WCRP provided multiple inputs to the 50th Session of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including to the opening Plenary Session and the Session's Research Dialogue. Click the headline for the full report.

We are delighted to report that the WCRP Strategic Plan 2019-2028 has now been approved by all three WCRP sponsors, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the International Science Council (ISC) and the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO (IOC-UNESCO). Click the heading above for further information.

WMO launches a joint WMO/SCAR fellowship program for early career scientists from developing nations conducting Antarctic research. The deadline for fellowship applications is 17 July 2019. Click the headline for details.

The 21st Session of the WCRP Working Group on Subseasonal to Interdecadal Prediction (WGSIP) was held at the Institute of Numerical Mathematics (INM) of the Russian Academy of Science (RAS) in Moscow, Russia, from 29-31 May 2019. To find out more about proceedings, click the header above.

The WCRP Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) provides valuable multi-model climate simulations and projections that benefit many stakeholders. The Project has now reached a stage where certain components and activities require sustained institutional support for it to meet the growing expectation to support climate services, policy, and decision-making. A new resolution was just passed at the 18th World Meteorological Congress that should aid in better supporting CMIP. To find out more,...

The United Nations has proclaimed a Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021-2030) to support efforts to reverse the cycle of decline in ocean health and gather ocean stakeholders worldwide behind a common framework. To find out more, click the heading above.

The 18th World Meteorological Congress' Research Day focused on the world's oceans as well as connections between WMO, WCRP, their partner organizations, climate projections, and policy. Click the headline for details.