The next International Conference on Regional Climate, ICRC-CORDEX 2019 will be held on 14-18 October 2019 in Beijing, China. The 2019 edition is the fourth in the ICRC series and will address relevant topics in downscaling and modeling; the human factor as well as impacts and applications; and capacity development, training, and co-operations. See the conference website for more information.

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...

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.

WCRP and the World Weather Research Programme (WWRP) are jointly organizing the "International Conferences on Subseasonal to Decadal Prediction", to be held in Boulder, USA, on 17-21 September 2018. They will serve as one important step toward ever-increasing collaboration across timescales to address societal needs for seamless and integrated climate predictions. Click the headline for details.

After the departure of WCRP Acting Director Deon Terblanche, WMO’s upcoming Chief Scientist and Director of Research, Professor Pavel Kabat, will take office on 1 September 2018. At a celebratory farewell event on 26 June at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), where Pavel will be leaving his current posts, he was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for his achievements and service. Click the headline to read the full story on both the award and upcoming WCRP...

WCRP is awarding annually, together with its two respective partners WWRP and GCOS, two prizes for notable achievements in model as well as data development. The prizes aim to honour, recognize, and foster research activities in their respective fields, as well as stress their mutual interdependence. For the 2018 edition of both prizes, nominations are now open with a deadline of 1 October 2018. For full details and links to the individual prize announcements, click the headline above.