The WCRP ESMO core project is poised to embark on an ambitious new phase of Earth system modelling and observational activities, as outlined at the project's first official series of meetings at the German Climate Computing Centre (DKRZ) on 18-22 March 2024. During this first meeting, ESMO framed the future direction of the project, with an initial focus on three key aspects: better integration of observational and modelling activities, improved coordinated collaboration between different working groups and related WCRP initiatives, and the seamless incorporation of emerging topics within the existing workflow.

Early in the week, the Panel of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP) met to make crucial proposals on the design of the forthcoming CMIP7 exercise, that will feed into the next assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Following the ESMO plenary sessions, the Working Group on Climate Modelling (WGCM), which reviews and fosters development of climate and Earth System models and their intercomparison, held their annual meeting and endorsed the CMIP proposals.

Materials:
Agenda of the meeting's plenary
Summary of the SSG, WGCM & CMIP side meetings
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