ECMWF joins global partnership to strengthen early warning systems
ECMWF joins the Risk-informed Early Action Partnership (REAP) to strengthen early warning systems and anticipatory action.
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ECMWF Council highlights progress on forecasting, resilience and future capability
The ECMWF Council discussed future priorities, including collaboration with Member States, advances in forecasting and AI, investments in computing, and progress towards a more connected European meteorological infrastructure.
More people at risk from hazardous heat as global heat stress intensifies
New research shows how the frequency, severity, and duration of heat stress have accelerated and intensified across the globe since around 1970, affecting health and livelihoods.
World first as ECMWF brings cloud radar data into its global forecasting system
ECMWF becomes the first weather forecasting centre to assimilate cloud radar data, improving how clouds are represented in global forecasts.
ECMWF Annual Report 2025 published
The ECMWF Annual Report 2025 highlights a year of significant achievements, including the operationalisation of the AIFS, the opening of the Real-time Catalogue, and ECMWF’s 50th anniversary.
ECMWF expands Machine Learning Project (MLP) with new partners
ECMWF expands its Machine Learning Project, welcoming Latvia, Slovenia and Morocco and strengthening collaboration across national meteorological services to advance machine learning in weather forecasting.
Spring 2026 Newsletter published
The ECMWF spring Newsletter 2026 is available to read.
ECMWF appoints two Deputy Director-Generals to further enhance coordination across science, operations and digital infrastructure
The appointments strengthen ECMWF’s leadership at a time of rapid scientific and digital transformation, in response to increasing demands for integrated, end-to-end capabilities from Member and Co-operating States. The move reinforces the Centre’s ability to deliver world‑leading science and operational weather, environmental and climate services, for and with its Member and Co-operating States.
Annual Report 2025
The ECMWF Annual Report 2025 is now online, highlighting advances in forecasting, machine learning, open data and major European initiatives. It also summarises ECMWF’s 50th anniversary, celebrating five decades of scientific innovation, collaboration and leadership in weather and climate prediction.
New ORAS6 ocean reanalysis supporting forecasting and climate monitoring
ECMWF’s next-generation ocean and sea-ice reanalysis system improves the representation of sea-surface temperature, sea ice, and ocean circulation, supporting better forecasts, climate monitoring, and the upcoming ERA6 reanalysis.