WCRP improves climate predictions and our understanding of human influence on climate through observations & modelling of the Earth system and the policy-relevant assessment of climate conditions
WCRP-JSC letter in support of IPCC
8.3.2010
The members of the WMO/ICSU/IOC Joint Scientific Committee for WCRP issued a letter to its sponsors in support of IPCC Fouth Assessment Report. WCRP is confident that the IPCC process will continue to provide accurate and unbiased assessment of climate change. Read the letter.
ESSP projects at the DW Global Media Forum, June 20103.3.2010
The Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2010 will take place in Bonn, Germany, under the banner: The Heat is On – Climate Change and the Media. The forum’s programme will feature a workshop hosted by WCRP, IHDP, IGBP, DIVERSITAS and ESSP that will debate the effective use of media to creating societal awareness of climate change. Read more.
WCRP and WMO Commission for Climatology: enhancing the use of climate information3.3.2010
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) and the WMO Commission for Climatology (CCl) have adopted a plan to use climate information for emerging social needs relating to adaptation and risk management. At their joint meeting in Antalya, Turkey (18 February 2010), they agreed on a statement that elaborates the implementation plan. The issues being addressed are in line with establishing the Global Framework for Climate Services, decided at World Climate Conference-3. Read the joint statement.
WCRP Open Science Conference 2011 - First Announcement
11.2.2010
The WCRP Open Science Conference will take place in Denver, CO, USA, 24-28 October 2011. This represents an exclusive opportunity to assemble the international scientific community working to advance understanding and prediction of variability and change of the Earth's physical climate system on all space and time scales. Download and circulate the first announcement.
Science article: Decadal climate change caused by Stratospheric Water Vapor 10.3.2010
This study led by Susan Solomon, IPCC WG1 Co-chair for AR4, highlights the role of stratospheric water vapour concentrations in driving decadal variability in the global surface temperature. Read the article.
Article in Science: Hurricanes intensify Under Global Warming, Models Suggest 24.2.2010 A model study, led by US scientists (some of them members of the WCRP/CLIVAR panel) suggests that less, but more-distructive, hurricanes will cross the Atlantic Ocean in this century under greenhouse gas emissions as usual. Read the article.
Article on Nature Geoscience: IOD and ENSO Linkages 23.2.2010 The article, co-authored by members of the WCRP/CLIVAR Pacific and Indian Oceans Panels, suggests an influence of the State of the Indian Ocean Dipole on the following year's El Niño. Read the article.
