The Stratosphere-troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate (SPARC) Core Project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is launching an open call for nominations to its Scientific Steering Group (SSG) for the period 2023-2026.

The SPARC Core Project is currently inviting nominations from highly enthusiastic and dedicated experts to become a member of the SPARC Scientific Steering Group (SSG) - you can either nominate a candidate or nominate yourself. The SSG and co-chairs guide SPARC’s priorities and research activities and work together with, and are supported by, the SPARC project office. The SSG provides leadership for SPARC and represents a broad spectrum of disciplines and nationalities, including both junior and senior scientists. The duties and responsibilities of SSG members are outlined in the Terms of Reference. SSG members are expected to provide scientific guidance and oversight to the SPARC community and its activities and participate in developing and reviewing the scientific strategy for the SPARC community.

The four-year membership term will be from January 2023 – December 2026, with a possible two year extension. Among all applications received, the current SSG and co-chairs will propose new members for final approval by the Joint Scientific Committee (JSC).

The deadline for submitting your nomination is 21 November 2021. (Self-)Nominations can be submitted through the online form or via email to the SPARC project office.

The WCRP Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity invites interested researchers to nominate themselves for Working Groups addressing the five lighthouse themes: safe landing pathways; understanding high-risk events; perturbed carbon cycle; water resources; and sea level rise. Deadline: 8 November 2021. For more information, click the heading above.

The high-level launch event for the 2021 "State of Climate Services: Water" report will take place on October 5,  2021, 13:00-15:00 CEST (on zoom).

The launch event will present the report’s findings and lessons learned to help countries, funding agencies and development partners to assess the steps needed to address gaps in the climate services value chain to achieve greater resilience, improve adaptation and development outcomes in the water sector.

To register, click here.
To download the programme, click here

The Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is launching an open call for nominations to its Scientific Steering Group (SSG) for the period 2022-2025.

The SSG is the governing body of CliC and has the overall responsibility for planning, and implementing the CliC strategy plan and monitoring its activities. The SSG helps shape the international research agenda and functions as an integrator of activities to avoid duplication of efforts. CliC´s vision for the coming decade is to " facilitate collaborative, international research, and its communication, targeting the global and regional cryosphere (bridging across climate, ecosystems, human society) and their change, from local to regional to global scales, to address societal needs”.

CliC projects seeks nominations and self-nominations from scientists active in cryosphere-related research, both in the natural and social sciences, including those studying the interaction of e.g., ecosystems, fisheries and communities with the one or more cryosphere components. Candidates from South America, Africa and Asia are particularly encouraged to apply.

To apply, please fill in the application form. Deadline 31st October 2021.
For inquiries about the position please contact CliC co-chairs Fiammetta Straneo This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or James Renwick This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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Save the date for the 14^th WMO Symposium on Meteorological Education and Training, which will take place from 22 to 25 November 2021 online. For more details, click the heading above.

The United in Science 2021 report is a multi-organization compilation of the latest climate science information and gives a unified assessment of the state of our Earth system.

The report was released at a press conference given by WMO Secretary-General Prof. Petteri Taalas, and with a video message from United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. https://media.un.org/en/asset/k1s/k1s4iw2ryc

The report provides details on:

• Greenhouse Gas Concentrations in the Atmosphere (WMO)
• Global greenhouse gas emissions and budgets (Global Carbon Project)
• Emissions Gap (UN Environment Programme)
• Global Climate in 2017-2021 and 2021-2025 (WMO, UK Met Office)
• Highlights of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report – the Physical Science basis
• Sea level rise and coastal impacts (World Climate Research Programme)
• Heatwaves, wildfires and air pollution (World Health Organization/WMO)

The second Ocean Decade Laboratory will be held from 15 to 17 September 2021 and will offer valuable insights and talks around the Ocean Decade Outcome: “A Predicted Ocean”.

The key elements required for the change we need to see targeting a predictable Ocean for our societies over the course of the Decade will be explored. The Core Event and the 31 Satellite Activities will consist of workshops, panel discussions along with interactive lectures.

For more information, visit the event website: https://www.oceandecade-conference.com/en/a-predicted-ocean.html

The WCRP Academy Lighthouse Activity is the recently formed research training advisory and coordination arm of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP). As one of the existing WCRP Academy co-chairs has recently stepped down, we are calling for self-nominations for a new co-chair for the activity. For more information, click the heading above. The deadline for nominations is 1 October 2021. 

WCRP is proud to announce the launch of the International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO), a new joint office of WCRP and the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP), hosted at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune, India. For more information, please click the heading above.

The launch of the first part of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) is an important milestone in climate science and calls strongly for action. The Chair and Vice-Chair of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee congratulate the IPCC Working Group I Team and confirm ongoing support from the WCRP Community. To read more, click the heading above.

 We are delighted to announce that Hindumathi Palanisamy joins the WCRP Secretariat.

Hindumathi Palanisamy is an oceanographer specialized in space-based and in-situ ocean observations with a PhD in space oceanography from the University of Toulouse and French Space Agency in France. Prior to joining WCRP Secretariat, Hindumathi was a senior research scientist at the Centre for Climate Research Singapore where she focussed on developing regional sea level research expertise in the South East Asian region. Earlier to that, she worked for the European Space Agency’s Climate Change Initiative- Sea Level Budget Closure project in Toulouse, France.

At the WCRP Secretariat, Hindumathi will be responsible for supporting three of WCRP’s Core Projects, CLIVAR, GEWEX and SPARC. In addition, she will also provide support to other activities of the new WCRP and work closely with the WCRP Secretariat staff.

The 42nd Session of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee (JSC-42) met remotely from 28 June to 2 July to consider a number of important decisions for the programme, including the approval of plans for the new WCRP Lighthouse Activities, the new “Core Projects” on “Earth System Modelling and Observations” and “Regional Climate Information for Society”. In addition, the Core Projects, Grand Challenges and other major activities reported on their progress towards their science objectives and on how they are strengthening their work in response to WCRP's Strategic Plan 2019-2028.

Discussions in breakout sessions about coordination and communication, science gaps, engagement and need of inclusion and diversity, science partnerships, the impact of WCRP science, and resources were very rich and interesting.

The outcomes of JSC-42 will be considered by the JSC at their closed meeting on 8 July 2021. The reports and presentations are available at https://www.wcrp-climate.org/jsc42-documents

The award cites Prof. Kang’s science achievements, particularly in the field of climate modeling and prediction, and his pioneering contributions to operational and research climate centers, and for nurturing next-generation scientists, including from developing countries.

The European Space Agency has been selected by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) as the host for a new Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) International Project Office (IPO), which should be fully operational from September 2021.

The position of Director for CMIP-IPO has now been advertised. Interested candidates can find further details on the post, including a full job description, and how to submit an application from any of the companies listed below:

• Telespazio
• He Space
• RHEA

This year's quadrennial GAW Symposium will happen online from 28 June to 2 July.

It will consist of the following scientific sessions: 1) Science for services: The importance of atmospheric composition; 2) Filling critical gaps in observations;  3)Atmospheric composition, pandemics, and support for a new health agenda;  4) Earth system modeling and data management.

Registration information and draft agenda of the Symposium are available at https://community.wmo.int/meetings/gaw-symposium-2021