Photo: David Ausserhofer Detlef Stammer is the new head of the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP).
The World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) is one of the world's leading climate research initiatives. Effective immediately, Prof. Detlef Stammer from the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) at Universität Hamburg will be chairing the WCRP Joint Scientific Committee, an international committee comprising 17 scientists. At Universität Hamburg, the renowned oceanographer heads the new Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CliCCS). Just 40 years after its founding and with the backing of the Paris Agreement, the World Climate Research Programme is restructuring. Prof. Detlef Stammer from the Center for Earth System Research and Sustainability (CEN) at Universität Hamburg has been named its new chair. In the future, research will focus on 4 core areas: short-term climate prediction; prognoses for the future; a broader understanding of the climate system; and the availability of policy-relevant climate information. The University's president, Dr. h.c. Dieter Lenzen, commended the appointment: "I congratulate Stammer on this extraordinary achievement.
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