The World Meteorological Organization Science and Innovation Department is looking for a Department Director (Grade D2), for a 2-year period, in Geneva (Switzerland).
Responsible to the Executive Management (Secretary-General, Deputy Secretary-General and Assistant Secretary-General), the incumbent is accountable for the management of the Science and Innovation (SI) Department and ensures that the Department carries out its work as an integral part of the Secretariat and with smooth collaboration with the Departments and Regional Offices.
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The United Nations General Assembly adopted without a vote was a resolution titled “Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences, 2025–2034” (document A/78/L.99). By its terms, the Assembly proclaimed the Decade of Action for Cryospheric Sciences to address the challenges associated with melting glaciers and changes to the cryosphere by advancing related scientific research and monitoring.
Introducing that text, the representative of France, speaking also on behalf of Tajikistan, spotlighted the vulnerability of glaciers and poles to climate change and their role in regulating climate, ocean levels and preserving biodiversity. Describing the cryosphere — the frozen components of the Earth’s system — as “an essential resource for our planet’s equilibrium”, she said that more than 30 countries, with the support of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), have launched an international appeal for the poles and glaciers, committing to launch a Decade of Cryospheric Sciences from 2025 to 2034. “This UN Decade will provide a political impetus needed to make this issue a priority on the multilateral agenda,” she said.
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The Eighth WMO International Workshop on Monsoons (IWM-8), jointly organized by WWRP, WCRP, the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES), Government of India, in cooperation with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) and the International Monsoons Project Office (IMPO), will be held at Pune, India during 17-21 March 2025, both on-site and virtually. IWM-8 will focus on Advancing the Understanding & Prediction of Monsoons and their Impacts in a Changing Climate and will emphasize on addressing monsoon impacts as part of the societal challenges prioritized by the WWRP and WCRP.
Interested people are invited to submit their abstracts online by 30 September 2024.
- For more information and abstract submission, please visit the workshop website: https://wmo-iwm8.tropmet.res.in/
- To read the first circular, click here.
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Antarctic sea ice is on track to be at extreme deficit for the second consecutive winter. In response, polar scientists are calling for urgent global action and a commitment towards the Antarctica InSync programme. The Call for Action is an outcome of the School on Polar Climates: Theoretical, Observational and Modelling Advances, which ran from 22 to 27 July at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy.
Professor Detlef Stammer, the Chair of World Climate Research Programme Joint Scientific Committee (WCRP JSC) visited Australia and New Zealand in June 2024 to present WCRP’s work and engage with the climate scientists and funders in these countries. His visit was aimed at informing the community about the developments within WCRP.
He visited the Antarctic Research Centre at the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century in Melbourne, Australian Antarctic Partnership Program in Hobart, University of New South Wales Climate Change Research Centre and Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes in Sydney, and Australian Academy of Science in Canberra.
His visits triggered several workshops and roundtable discussions organized by the host institutions where Detlef presented WCRP’s work including its two new lighthouse activities and the WCRP Academy to the audience. He participated in discussions around the priorities, gaps, opportunities and challenges in climate science in New Zealand, Australia and in the world, and also interacted with several early- and mid-career researchers about how to get involved in WCRP’s work.
Several action items were identified focusing on forging new or closer partnerships between WCRP, research institutes and programs in Australia and New Zealand, such as national academies of sciences. Publishing white papers around actionable climate science and climate change adaptation in New Zealand were also agreed on by the participants.
Read the full report here.
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