Members of WCRP's Grand Challenge on Weather and Climate Extremes (GC-Extremes) and co-authors published a Nature Climate Change perspective article on "Future climate risk from compound events". The article is partially based on outcomes of the workshop "Addressing the challenge of compound events" which was held in April 2017 at the ETH Zurich in context of the GC-Extremes. Click the headline for more information.

WCRP is organizing a workshop on "The Earth’s Energy Imbalance and its implications" in Toulouse, France, from 13-16 November 2018. Abstracts are invited until 13 July 2018. The workshop's main aim is to initiate a new WCRP-wide activity on Earth’s energy imbalance with broad participation from both within and beyond WCRP's related initiatives. Click the headline for more information.

Scientists located in elegible countries may consider submitting proposals to the EU JPI Climate's AXIS call. The call's goal is to broaden the climate-related knowledge base that helps guiding societies in their transition to sustainability. Proposals are expected to mostly be of small to medium size (0.3 - 2 million €) and of a duration of up to 3 years. Pre-registrations must be received by 18 June 2018 and full proposals by 8 October 2018. Click the headline for details.

The World Climate Research Programme is soliciting offers to host an International Project Office (IPO) to coordinate its cryospheric activities from 1st January 2019 onward. For more information, click the headline above.

WCRP provided multiple inputs to the 48th session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Notably, a keynote presentation by WCRP JSC vice-chair Amanda Lynch informed on strategic plans and partnerships of WCRP, as well as its ongoing support to fundamental understanding of climate and climate change in service to society. To read more, click the headline above.