45th Session of the Joint Scientific Committee (JSC)

27 - 30 May 2024

 Overview documents
 

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 Reporting templates:

 Annual Budgeting Process

 Reports and presentations
 Day 1: 27 May 2024 ReportsPresentations
 1. JSC Opening Session
  • Opening and Goal of JSC-45 from JSC Chair and Vice-Chair
  • Welcome and comments from co-sponsors
  • Welcome from local authorities
  • Welcome on behalf of WCRP Secretariat and guidelines for participants and logistics of JSC-45
  • Approval of Agenda
 

 

 2. WCRP OSC Outcomes
 3. WCRP Science and Implementation Plan   
  • Plans and timeline with regards to finishing the WCRP Science and Implementation Plan
  • Status WCRP Branding
  • New approach to annual budgeting
   
 4. Strategic initiatives and Issues: Update and Discussion    
 4.1 WCRP Budget and Cycles Team     
 4.2 Status of CMIP 7 and Scenarios  CMIP Report (1 May)  
 4.3 Monsoons activities     
 4.4 Outcome of CliC Review    
 5. Presentations and Discussion of WCRP core activities
 Part 1 : WCRP Academy  Academy Report (3 May)  
 Part 2 : Lighthouse Activities  
 - Climate Intervention    
 - GPEX  GPEX report (30 April)  
 - Explaining and Predicting Earth System Change  EPESC report (7 May)  

 

 Reports and presentations
 Day 2:  28 May 2024 ReportsPresentations
 5. Presentations and Discussion of WCRP core activities (cont)
 - Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity  SLC report (6 May)  
 - My Climate Risk Lighthouse Activity    
 - Digital Earth Lighthouse Activity  Digital Earth Report (2 May)  Digital Earth ( Draft, 2 May)
  Part 3 : Core projects
 - Atmopheric Processes and their Role in Climate (APARC)     
 - Earth System Modelling and Observations (ESMO)   ESMO report (5 May)  
 - Regional Information for Society (RIfS) (including CORDEX and Global Extremes Platform)   CORDEX report (2 May)  
 - Climate and Cryosphere (CliC)   CliC report (1 May)  
 - Climate and Ocean Variability, Predictability and Change (CLIVAR)     
 - Global Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX)    
 Part 4 : Discussion
 Improving connections between core activities    

 

 Reports and presentations
Day 4:  30 May 2024 ReportsPresentations
 6. Early and mid-career career researcher
  • Review of EMCR status and recommendations
  • ECS networks (YESS etc.) 
 

 

 7. Global Fellowships
  • General Concept of Global Fellowships
  • Status of the 2024 call focussed on Africa
  • Preparation of the next calls
   
  8. Partner Interactions
 - Future Earth
  • Global collaborations
  • Collaborations with Research Project (PAGES, SOLAS, AIMS, IMBER, iLEAPS
   
 - WCRP & IPCC
  • AR7 agenda and organisation
  • Key topics for which new information is needed from WCRP, e.g., through assessment papers.
  • Interest for common expert workshop on some topics (e.g., tipping points, CI)
   
  - WMO
  • Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS)
    Mutual interests, ongoing or required collaborations, next steps
  • World Weather Research Programme
  • Global Atmosphere Watch
   
 - Partnerships: General discussion

 Including input from GCOS, GOOS, OOPC, Space agencies (NSF, NASA, EUMETSAT), USGCRP, Copernicus, APN, Belmont, GEO, SCOR, SCAR…

   
 9. JSC Task Team on Budgeting - Proposal for 2025 Budget
 10. WCRP Secretariat    
 11. Closing Remarks