WCRP's Regional Information for Society (RIfS) Global Extremes Platform (GEP) is pleased to share with you the first Annual Assessment of Weather and Climate Extremes (AWCE) report.

This report offers a new, integrated perspective on the weather and climate extremes experienced in 2025, placing individual events and extreme conditions in their longer-term historical context and examining them in the context of a changing climate. It brings together extreme-event monitoring, long-term trend analysis, event attribution, regional assessments, physical drivers and dynamical mechanisms, and detailed case studies within a single, coherent framework.

Read the  Annual assessment of Weather and Climate Extremes (AWCE): 2025 in context. WCRP Publication No: 04/2026.

 

On 11 October, around 120 early career researchers, senior scientists and editors met at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune for the APARC Early Career Researcher Workshop, “The ECR Nexus: Connecting Voices, Tools, and Science to Society”. The programme included a keynote on artificial intelligence and machine learning in Earth sciences, a panel on career paths within and beyond academia, a “Meet the Editors” session, and a hands-on tutorial on the Earth System Model Evaluation Tool (ESMValTool). Participants also discussed funding, mobility, access to data and computing resources, and how research can connect more closely with society.

The call welcomes nominations, including self-nominations, to help strengthen the SSG’s regional, disciplinary, gender and career-stage representation. Applications are particularly encouraged from underrepresented regions and individuals with expertise in stakeholder engagement.

SSG members will contribute to the strategic development and coordination of the WCRP RIfS research, helping advance climate information that responds to regional needs and supports decision-making.

• Deadline: 16 October 2026, 12:00 UTC
• Self-nominations are welcome.
• Learn more about the open call here.
• Apply for RIfS Core Project (SSG) here.

 A three-day, in-person hackathon analyzing how the new generation of CMIP7 models represents historical trends and multidecadal variability, is organized by the  CLIVAR CEMT-MV research foci, from 6 to 8 January 2027. The hackathon will be held at three hubs (Boulder, Taipei and Tokyo) over the same three days. It will consist of some lectures and tutorials on CMIP data analysis with the majority of the time spent hacking.

Participation is by application, and applications are due October 24th, 2026 and notification will be received in late October / early November. The hackathon is open to all career stages.

For more detail and to apply visit the event website.