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Around 40 scientists working on a range of impacts due to climate change gathered at the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) to inform, brainstorm, and exchange ideas. The Workshop on High-Risk Cascading Shocks, organized by members of the Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity of WCRP, took place from 18 to 20 November, 2024. The enthusiasm among the participants was palpable as they worked together on forming a forward-looking agenda for their work in the coming years.
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More than a dozen organizations have signed an open letter to leaders at COP29, emphasizing that exceeding the 1.5°C threshold risks will trigger irreversible and uncontrollable shifts in the Earth’s climate system, with catastrophic consequences for both current and future generations. Tune in to the media event, which will take place at the Cryosphere Pavilion at COP29 on Friday, 22 November, at 10:00 AM local time in Baku (7:00 AM CET): https://iccinet.org/cop29-november-22. The event will be streamed live and made available later on the International Cryosphere Climate Initiative (ICCI) YouTube channel.
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The Global Carbon Project (GCP) published the Global Carbon Budget 2024 yesterday at the 29th Conference of the Parties in Baku, Azerbaijan. You can find the key messages on the GCP website and the preprint on the Earth Systems Science Data website.
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- Pan-Australia Kilometre-Scale Weather and Climate Modelling: Bridging the Tropics and Midlatitudes - 19 November 2024, 21:00-22:00 UTC. Register here. (Digital Earths Webinar series)
- The LIAISE Land Surface Model Inter-comparison: What Goes Wrong When These Models Are Run at km-Scale Resolutions? - 2 December 2024, 15:00 UTC. Register here for this webinar (Digital Earths webinar series on high-resolution land model and land-atmosphere coupling)
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Stéphane Hallegatte, Senior Climate Change Adviser at the World Bank Group, will be at the World Meteorological Organization to deliver a keynote on Climate and Economic Modeling: Lessons from 60 Country Climate and Development Reports and Key Knowledge Gaps.
In his lecture, he will draw from his experience at the World Bank to highlight what works and what doesn't, in the climate and economic modeling realm. This lecture is part of a series of workshops (invite-only, in-person) organized by the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and S&P Global.
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5 November 2024, 15:00-16:30 CET
Join us for the next webinar in the Tipping Points Discussion Series, which will explore the origins of model uncertainties and shift the focus from asking when a model is "good enough" to considering when it becomes too unrealistic to be useful. The webinar will include two talks by Dave Stainforth (London School of Economics) and Thomas Stocker (University of Bern) and will be moderated by Gabi Hegerl (University of Edinburgh). Register now!
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It is with sadness that we announce the passing away of Dr Pierre Morel. Pierre, as well as a distinguished scientist in his own right, was the first Director of WCRP as well as a founding member of WCRP's GEWEX Core Project.