The IPCC today announced the approval of the "Summary for Policymakers" of its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C. The full report will soon be released in final form, pending small changes that arose from the consideration of the Summary for Policymakers. For details, click the headline above.

WMO Chief Scientist and Research Director, Pavel Kabat, is currently at the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) meeting to consider its Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5 ºC. He specifically mentions the role of WCRP in convening the global research community, both to advance our understanding of fundamental processes and to develop and continuously improve climate models. To read more, click the heading above (photo: IPCC).

At the 48th Plenary session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the IPCC has taken note of the Research and Action Agenda on Cities and Climate Change Science, the primary outcome of the Cities and Climate Change Science Conference held earlier in the year and co-sponsored by WCRP. Click the heading above to find out more.

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The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is very excited to announce the opening of the new WCRP Coordination Office for Regional Activities (CORA), jointly hosted by the Climate Service Center Germany (GERICS) in Hamburg, Germany, and the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research (BCCR) in Bergen, Norway. To find out more click the headline above.

Left: Tore Furevik, Director of BCCR (Photo: Gudrun Sylte, Bjerknes Centre) and right, Daniela Jacob, Director of GERICS (Photo: Christian Schmid/HZG).

The Risk KAN invites interested researchers to self-nominate for a membership in the Knowledge Action Network on Emergent Risks and Extreme Events, in the Development Team (DT) and/or working groups. The deadline for nomination is 15 November 2018.

The Sub-seasonal to Seasonal Prediction Project (S2S) was launched as a joint project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP). This article gives an overview of the project and outlines plans for phase II, from the end of this year until 2023. Click the headline above for more details.

The International Research Institute for Climate and Society Data Library (IRIDL) allows you to view, analyze, or download hundreds of terabytes of climate-related data through a standard web browser available on a tablet, computer or smartphone. Best of all, there are really great instructions to get started right away. To find out more about this incredible initiative, click the heading above.

The members of the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) as of January 2019 are now confirmed. To see who has been newly appointed and reappointed, click the headline above.

The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) is seeking nominations to join the Executive Planning Group of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development. To find out more click the heading above.

24-26 June 2018 | Davos, Switzerland

The Arctic Observing Summit 2018 organizers are seeking community input on the summit's topics in the form of brief statements. Click the headline above for more information.

The WCRP Strategic Plan is currently open for public comment. Why is this plan important? What are the future priorities for climate research? Click the heading above to find out and to have your say on how we conduct climate-related sciences in the next decade.

WCRP's Core Project on "Stratosphere-troposphere Processes And their Role in Climate" (SPARC) is seeking nominations for new Scientific Steering Group (SSG) members to serve a four-year term from 2020. Nominations or self-nominations should be submitted by 15 September 2018 - click the headline for details.

The WCRP Global Sea Level Budget Group has published a paper providing a comprehensive 'state of the science' review of global mean sea level from 1993 to present. Click the headline above to find out more.

Submit your abstract to the HiWeather workshop, to take place from 20-22 November 2018 in Beijing China. Click the heading above for more details. The abstract deadline is 17 September 2018. 

The Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6) Model Analysis Workshop will take place from 25-28 March 2019 at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC) in Barcelona, Spain. Click the heading above for the full details.

The team at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is launching a major recruiting effort, searching for 10-15 researchers in atmospheric, climate, and Earth system sciences. Click the heading above for more information.

The International Science Council (ISC) project 'Gender Gap in Science' is a global approach to addressing the gender gap in mathematical, computing, and natural sciences, looking at how to measure the gender gap and how to reduce it. If you are involved in these sciences you are invited to share your career and education experiences via a survey before 31 October 2018. For more information click the heading above.

The IPCC Task Group on Data Support for Climate Change Assessments (TG-Data) is currently seeking nominations. Click the heading above for further details.

The "Second WCRP Summer School on Climate Model Development" was held in Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil, on 22-31 January. It was hosted by the Brazil National Institute for Space Research, Center for Weather Forecasting and Climate Studies (INPE/CPTEC). In its second edition, the WCRP modelling summer school focused on a current scientific challenge: the development of scale-aware parameterizations with emphasis on the so called "grey zone", that is, models with horizontal resolution ranging from 1km to 10km. Click the headline to read the full summer school report.

A lack of detailed information on climate change for impact and adaptation planning led, in 2009, to a call by WCRP for greater coordination across downscaling activities. This eventually resulted in the design of the CORDEX framework, and CORDEX became a formal WCRP Programme in 2012. In the short time since, CORDEX has evolved into a major developer and producer of regional climate science and information. Click the headline to read the full CORDEX spotlight article.