Date: 22 February 2024 | Time: 15:00 – 16:30 UTC Join Dirk Notz (University of Hamburg), Marilyn Raphael (University of California), and François Massonnet (UC Louvain) for a webinar on Sea Ice.

The Sixth WCRP International Conference on Reanalysis (ICR6) will take place in Tokyo from 28th October to 1st November 2024 under initiatives from the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), the Japan Meteorological Agency, “Climate change actions with co-creation powered by Regional weather information and E-technology” (ClimCORE), and the University of Tokyo.  Interested contributors are invited to submit an abstract here.  The deadline for submission of abstracts is 24 March 2024 (JST). 

The 11th International Carbon Dioxide Conference (ICDC11) is scheduled to take place in Manaus, Brazil, from July 29th to August 2nd, 2024. This quadrennial event garners extensive international participation from the global carbon cycle and climate research community, establishing itself as a cornerstone gathering within this field. As one of the foremost conferences dedicated to the global carbon cycle, ICDC11 holds significant importance for researchers and practitioners alike, facilitating...

Climate and Cryosphere (ClIC), one of our Core Projects, is launching a series of webinars starting 7 February 2024. These webinars will be held every Wednesday till 1 May 2024.  

The Climate and Ocean Variability, Predictability, and Change International Project Office (CLIVAR IPO) based at the Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, is hiring a Senior Staff Scientist and a Staff Scientist.  Deadline for applications is 01 March 2024. 

Requesting input for this year’s 10 New Insights in Climate Science  New Deadline: February 9 2024 The 10 New Insights in Climate Science series, jointly developed by The Earth League, Future Earth, and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), is an annual synthesis highlighting essential recent advances in climate change research with high policy relevance, from natural and social sciences. This influential policy report has been launched every year since 2017 at the climate COP with...

We are advertising for a new team member at the World Climate Research Programme Secretariat with an entry-level P1 position that is primarily focused on communications. All details and the online application submission are available on the WMO Recruitment site. This is initially for one year, but we hope to secure funds to continue the post after that.  Deadline: 14 February 2024

Join Niklas Boers (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research - PIK), Sonia Kéfi (University of Montpellier), and Chris Boulton (Exeter University) for a webinar on Early Warning Signals.  

The 9th GEWEX Open Science Conference is scheduled to be held in Sapporo, Japan, from 7 July to 12 July, 2024. The abstract submission is now open.   Deadline to submit abstracts: 1 February 2024.

Abstract submission to the 3rd International Conference on “Natural Hazards and Risks in a Changing World – Addressing Compound and Multi-Hazard Risk” is now open. The conference will take place on the 12th and 13th of June, 2024, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. A networking day exclusively for Early Career Researchers is also being planned on 14 June 2024.  

Photo: Image by Gaspard Delaruelle from Pixabay  Abstract submission to the 15th International Meeting on Statistical Climatology (IMSC) is now open. The meeting will be held at the Centre International des Conférences on the Météo-France campus in Toulouse, France, from 24 to 28 June 2024. Abstracts can be submitted free of cost. 

WCRP is calling for nominations for membership of the World Climate Research Programme's Joint Scientific Committee (JSC). Nominations are now open and will close on 15 March 2024. To find out more, click the heading above.

The Digital Earths Lighthouse Activity webinar "Multi-year climate simulations with km-scale NICAM: Strategies, successes, and outlooks" will take place on 16 January 2024 from 21:00 to 22:00 UTC.   Speaker: Dr Daisuke Takasuka, Project Assistant Professor at the University of Tokyo.  

Image: Photo by Lorenzo Castagnone on Unsplash  The Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Core Project of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is inviting applications for its Scientific Steering Group (SSG). SSG Membership may begin in 2024 or at the beginning of 2025 and is for an initial term of four years.   Deadline to apply: 31 March 2024.   For more details about the role and the responsibilities, click here. 

The new International Project Office (IPO) for the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) core project “Regional Information for Society” (RIfS), located in Montréal (Canada) is hiring a Program Manager, a Communication Specialist and a Science Officer. The RIfS Project aims to strengthen ties between research on climate and the information needs of societies and governments. These two roles require some existing French proficiency: Program Manager:

The Climate and Ocean Variability, Predictability, and Change International Project Office (CLIVAR IPO) based at the Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China, is hiring a Senior Staff Scientist.  Deadline for applications is 08 January 2024.  More information on the job specifications and application can be found here.  

Global Tipping Points Report 2023: Discussion with Section Leads Join section leads David Armstrong McKay, Steven Lade, Jonathan Donges, Manjana Milkoreit, Steve Smith, and Caroline Zimm for a webinar on the key insights from the recently launched Global Tipping Points Report. 

With several new initiatives on the way, the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) continues to be a leader in expanding our understanding of climate and the Earth system.

The Sixth WCRP International Conference on Reanalysis (ICR6) will take place in Tokyo from 28 October to 1 November 2024 under initiatives from the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP), the Japan Meteorological Agency, “Climate change actions with co-creation powered by Regional weather information and E-technology” (ClimCORE), and the University of Tokyo.  Dates: 28 October – 1 November, 2024 Venue: Ito International Research Center, The University of Tokyo, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan

The CLIVAR International Project Office hosted by the Ocean University of China, Qingdao, welcomes its new Director Dr Agus Santoso. Agus Santoso is a climate scientist specialising in the dynamics of Indo-Pacific climate variability and change, with broad interest in global thermohaline circulation and climate modelling.  Prior to joining the ICPO, he was a researcher with a PhD in physical oceanography based at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney, Australia.  During the two...

The World Climate Research Programme and Future Earth have convened a statement (to see the full text, click the heading above) from scientists around the world in response to comments regarding fossil fuel phaseout pathways. This statement has been covered in the New York Times. If you are a scientist, it's open for signature below.    SIGN HERE

WCRP SPARC community's new report on carbon footprint reduction is now published!

The World Climate Research Programme My Climate Risk (MCR) Lighthouse Activity is focused on making climate science meaningful at local (community-based) scales. MCR consists of an international network of regional hubs focussed on developing alternatives to existing climate science and institutional frameworks that will inform and facilitate locally-driven climate solutions. In this learning lab initial best practices, lessons learned, and experiences were shared, with opportunities for...

My Climate Risk was well represented at the WCRP Open Science Conference in Kigali, both in-person and online. The only formal MCR event was the Learning Lab, “Democratizing climate science: Making it meaningful at local scales”, led by the Argentina hub with assistance from several other MCR hubs.

The latest edition of GEWEX Quarterly features articles on: AGU H3S Fall Highlights: Webinars, AGU Fall Meeting, and New Member Applications YESS Reporting on Active Engagement at International Science Meetings In Memoriam: Prof. Dr. Ehrhard Raschke Integrated Human-Earth System Modeling by Coupling E3SM and GCAM The Arctic Radiation-Cloud-Aerosol-Surface-Interaction eXperiment (ARCSIX) ... and many other articles To read the Gewex Quarterly, click here.