A new vacancy notice is available on e-recruitment for a new 2-year fixed term position as Scientific Officer at WMO (Atmospheric Environment Research (AER) Division) in Geneva, Switzerland. To find out more see here.

Closing date: 8 August 2022.

The 2023 ICRC-CORDEX conference will take place 25-29 September in Trieste, italy, with a physical conference hub in Pune, India.

Part of the conference program will be held separately and part together online.

The conference web site is now launched at icrc-cordex2023.cordex.org

COSPAR is happy to announce the winners of its 2022 Awards, to be presented during the 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly in Athens, Greece. COSPAR bestows a number of medals and awards each year – some jointly with other institutions or space agencies – upon endorsed candidates of merit. Scientists who have made an outstanding contribution to space research and are working in any of the fields covered by COSPAR are eligible. The coveted COSPAR Awards are aimed at encouraging space science and exploration research and are an important step to achieve international cooperation in the field. This year’s nominees have come from a wide range of backgrounds and after careful consideration by the Awards Committee, Bureau, and partner organizations the following selection has
been made.

A complete list of citations and a brief description of COSPAR are included in the full press release. Previous citations for honors awarded at COSPAR Assemblies can be found online.

To be presented on 18 July during the 44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly
16 – 24 July 2022, Athens, Greece.

The information on CORDEX CMIP6 simulation status is now available.

Regional simulations/downscalings of CMIP that are planned for each domain can be seen at https://wcrp-cordex.github.io/simulation-status/

The simulations status is listed as:

• Full list of simulations
• Summary by domain
• Summary by scenario
• Summary by experiment

This simulation status platform will be a living site and evolve as simulations are completed, status changed or new simulation plans are added. For additions or updates, please give your input here.

Special Sessions for Early Career Researchers in Sustainability Science

When: 16:00-17:20 on 1 July (Taipei, UTC+8)
            10:00-11:00 on 15 July (Taipei, UTC+8)
            19:00-20:20 on 29 July 2022 (Taipei, UTC+8)

The Early Career Researchers (ECR) working group of Future Earth Taipei is now organizing a series of talks with other Future Earth Global Secretariat Hubs, and sharing the sustainability and climate change research outcomes produced by ECRs. The next collaborative talk will be organized with the France Hub from 16:00-17:20 on 1 July 2022 (UTC+8), focused on the carbon issues. Another talk series on climate change and mitigation and justice will be held from 10:00-11:00 on 15 July (UTC+8). In addition, the Taipei Hub will collaborate with the Canada Hub for the first time to organize a joint talk on digital sustainability from 19:00-20:20 on 29 July (UTC+8). Find the links for registration here for the upcoming ECR talks series, join the conversation, and look for opportunities for collaboration!

Webinar Series on Global Sustainability: Navigating DRR Solutions for Securing Resilient Futures – Spotlight on Floods

When: 16:00-17:00 on 4 July 2022 (Taipei, UTC+8)

Organized by the Risk Working Group of Future Earth Taipei and the Global Secretariat Hub Taipei, this innovative webinar will be held from 16:00-17:00 on 4 July 2022 (UTC+8) by engaging various stakeholders in the discussions to learn about United Nations University‘s large-scale research project, Climate Resilience Initiative. This webinar aims to engage the audience and exchange personal experiences and observations in the discussion. Find more information here.

The online workshop between the 26 – 30 September, hosted by BIPM and WMO, is open to experts and stakeholders active in the fields of climate science, observations, GHG mitigation and measurement, modeling and measurement science willing to contribute to the development of recommendations on key technical challenge areas for metrology in these fields.

The meeting is being held virtually. Call for presentations and posters for the workshop is now open. The abstract submission deadline is June 30th.

For more information please wisit the event website.

(1) New S-RIP dataset “RID”

Patrick Martineau has prepared a new reanalysis intercomparison dataset (RID) for S-RIP Phase 2. This is an extended version of the dynamical part of Martineau et al. (2018, https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-10-1925-2018).

See more information in this PDF here or find the same information here.

(2) Updated version of “ERA5 back extension (*1959* -1978)” now available

Updated version of “ERA5 back extension (*1959* -1978)” becomes available. (A further extension from 1940 to 1958 is currently in production.)

For the details, see this website and for data access, see this website.

The deadline for abstract submission to the 6th WGNE Workshop on Systematic Errors in Weather and Climate Models, ECMWF, Reading, 31 October to 4 November 2022. Has been extended.

Abstracts are due 13 June 2022.

The workshop brings together a wide range of experts on simulating the Earth System including atmosphere, ocean, waves, land-surface, atmospheric composition, cryosphere, and associated disciplines to advance the understanding of systematic simulation errors at all timescales. A particular emphasis is given to identifying errors in complex coupled systems and to understand their root causes. Progress in diagnosing and addressing systematic errors using a wide range of tools ranging from classical methods to advanced technologies such as data assimilation and machine learning / AI will be documented. The workshop will encourage an active discussion on relative merits of active development of physical models and parametrisations to address systematic errors versus bias correction methods. Please see the website for additional details on the topics of interest and format.

Early career researchers from selected countries will be able to enter a competition for best abstracts for oral presentations. The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is pleased to offer funding for travel to ECMWF (UK) to the winners of the competition. Please see here for details.

We are delighted to invite you to the following event in the Tipping Element Discussion Series: 

Paleoclimate insights on societal collapse 
How did climate influence the collapse of ancient civilizations? 

3 June 2022, 17:30 – 19:00 CEST 

Join AIMES, Earth Commission, Future Earth and the WCRP Safe Landing Climates Lighthouse Activity for the Paleo focused webinar in a series that aims to advance the knowledge about tipping elements, irreversibility, and abrupt changes in the Earth system. This event will look at paleo insights on climate change and how it has impacted societies – sometimes leading to their collapse. 

Presentations : 

• Collapse of complex societies – Joseph Tainter (Utah State University) 
• How climate change impacted ancient civilizations- Ann Kinzig (Arizona State University) 

Moderated by Timothy Lenton (University of Exeter)

REGISTER:  https://tipping-series-positive-paleo-collaps.confetti.events 

The 2nd GCOS Climate Observation Conference (17-19 October 2022, Darmstadt Germany) will gather experts of climate science, climate observations, technology innovation, data scientists, climate services, users of data information and funding agencies to discuss and develop pathways towards a fit-for-purpose climate observing system for 2050 and beyond.

The call for abstracts is open until 1 June. 

Six themes are proposed for the submissions and are the basis for the Conference sessions: 

• Climate Observing Networks
• Climate Extremes and Tipping points
• Climate Observations to support Climate Policies
• Climate Data Records
• Data Processing and Management
• The Global Climate Observing system in the future: GCOS 2050

Travel grants will be available for early career researchers coming from the Global South and presenting abstracts. 

Do not miss the recent updates on the Climate Symposium here and do not forget to submit your abstract before the 1st June!