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Dutch Climate Variability Programme holds a symposium (06 October 2006) 

The Dutch Climate Variability committee and Dutch Global Change Committee are organising the Dutch Climate Variability Symposium, which will be held on 10 October 2006, at the KNAW, Amsterdam. Prof. Jochem Marotzke (Max Plank Institute for Meteorlogy), Prof. Nalân Koç (Norwegian Polar Institute) and Dr. Tim Palmer (ECMWF) are keynote speakers at the one-day symposium. [More...]

The Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change has been published (30 October 2006) 

The most comprehensive review ever carried out on the economics of climate change was published today.

The Review, which reports to the UK Prime Minister and Chancellor, was commissioned by the Chancellor in July last year. It has been carried out by Sir Nicholas Stern, Head of the Government Economic Service and former World Bank Chief Economist.

The WMO Greenhouse Gas Bulletin for 2005 has been published (24 November 2006) 

The Environment Division of WMO’s Atmospheric Research and Environment Programme has recently published the second of a series of WMO-GAW Annual Greenhouse Gas Bulletins. Each year, these bulletins will report the latest trends and atmospheric burdens of the most influential, long-lived greenhouse gases; carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and nitrous oxide (N2O), as well as a summary of the contributions of the lesser gases. It can be accessed from this link.

Call For Abstracts to IUGG XXIV Session on Monsoon System (03 January 2007) 

A Joint Session JMS011 (J11) on the Monsoon System, co-sponsored by IAMAS, IAPSO, IAHS and THORPEX, will be held at the XXIV IUGG Conference in Perugia, Italy. The session conveners, Guoxiong Wu, Bin Wang, Harry Hendon and Peter Webster are calling for abstracts to be submitted by 31 January 2007 through http://www.iugg2007perugia.it/. This session will provide a science forum for WCRP and THORPEX and some relevant research programs and allows scientists to interact more effectively.

The IPCC WG1 Summary for Policymakers has been published (09 February 2007) 

On 02 February 2007, the Working Group 1 (WG1) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fourth Assessment has published its Summary for Policymakers. The WG1 contribution describes progress in understanding of the human and natural drivers of climate change1, observed climate change, climate processes and attribution, and estimates of projected future climate change.

The International Polar Year is officially launched in Paris (02 March 2007) 

The Official Opening Ceremony to launch International Polar Year 2007-2008 took place at the Palais de la Découverte, a famous science museum in central Paris, France. The co-sponsors of IPY, the International Council for Science (ICSU) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) hosted the event. Several countries also had official events to mark the beginning of IPY. For more information, please check the IPY website (http://www.ipy.org).

Call for articles for Exchanges 42 (29 March 2007) 

We would like to invite the CLIVAR community to submit papers to CLIVAR Exchanges for a special issue on Ocean Model Development and Validation. The guest editor will be Professor Peter Killworth. This edition will celebrate Peter's distinguished career and his major contributions to ocean modelling.

The deadline for submissions is Friday 18th May 2007 and papers should not exceed three pages including figures (see http://www.clivar.org/publications/exchanges/guidel.php for guidelines).

WCRP Joint Scientific Committee Meets to Review Progress and Future Directions (16 April 2007) 

The JSC meeting in Zanzibar, Tanzania, 26-30 March 2007, had the aim to determine future directions of WCRP development and to review progress in implementing the WCRP Strategic Framework 2005-2015. An 'Africa Day' had been arranged to invite local scientists to discussions on regional research needs. Particular attention was paid to African climate research as presented by over 30 African participants. [More...]

3rd WCRP International Conference on Reanalysis (09 May 2007) 

The 3rd WCRP International Conference on Reanalysis is planned to take place in Tokyo, Japan from 28th January to 1st February 2008 following an initiative by WCRP, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI) and the University of Tokyo.



Call for papers is available from JRA-25 official web page: http://jra.kishou.go.jp/3rac_en.html

Special edition of Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A (11 June 2007) 

"Ensembles and probabilities: a new era in the prediction of climate change" is a special edition of Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society A of interest for many in the CLIVAR community. This issue is available at a special price of £47.50 (US$90) for the CLIVAR community. This specially discounted price is only available by contacting Debbie Vaughan at the Royal Society direct (debbie.vaughan@royalsoc.ac.uk).