join us for talks on the role of permafrost, ice sheets, ocean, and monsoons in tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt change in the Earth System. Please see our event website for more information and to register.
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We are delighted to report that our event on ice sheets, which was postponed in November, will now take place on 25 January 2022, 16:00-17:30 CET. For more details and to register, click the heading above.
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NOAA’s 2021 Arctic Report Card documents the numerous ways that climate change continues to fundamentally alter this once reliably-frozen region, as increasing heat and the loss of ice drive its transformation into a warmer, less frozen and more uncertain future.
Read NOAA's 2021 Arctic Report Card and watch the video summary.
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The third event in the discussion series on tipping elements focused on permafrost and took place on 17 January 2022, 16:00-17:30 CET.
It included two excellent talks:
- An update on permafrost tipping – Hanne Hvidtfeld Christiansen
- Model insight on permafrost change - Gustaf Hugelius
The video recording and the slides from the talks are now available on our event site..
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The GEWEX Global Atmospheric System Studies Panel (GASS) will hold its 3rd Pan-GASS Meeting, Understanding and Modeling Atmospheric Processes (UMAP 2022) in Monterey, CA, USA, from 25-29 July 2022. The program will include all aspects and methods of model development from deterministic numerics to stochastic forcing; process modeling to parametrization; observational constraints to diagnostic techniques; and idealized modeling to operational forecasting and climate predictions. The purpose of the conference is to discuss progress in understanding atmospheric processes and representing them in models, to coordinate current initiatives and make plans for the future.
31 January 2022 (midnight GMT) is the deadline for:
- abstract submission
- requests for travel support
- applying to the DYAMOND and DOE-ARM competitions
To know more about the 3rd PAN-GASS meeting, click here
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The Climate and Cryosphere project (CliC) of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) announces an open call for CliC Grants 2022.
The goal of CliC fellowships and grants is to increase the engagement of Early Career Scientists in CliC activities and to promote participation of scientists from regions currently underrepresented in CliC, i.e., South America, Asia and Africa.
Deadline: 21 January 2022 at 13:00 (UTC)
To know more and apply, click here
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Even amidst the pandemic, 2020 was a productive year for the Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) community. The Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) annual report highlights some of CliC's progress and achievements during the past year. The report also covers the outputs resulting from the WCRP Grand Challenge on Melting Ice and Global Consequences.
To download the report, click here and to know more about CliC activities, visit the CliC Core Project website.
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Two relevant sessions, on The role of Earth Observation in climate services and Exploring the interface of observations and modelling will be organized during the European Space Agency’s 2022 Living Planet Symposium. Do not miss the deadline for abstracts submission: 26th November 2021.
A dedicated climate day, featuring discussions and events related to Climate relevant observations, modelling, and services will also be organized.
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The Paleoclimate Modelling Intercomparison Project (PMIP) is celebrating online its 30th anniversary by inviting you to take part in its special 30-hour-long round-the-world marathon across time zones from 2 to 3 December 2021.
You are invited to register (free but mandatory to get the access to the conference room) for this unique event and its different 1 to 2 hour-long sessions. During the registration process feel free to provide discussion topics or ideas for all the sessions (except the two celebration sessions). Each session is in the hands of a small group of conveners who will ensure that the event is continuous across time zones and that all the PMIP subjects of interest are covered.
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At the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) a joint session was hosted by WCRP, IPCC, and Future Earth to discuss risks and consequences of breaching 1.5oC warming, and possible transformation pathways that can guide decision-makers and stakeholders. Five priority actions and/or challenges for our research community regarding the transition to a low carbon society and limiting warming to well below 2oC were identified:
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We invite you to join us for the first WCRP Climate Research Forum for Southern Asia on 30 November 2021 at 9:00 UTC. We have some excellent speakers lined up on the themes of 'integrating societal needs for enabling science into action' and 'climate science challenges and priorities in the Southern Asia region.'
The event is free of charge, but we do ask you to register. For more details, place see the forum webpage.
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The report from the 42nd Session of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee (JSC-42), held in June and July 2021, has now been published. The report includes a summary of the presentations from the WCRP Core Projects, Grand Challenges, and Lighthouse Activities, as well as an overview of key strategic discussions and the official list of actions and decisions of the Joint Scientific Committee. We thank all JSC-42 participants for their involvement in the Session and for their contributions to its outcomes.
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The European Space Agency’s 2022 Living Planet Symposium will take place on 23–27 May 2022 in Bonn, Germany.The symposium will focuses on how Earth observation contributes to science and society, and how disruptive technologies and actors are changing the traditional Earth observation landscape, which is also creating new opportunities for public and private sector interactions.
