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.
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