The two-day scientific conference “Ecosystem services of green building envelopes – observations and modelling” aims to present both model studies and observations at different spatial scales, from the leaf level to the city scale, and at different temporal scales, from short-term to long-term studies. The meeting is organized in the framework of the bilateral research project GREENVELOPES (Carbon and water exchange of green building envelopes) jointly carried out by CNRM (Météo-France/CNRS) and Technische Universität Braunschweig.
The conference will focus on ecosystem processes and ecosystem services provided by green building envelopes, i.e. roofs and walls. We invite results from both observational and modelling studies.
For more information, visit https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/geooekologie/institut/klima/forschung/greenvelopes/conference
The 8th International Baltic Earth Winter School on “Earth System Science for the Baltic Sea Region” is co-organised by the Tallinn University of Technology and the University of Tartu under the umbrella of Baltic Earth (www.baltic.earth) and will take place from 23 – 27 March 2026 at the Park Inn by Radisson Central Tallinn, Estonia
The interdisciplinary school will provide a broad overview of ongoing research activities on the Earth system in the Baltic Sea region and will cover the processes and variability from micro- to global scale and from short-term to climate timescale. All compartments of the Earth system, such as the atmosphere, ocean, sea ice, land surface, and terrestrial and marine ecosystems will be discussed.
Deadline for registration: 15 January 2026
For additional information visit https://www.gewexevents.org/meetings/be-8th-winter-school/
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has opened registration for experts to serve as Expert Reviewers for the First-Order Draft (FOD) of the Special Report on Climate Change and Cities (SRCities). This upcoming report, part of the IPCC’s 7th Assessment Cycle (AR7), aims to deepen understanding of how cities can mitigate and adapt to climate change.
Join this informational webinar to learn how Asia-Pacific urban experts can actively contribute to the global review process. IPCC Co-Chairs, Prof. Joy Jacqueline Pereira and Prof. Winston Chow, will discuss the review process, the role of expert reviewers, and ways in which urban specialists can share insights that shape the final report.
This workshop organized by the National Academies will convene participants from across the Earth observations community to exchange ideas on enhancing coordination, collaboration, and governance mechanisms to support a more robust ecosystem for the creation, curation, and operation of Earth observations and associated tools. In particular, the workshop will explore the respective roles of the public sector, for-profit and not-for-profit private sectors, philanthropy, and academia in developing strategies for addressing challenges and opportunities for resilient Earth observations and data across the growing breadth of Earth observation providers, data, applications, and users.
Among the subjects the workshop may consider are:
- Legal, institutional, and practical factors across sectors that either facilitate or impede effective coordination and partnerships;
- Strategies for transparent and strategic decision-making in the collection, stewardship, and governance of Earth observations; and
- Innovative approaches to data sharing that promote productive engagement and interoperability among diverse stakeholders.
Following on from the highly successful previous conferences WCO, WCO2, WCO3 and WCO4, the 5th Workshop on Convective Organization (WCO5) will examine our present knowledge of convective organization in models and observations.
Sessions and central meeting themes:
- Extreme precipitation events
- Convective organization over land
- Organization of convection on global k-scale models
- Artificial intelligence applied to convective organization
- Cold-pool driven convective organization
- Shallow and congestus convective organization (over ocean and land)
- Convective organization feedback on climate
- Convective organization and tropical waves
For more information, visit the meeting website at https://www.gov.br/inpe/en/events/wco5
Summer School on Runoff Predictions in Ungauged Basins
Dates: 22–26 June 2026
Location: Vienna, Austria
Application Deadline: 1 May 2026
This summer school is devoted to runoff prediction in ungauged basins (PUB), i.e., predicting water runoff at locations where no runoff data are available. This lack of data presents considerable challenges to catchment managers who require information on water flows for decision making. This course will provide hydrologists with the theory and methods to address this critical challenge.
Masters and Ph.D. students researching catchment hydrology and practicing hydrologists who are challenged by making predictions in the absence of runoff data are invited to apply.
The impact of Initialized Land Temperature and Snowpack on Sub-Seasonal to Seasonal Prediction (LS4P) Phase II focuses on the Rocky Mountain LST/SUBT effect on S2S prediction and the interaction between Tibetan Plateau Index (TPI) and Rocky Mountain Index (RMI).
This project (LS4P-II) intends to address two questions:
- Where are the hot spot regions of the surface temperature anomaly in the western US, mainly in the Rocky Mountain region, in the S2S prediction? How do the RMI and TPI synergistically affect global S2S predictability
- What is the relative role and uncertainties in the LST/SUBT processes versus in SST in S2S prediction? How do they synergistically affect global S2S predictability?
