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ECMWF co-hosts EU Clean Air Forum

ECMWF and the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service are co-hosting the fifth Clean Air Forum in Bonn, Germany, bringing together scientists, policymakers and industry to assess progress to reduce exposure to air pollution and explore how scientific advances support Europe’s clean-air ambitions.
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Reading hosts final events marking ECMWF’s 50th anniversary

ECMWF’s year-long 50th anniversary celebrations will conclude next week (1–3 December) in Reading, UK, with a series of events and the launch of two new publications.
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European collaboration on AI for weather and climate wins HPCwire award

ECMWF and European partners have received the 2025 HPCwire award for “Best Use of AI Methods for Augmenting HPC Applications” for Anemoi, a Python-based framework for creating machine learning (ML) weather forecasting systems.
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ECMWF participates in high-level climate events at COP30

At COP30, ECMWF Director-General Florence Rabier highlighted how closing critical weather and climate data gaps can improve forecasts, strengthen early warnings and deliver global benefits.
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Autumn 2025 Newsletter published

The autumn 2025 issue of the ECMWF Newsletter is now available. As well as news about ECMWF staff and events, it features articles about new developments and the use that can be made of ECMWF products.
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ECMWF co-leads State of Wildfires 2024–25 report

ECMWF co-leads and contributes expertise, tools and data to the State of Wildfires report. The report highlights evidence that climate change is intensifying global wildfires, with major impacts on health, ecosystems, and economies.
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Celebrating the past, present and future at 50th anniversary events in Bologna

ECMWF’s 50th anniversary events continued in the historic city of Bologna, Italy, from 15 to 19 September to reflect on achievements, share expertise, and to look to the future of weather forecasting, environmental monitoring and computing.

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ECMWF makes its entire Real-time Catalogue open to all

ECMWF has made its Real-time Catalogue open, advancing its open data strategy and supporting global efforts to improve early warnings and build resilience.
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ECMWF announces winners of Code for Earth innovation activity

The ECMWF Code for Earth programme reaches its Final Day celebration, recognising the participants and ten winning projects which help address challenges in data visualisation, machine learning, and software development.
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European collaboration on AI for weather and climate shortlisted for two HPCwire Awards

European collaboration on artificial intelligence for weather and climate has been recognised with two nominations in this year’s HPCWire Reader’s Choice Awards and voting for the awards is now open.
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Bologna hosts next in series of ECMWF 50th anniversary events

Part of ECMWF’s year of activities for its 50th anniversary takes place this week (15–19 September) in Bologna, Italy, including a series of workshops the launch of a new publication.

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Reaching JUPITER: ECMWF celebrates the first European exascale supercomputer

Europe’s first exascale supercomputer, JUPITER, at Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany, has gone into operation, marking a significant milestone in high-performance computing for weather and climate research.
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ECMWF at the EMS Annual Meeting 2025

We are participating in the 2025 Annual Meeting of the European Meteorological Society from 7 to 12 September. Find out about our booth and which sessions our staff are involved in as speakers, poster presenters and conveners.

News highlights January-July 2025

News highlights January to July 2025

ECMWF news highlights in the first seven months of 2025 include updates on our Integrated Forecasting System and our Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System, on initiatives in weather science, and on the EU-funded services implemented by ECMWF.
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Summer 2025 Newsletter published

The summer 2025 issue of the ECMWF Newsletter is now available. As well as news about ECMWF staff and events, it features articles about new developments and the use that can be made of ECMWF products.
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New ECMWF Fellows outline plans for collaborative research

ECMWF has appointed three scientists as new Fellows to collaborate on research projects undertaken at the Centre. They add to five scientists whose Fellowships were renewed or started in 2023.
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Work under way on new ECMWF headquarters in Reading, UK

Construction has begun on ECMWF’s new cutting-edge headquarters in Reading, UK, marked by a groundbreaking ceremony on 9 July 2025.
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Next Director-General of ECMWF will drive innovation and collaboration across 35 nations

ECMWF’s Council, representing 35 Member and Co-operating States, has announced the appointment of Dr Florian Pappenberger as the Centre’s next Director-General from 1 January 2026. He will take over the post from Dr Florence Rabier.
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ECMWF’s ensemble AI forecasts become operational

ECMWF has taken the ensemble version of the Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System (AIFS) into operations today, 1 July 2025, to run side by side with the traditional physics-based Integrated Forecasting System (IFS) to advance numerical weather prediction.