Carlos Nobre, WMO SAP member and one of the long-time leaders of the WCRP and IGBP communities, expert in the effects of climate change in the Amazon and a leader in science policy for a sustainable Amazon, received the 2021 AAAS Award for Science Diplomacy.

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Everyone interested to take part in a public review of the draft of the 2021 Status Report on the Global Climate Observing System is welcome. Your input will help shape the global climate observing system in the next 6 years. 

• The review can be accessed at: https://apps.ipcc.ch/comments/gcos/pd/register.php
• Registration is live now, and the review will start on the 15 February.

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A Scientific Officer position at the WCRP Secretariat is available

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Deadline for application: 11th March 2021

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The inaugural WCRP Climate Research Forum “Climate research priorities for the next decade”, which took place at the 2021 Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society (AMOS) Conference on 10 February 2021, was a great success and drew over 200 participants. To find out more, click the heading above.

It is with deep regret that we have learnt of the passing away of Professor Paul Josef Crutzen.

Paul Crutzen, a prominent atmospheric chemist, former Director at the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, and of the Atmospheric Chemistry Division at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, USA, passed away on 28 January 2021.

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