The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) invites applications for the position of Programme Manager for the International Project Office for Coordinated Regional Downscaling Experiment (CORDEX-IPO), to be hosted jointly by the European Space Agency (ESA) and University of Cape Town (UCT).

CORDEX goals are: 

• To better understand relevant regional/local climate phenomena, their variability and changes, through downscaling.
• To evaluate and improve regional climate downscaling models and techniques
• To produce coordinated sets of regional downscaled projections worldwide
• To foster communication and knowledge exchange with users of regional climate information

The Programme Manager you will be responsible for supporting coordination, planning, development, and implementation of the activities of CORDEX and leading on implementation of operations of the IPO as well as facilitating active CORDEX IPO liaison between the climate observations and modelling communities.

To know more about the position and to apply, see the details available in the call. Application closing date: May 30, 2026

Join us in the upcoming Safe Landing Climates (SLC) and Research on Climate Intervention WCRP Lighthouse webinar: "Exploring climate interventions and the science-policy interface", on May 25, 2026 (14:00 - 15:30 UTC). Click here to register. 

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The APARC (Atmospheric Processes and their Role in Climate) Core Project General Assembly will take place at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology in Pune (India) and online, from 12–16 October 2026. An Early Career Researcher (ECR) event will be organized on 11 October 2026 at IITM, Pune, specifically for early career researchers and students.

Interested participants are invited to submit an abstract of their proposed paper (oral as well as poster) by 30^th April 2026. The abstract (of 200 to 300 words) should be submitted after registering at https://aparc2026.tropmet.res.in/login.

To know more about the conference, please visit the APARC General Assembly website.

 

We are pleased to announce that the 2026 call for nominations to the International Science Council (ISC) Fellowship is now open. Nominations for the next intake of ISC Fellows can be submitted by 22 May 2026 and the new Fellows will be announced in July 2026. The ISC Fellowship recognizes scientists, science-policy leaders and distinguished individuals who have made outstanding contributions to advancing science as a global public good, particularly at the international level.

Further information including the brochure, terms of reference for the Fellowship, nomination criteria and the nomination form are available on the ISC website.

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We are delighted to announce that the CORDEX International Project Office (CORDEX-IPOC) will be hosted jointly by the European Space Agency (ESA) in Oxford, UK - with the Working Arrangement now completed—and the University of Cape Town (UCT), with the Working Arrangement  to be finalized in the coming days.

This new structure ensures robust international collaboration, coordination and continued excellence in coordinating CORDEX’s global efforts on regional climate downscaling, model evaluation, projections, and user engagement worldwide.

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