To know more about the LS4P project visit https://www.gewex.org/LS4P-ii/.
The 3rd GEWEX/LS4P-II International Workshop” will take place at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans at Room Strand 12AB on Sunday 14 December 2025 from 9:00 – 17:00 CST.
To participate in this hybrid workshop send a message to yxue@GEOG.UCLA.EDU.
Measuring and understanding Eart Energy Imbalance (EEI), its time variability, and long-term trend is essential to understanding the current state of our planet and predicting its future evolution. Under its Data and Analysis Panel (GDAP), the World Climate Research Programme’s (WCRP) core project Global Energy and Water Exchanges (GEWEX) initiated the “Earth Energy Imbalance assessment”. The GEWEX-EEI assessment’s objective is to evaluate the quality and the uncertainty of current EEI estimates. It focuses mainly on two sources of data: 1) observations of the TOA radiative fluxes from space radiometry and 2) observations of the ocean heat content from in situ data, satellite altimetry, space gravimetry and ocean reanalysis.
The approach adopted in the GEWEX-EEI assessment is to design an intercomparison of EEI estimates and associated uncertainty. This intercomparison enables progress on:
- Assessing the quality of different EEI records
- Understanding the sources of uncertainty in different EEI estimates
- Understanding the causes for the spread in EEI estimates
- Quantifying and understanding EEI time variability including trends
- Improving regional earth energy and heat uptake estimates
Main Goals for this workshop:
- Assess closure of Earth’s energy budget from the top of the atmosphere to the bottom of the ocean.
- Advance our understanding of the causes of ocean heat content and energy balance variations.
- Explain the spread across EEI estimates; derive and recommend methods that reduce and quantify EEI uncertainty.
- Identify gaps, challenges and opportunities for the EEI observing system of the future.
EEI assessment Workshop Themes include:
Theme 1: Science of Earth’s Energy Imbalance
Theme 2: Advances in global and regional estimation of ocean heat content
Theme 3: Earth radiation at the TOA, surface and in the atmosphere
Theme 4: Earth’s heat inventory – deep ocean, land, atmosphere and cryosphere
Theme 5: Energy and Water Cycle Linkages and their impact on EEI
Theme 6: Future Ocean, ERB & EEI Observing Systems
For more information and abstract submission (opens in November 2025) visit https://climatesciences.jpl.nasa.gov/events/20260601-workshop/index.html.
The 46th Scientific Assembly of the Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) and Associated Events is hosted by the Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) in Florence, Italy, and will take place from 1 – 9 August 2026.
The COSPAR Scientific Assembly serves as a platform for scientists, researchers, engineers, and space professionals from around the world to gather and present their latest research findings, exchange knowledge, and discuss advancements in space science and technology. Continuing the legacy of one of the most successful COSPAR Scientific Assembly held in Busan in 2024, Florence 2026 guarantees a most fruitful, amusing, and memorable Assembly for all participants.
For additional information and abstract submission visit https://cospar2026.org/
The 6th Baltic Earth conference 2026 is hosted by the International Baltic Earth Secretariat at IOW and IOPAN, and will take place from 13 – 17 April 2026 at the Seetelhotel Villa Esplanade mit Aurora and Seetelhotel Pommerscher Hof, located in Heringsdorf on the Usedom Island, Germany.
The Baltic Earth scientific network strives to achieve an improved Earth System understanding of the Baltic Sea region as the basis for science-based management in the face of climatic, environmental and human impact in the region. Baltic Earth brings together a broad international research community around scientific issues relevant for societal efforts to achieve sustainability in the region. Baltic Earth targets the atmosphere, land and marine environment of the Baltic Sea, its drainage basin and nearby areas with relevance for the Baltic Sea region. Baltic Earth has entered a new phase, called Baltic Earth 2.0. It is characterized by a new secretariat shared between Germany and Poland and revised research topics, which will be the foci of the conference.
The conference sessions reflect the research themes of the new Baltic Earth 2.0 science plan. The topics listed below are preliminary and indicate the scope of the conference.
- Climate variability and teleconnections
- Small-scale (submesoscale) processes and their impacts
- Natural hazards and their impacts
- Sea level and coastal change
- Biogeochemistry of the Baltic Sea – Linking observations and modelling
- Multiple drivers of Earth system changes
- Marginal Seas – Humans and Environment
- Future projections of the Baltic Sea region
- Philosophical aspects related to Baltic Sea Earth system research
For detailed information, visit the official website at https://baltic.earth/events/details/heringsdorf2026
