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JSC-33 Report Now Online

The report of the 33rd Session of the WCRP Joint Scietific Committee is available online at: http://www.wcrp-climate.org/documents/JSC33_Report_Final.pdf.

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The ICPO has a new Director!

The International CLIVAR Project Office (ICPO) are delighted to introduce the new ICPO Director, Prof. Roger Barry.

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"Future Earth - research for global sustainability" launched at Rio+20

A new 10-year international initiative on global environmental research for sustainability was successfully launched at the Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for Sustainable Development in Rio De Janeiro on June 14, and shortly afterward at a very well attended side event of the Rio + 20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development. Future Earth will provide a cutting-edge platform to coordinate scientific research which is designed and produced in partnership with governments, business and, more broadly, society. The initiative is scientifically sponsored by an alliance of partners, including the International Council for Science (ICSU), the International Social Science Council (ISSC), the Belmont Forum of funding agencies, UNU, UNEP and UNESCO, with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) as observer.

CLIVAR on Social Media

CLIVAR is now on social media sites Facebook and Twitter. 'Like' or 'follow' us to keep up to date with CLIVAR news.

SOOS Website Now Online

The Southern Ocean Observing System (SOOS) website is now up and running, at http://www.soos.aq.

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Two New US CLIVAR Publications

Two publications have been recently published by US CLIVAR: 1) Assessing Meridional Overturning Circulation Variability; and 2) Understanding the Dynamic Response of Greenland's Marine Terminating Glaciers to Oceanic and Atmospheric Forcing.

Last month's WCRP Global Drought Information System Workshop

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) Drought Interest Group (DIG), together with CLIVAR, GEWEX, GEO, the European Space Agency (ESA), NASA, NSF, and NIDIS, sponsored a WCRP Global Drought Information System (GDIS) workshop in Frascati, Italy, in April 2012, focused on determining the needs and the steps necessary for the development of a GDIS.

WCRP Workshop on Developing a Global Drought Information System

From 11 to 13 April 2012, the WCRP workshop on developing a Global Drought Information System (GDIS) took place on the premises of ESA-ESRIN in Frascati, Italy. This workshop focused on the steps necessary to develop a GDIS that builds upon the extensive world-wide investments that have already been made in developing drought monitoring, drought risk management, and short term climate prediction capabilities. The Global scientific and end-user communities found a place to meet and listen to each other´s stories. The workshop presentations can be found on the workshop webpages.

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Exchanges 58 Now Online

The 58th edition of the CLIVAR Exchanges newsletter - a thematic issue on CLIVAR's ocean basin panels - is now online in our Publications section.

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CLIVAR Town Hall Meeting at the 2012 Ocean Sciences Meeting, 21 February, Salt Lake City USA

Martin Visbeck, CLIVAR SSG co-chair, kicked off the evening event with a brief overview of CLIVAR objectives and organisation. He emphasised that international CLIVAR focused on problems that require international coordination or cooperation and outlined how CLIVAR fits into the bigger scheme of WCRP and the other international Global Change programmes.