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Estíbaliz Gascón specialises in the evaluation and diagnostics of weather forecasts. She now evaluates forecasts of extreme weather events and diagnoses km-scale forecasts ECMWF is developing as part of the EU’s Destination Earth initiative.

ECMWF has a strong presence at the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU24) from 14 to 19 April. Here we provide an overview of our oral and poster presentations and the sessions our scientists are co-convening.

In the ten years since its launch, collaborations through the ECMWF Fellowship programme have contributed significantly to progress in global Earth system modelling. Here, some of our Fellows outline research they are undertaking with ECMWF and their plans for future work.

The EU-funded Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by ECMWF, has provided new tools to make it easier for users to explore how the climate has been changing and how it could change in the future.

Penny Endersby, the Chief Executive of the UK Met Office, has given a wide-ranging interview to ECMWF, focusing on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) forecasts, the relationship between ECMWF and its Member States, and International Women's Day.

The three-year ECMWF-coordinated project for a prototype system for a Copernicus CO2 service (CoCO2) to monitor anthropogenic CO2 emissions worldwide has concluded its ambitious programme successfully.

ECMWF now provides a much larger open dataset to the public, representing weather forecasts at a higher resolution and a reduction in some release times, after a first set of data was made available in early 2022.

An upgrade of the Integrated Forecasting System to Cycle 49r1, continued progress on machine-learning forecasts, and work with our Member States on a new Strategy will take place in 2024, ECMWF Director-General Florence Rabier says.

Weather forecasting is experiencing a fundamental shift by adding artificial-intelligence-based models to traditional physics-based models. Mariana Clare is one of the scientists helping ECMWF to make the most of what AI has to offer.