Two relevant sessions, on The role of Earth Observation in climate services and Exploring the interface of observations and modelling will be organized during the symposium. Do not miss the deadline for abstracts submission: 26th November 2021.
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The join initiative between WCRP, Future Earth and the Earth League was launched on Thursday, 4th November 9:30am–10am UK time.
To explore the report, click here.
The 10 New Insights in Climate Science (10NICs) are a synthesis of the most robust climate-related research findings available today. The report is based on an assessment made by more than 60 world-leading academic experts, with a scoping process that reaches several thousands of scientists working on fields related to climate change. Since 2017 the 10NICS have been launched annually at the Climate COP (Conference of the Parties) and presented to the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) Executive Secretary, Ms. Patricia Espinosa.
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WCRP is delighted to open calls for proposals to host two dedicated international project offices in support to the new WCRP core projects: the Earth System Modelling and Observations (ESMO) Core Project and the Regional Information for Society (RIfS) Core Project.
The role of each International Project Office will be to support the work of ESMO and RIfS, respectively, in close cooperation with co-chairs and Scientific Steering Groups, the WCRP leadership and the WCRP Secretariat in Geneva.
- To download the call for Earth System Modelling and Observation (ESMO) International Project Office, click here
- To download the call for Regional Information for Society (RIfS) International Project Office, click here
The deadline for proposals is 31 March 2022.
All communication, material and enquiries regarding these calls shall be directed in English to Nico Caltabiano (
To read more, click the heading above.
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The WCRP COP26 Pavilion Event, co-organized by WCRP (co-sponsored by WMO, ISC, and IOC-UNESCO), Future Earth, and IPCC WG1, will be streamed on the WMO YouTube channel (https://youtu.be/8tlVuxwZKZM) on November 2, 2021, 08:00-09:00 (Local UK time: GMT)
Anthropogenic climate change brings many significant challenges and risks that affect almost all aspects of life on Earth. Droughts, heavy rain and flooding, heatwaves, extreme fire weather, and coastal inundation are some examples of what is already occurring and where amplified risks and impacts in the future will threaten millions of people around the world with many of the poorest most severely impacted. It also threatens the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Staying below 2.0°C requires an unprecedented transformation of societies around the world to reduce emissions as well as a technology revolution. Negative emission technologies are unlikely to be possible at the scale proposed in many scenarios. The session will discuss the risks and consequences of breaching 1.5°C warming, and possible transformation pathways that guide decision-makers and stakeholders.
To read more, click the heading above.
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Reminder: The WCRP Academy Lighthouse Activity is seeking an individual or research group to conduct approximately six months of research and analysis into climate science training opportunities across the globe. The deadline for applications is 1 November 2021. To find out more, click the heading above.
Discussion Series: Tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt change in the Earth system | Amazon
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We are delighted to present a new event in this discussion series, with a focus on the role of the Amazon. The event will take place on 29 November 2021, 17:00-18:30 CET. For more details and to register, click the heading above.
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We are delighted that the pioneering work of Syukuro Manabe (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA) and Klaus Hasselmann (Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, Hamburg, Germany) has been recognized by the Nobel Prize Committee, as having laid the foundation of our knowledge of the Earth’s climate and how humanity influences it.
From a WCRP perspective we would specifically like to recognize the pioneering work of Syukuro Manabe and Klaus Hasselmann in climate modeling, which provided the foundation of modern climate research.
To read more, click the heading above.
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The International Workshop on Monsoons (IWM) is a major quadrennial symposia/workshops series under the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The seventh workshop in this series, the IWM-7, is being organized at New Delhi, India, jointly by the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India, and the WWRP Working Group on Tropical Meteorology Research (WGTMR), in cooperation with the CLIVAR/GEWEX Monsoons Panel of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO) hosted by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM). The workshop is scheduled to be held during 23-26 March 2022.
Interested people are invited to submit their abstracts online by 31 October 2021.
- For more information, please visit the workshop website: https://mausam.imd.gov.in/IWM7/
- To submit your abstract, use the form available at: https://mausam.imd.gov.in/IWM7/form/form.php
- To read the first circular, click here
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Less than one month left to make submissions to the WMO Prize Challenge to Improve Sub-Seasonal to Seasonal Predictions Using Artificial Intelligence.
WMO launched the Challenge on 1st June 2021 with the aim to improving, through Artificial Intelligence and/or Machine Learning techniques, the current precipitation and temperature forecasts for 3 to 6 weeks into the future from the best computational fluid dynamic models available today. Monetary prizes will be awarded to the top three teams. If you are interested, do not miss the deadline to make your submissions by 31st October 2021.
For more information, please visit the Challenge website: https://s2s-ai-challenge.github.io/