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ECMWF has been invited to showcase its two Copernicus services at the Ballon Generali de Paris today, 29 April, marking the start of an exciting new five-year scientific partnership with insurance company Generali.

A week of events in Bonn, Germany, from 7 to 11 April 2025 to mark ECMWF’s 50th anniversary has provided tantalising insights into the present and future of weather forecasting.

The spring 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.

The 2024 European State of the Climate (ESOTC) report has been published by the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service, implemented by ECMWF, and the World Meteorological Organization.

Part of ECMWF’s year of activities for its 50th anniversary take place this week (7–11 April) in Bonn, Germany, including a series of workshops and seminars and the launch of three new publications.

Our scientists have developed a new tool for improved wildfire prediction using machine learning (ML), as set out in a paper published on 1 April 2025 in Nature Communications.

ECMWF highlights two ambitious international competitions on the occasion of World Meteorological Day on 23 March: the AI Weather Quest on sub-seasonal weather forecasts and the 2025 edition of Code for Earth to develop innovative open-source software.

ECMWF is bringing forward the full transition to open data by an entire year, to 1 October 2025, marking a significant milestone in its commitment to making weather data more accessible and impactful.

Launched in May 2024, the EarthCARE satellite’s unique combination of instruments – a radar, a lidar, an imager and a broadband radiometer – will improve the modelling of clouds, aerosols and precipitation in a number of different ways.

ECMWF’s seasonal forecasts are based on our medium-range forecasts but extend to seven to thirteen months. Stephanie Johnson has a key role in developing and optimising the seasonal forecasting system.