Are you going to EGU this year, so is CORDEX

CORDEX together with ESMO and RIfS are organising a Townhall with panel discussions and questions on Innovative Approaches to Observations and Modelling for Improved Climate Information and Services at EGU on Monday 28 April 19.00-20.00 CEST. Read more about the townhall here.

The same day there is also the session Regional Climate Modelling, including CORDEX at 14:00-17.55 CEST with both oral presentations and posters. You can find more information about this session here.

There are also CORDEX presentations in other sessions so check out the full EGU25 programme.

Building Actionable Climate Information for Africa Adaptation

The workshop “Building Actionable Climate Information for Africa Adaptation” is a joint event together with RIfS that will take place in Cape Town, South Africa on 8-11 September, 2025. This workshop is for invited only. It is planned as a pivotal moment in Africa for how to address the critical questions of robust, defensible, and actionable climate information to support Africa’s policy and decision makers. This workshop is the first step to new cross-disciplinary, trans-disciplinary, and cross regional collaborations.

Extended deadline – Call for proposals to host the CORDEX International Project Office

The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is opening a call for proposals to host the International project office of CORDEX.

The Host Institution will significantly benefit from hosting the CORDEX IPO by having a close interaction with this critical domain of research in support of regional downscaling experiments. It will serve as a great opportunity for the host to help deliver the exciting new goals of CORDEX to the international community.

The CORDEX IPO is currently and since 10 years hosted by the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI) in Norrköping, Sweden and it is now time for someone else to take on this important role. WCRP is seeking applications from institutions willing to host the CORDEX IPO from mid 2025 onward.

More information about the call can be found at the WCRP website.

Extended deadline for proposals 31 March 2025

All communications and enquiries regarding this call should be directed in English to Maureen Wanzala (mwanzala@wmo.int) in the WCRP Secretariat.

One more Flagship Pilot Study endorsed!

The Flagship Pilot Study (FPS) proposal  entitled High-resolution downscaling of tropical cyclones in the Caribbean region (HighResTC-CAR) has been endorsed by the CORDEX Science Advisory Team! This is the fifth and final proposal from the 2024 call that is endorsed.

Under Active Flagship Pilot Studies  you can read more about all our active Flagship Pilot Studies.

RIfS and CMIP – Call for members – Joint Task Team on Responsible Data Use

RIfS is seeking experts to join a new task team dedicated to the responsible use of climate data. Engagement from the CORDEX community is highly encouraged, please consider applying!

“The Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) is currently the basis of a large number of efforts to plan for future climate on scales that are not always well-resolved in GCMs, often via derived products that seek to add value regarding additional processes. Given the well-established role of CMIP data, and derived products, to inform decisions at the regional scale, this task team seeks to reduce data misuse by developing recommendations for better means of documenting the limitations of CMIP model outputs for various key applications.

Expected outcome

Identify a first set of limitations that can be communicated.
Identify options for how appropriate uses and potential for misuse can be communicated to the impact and adaptation communities.
Provide recommendations, including preferred options, to the CMIP Panel and RIfS Scientific Steering Group (SSG).
Establish a preliminary framework to develop a more comprehensive response to this problem.”

Read more about the tasks and responsibilities and how to apply on the RIfS website.

Deadline 21 March 17.00 UTC.