After an extensive search, we would like to welcome the new Director of the International CLIVAR Monsoon Project Office (ICMPO), Dr. MM Ali. Dr. MM Ali has started his position since September 15, 2017, and can be reached at mm.ali@clivar.org.

The closing date for applications is 20 Dec, 2017. The length of the internship will be 6 months. It is expected that the successful candidate would take up his/her appointment, located in Qingdao from April, 2018.

IV International Conference on El Niño Southern Oscillation: ENSO in a warmer Climate

16-18 October 2018. Guayaquil, Ecuador; Deadline for abstract submission：30th April 2018

Detlef Stammer co-chair of the Scientific Steering Group and Jose Santos Executive Director of the International CLIVAR Project Office visited on 16-18 August the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), in Pune.

Annalisa Bracco co-chair of the Scientific Steering Group and Jose Santos Executive Director of the International CLIVAR Project Office attended the 2017 US CLIVAR Summit held at Baltimore in August.

CLIVAR and FIO met to plan Trainning Opportunities for Early Career Scientists on July 10, 2017. The object of the meeting was to discuss the possibility of stablishing a biannual CLIVAR-IOC/ODC Joint Summer School, beginning in the summer of 2018.

The Open Science Conference in New York from 10-14 July groups top scientists, city planners, coastal zone developers and managers and other stakeholders who will brainstorm on how to strengthen climate change adaptation and disaster resilience.