We hope that this newsletter finds everyone well in these extraordinary times. Our thoughts are with those affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, which has touched every corner of the globe. If you need any science support to meet the new challenges that we face, please get in touch.
In this issue:
- Lessons learned for a post-COVID-19 future
- WCRP Hamburg Workshop Outcomes
- Call for proposals to host for a Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Office
- Insights into the YESS Community activities for 2020
- Regional climate projections and applications
- WCRP 40th Anniversary Symposium photo
- 2019 WCRP CliC Annual Report
- IndOOS-2: Roadmap to Sustained Observations of the Indian Ocean for 2020-2030
- Selected community, sponsor and partner news and science highlights
Please see our online calendar for the status of meetings and other events.
We wish you a very happy Earth Day!
WCRP Secretariat
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Lessons learned for a post-COVID-19 future
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The Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is having a profound impact on many people, both personally and professionally. The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) looks at the challenges that we currently face and the opportunities that we have for the future. Read more here. |
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WCRP Hamburg Workshop outcomes
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In February 2020, WCRP held a workshop in Hamburg to discuss the implementation priorities and potential new "Lighthouse Activities" for the Programme. These are exciting new directions for WCRP, which will now be discussed and built on within the WCRP community. To find out more, read the full report here. |
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Call for proposals to host a
Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Office
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WCRP is calling for proposals to host a dedicated project office to support Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) activities and its overall coordination. The deadline for proposals is 31 August 2020. For more information, see the Call for Proposals. |
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Insights into the YESS Community activities for 2020
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The Young Earth System Scientists (YESS) Community is planning for the future, with a newly elected leadership and a Strategic Action Plan under consultation. In response to COVID-19, the YESS community invites you to attend a series of online activities to share your science and to encourage scientific interaction. Learn more here. |
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Regional climate projections and applications
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Jason Evans reports on a session on "regional climate projections and applications" at the Australian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society Annual Conference last February. The session highlighted progress in the CORDEX-Australasia domain as well as featuring presentations from a cross-section of projects/studies developing and using regional climate projections. Find out more here. |
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WCRP 40th Anniversary Symposium photo
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Those of you who attended the WCRP 40th Anniversary Symposium in San Francisco last December may remember that a photo was taken of a number of the participants. Hans Volkert (Director of SPARC) has done a phenomenal job of annotating the image with almost all of the names of those present. Click on the image below to link to the latest version of the photo on the WCRP website. Information for the not yet identified persons and corrections should be sent to Hans.Volkert@DLR.de.
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2019 WCRP CliC Annual Report
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The WCRP Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) Project announces the publication of its Annual Report for 2019. It was another productive year for the CliC community and the CliC Annual Report highlights some of the progress and achievements made during the past year. The report gives an overview of CliC activities in 2019 and includes contributions from all of the CliC Projects/Groups Leads and from the WCRP Grand Challenge on “Melting Ice and Global Consequences.“ Find out more here. |
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IndOOS-2: Roadmap to Sustained Observations
of the Indian Ocean for 2020-2030
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The IndOOS-2 report was jointly published by CLIVAR and GOOS in 2019. The IndOOS-2 roadmap is the outcome of a four-year review of the Indian Ocean Observing System, which was initiated at the 2016 Ocean Observations Panel for Climate meeting and which involved more than 60 scientific experts. The next step is to implement an IndOOS-2 that can meet future societal needs for predictability of Indian Ocean climate and ecosystems across time scales from sub-seasonal to decadal and beyond. |
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Sir John Houghton: a great loss
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WCRP note, with great gratitude and admiration, the life of Sir John Houghton, who passed away last week. He had a long and distinguished career as an atmospheric physicist and leading climate change scientist, including in the formative years of WCRP and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Read more here. |
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Selected science highlights
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Selected sponsor and partner news
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- The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is concerned about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the quantity and quality of weather observations and forecasts, as well as atmospheric and climate monitoring. They have set up a dedicated webpage: here.
- This year the 22 April marks the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. WMO is using this occasion to release the final version of the report on the Global Climate 2015-2019.
- WMO reports that depletion of the ozone layer is at an unprecedented level over large parts of the Arctic this spring. Find out more here.
- The International Science Council (ISC) has established a COVID-19 Global Science Portal to share scientific commentary and analysis and provide access to information on various initiatives, highlighting the scale and scope of the COVID-19 response, and encouraging ISC members and partners to collaborate and share best practices during this global emergency.
- The Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO gives its perspective of how the ocean can help us with global health issues: COVID-19: the ocean, an ally against the virus.
- START has a new International Strategic Plan 2019-2024, which strengthens capacities for global change science through integrating skill-building and networking with opportunities for experiential learning. Find out more here.
- The Copernicus State of the European Climate Report available this week. It can be found here.
- The Future Earth Health Knowledge-Action Network is calling for a host to support the Networks’ operations and activities. The deadline is 31 May 2020. Find out more here.
- The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has announced new deadlines for the next stage of the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6), due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and related measures. The government and expert review of the Second Order Draft of the Working Group I (WGI) contribution to the AR6 will be extended by six weeks to 5 June 2020.
- Past Global Changes' (PAGES') 6th Open Science Meeting (OSM) and 4th Young Scientists Meeting (YSM) will be held in Agadir, Morocco, from 16-22 May 2021. The YSM will be held from 16-18 May and the OSM from 18-22 May. Abstract submission and registration open on 1 July 2020.
- The Belmont Forum has announced the launch of a collaborative research call on the theme: Towards Sustainability of Soils and Groundwater for Society. Registration Closes on 23 July 2020. More information can be found here.
- NASA releases a new three-dimensional portrait of methane, the world’s second-largest contributor to greenhouse warming:
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Images: Earth network (Pixabay 1433045); Lighthouse (Pixabay 1838593); CMIP (CMIP Project); Hotel (Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle); WCRP 40th Anniversary Symposium group photo (Narelle van der Wel, Hans Volkert); Early JSC photo (WMO); Earth portrait of Methane (NASA).
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