The Erasmus+ EMPOANDES project “EMPOwer ANDES societies to improve adaptation to climate change through the co-creation of climate services capacities” (Dec 2025 – Feb 2028; http://empoandes.eu) kick-off-meeting took place in a hybrid mode during 20-22 January 2026 in Quito, Ecuador. In total, 42 participants attended the event including 27 persons onsite and 15 persons online. … Continue reading Sumup for EMPOANDES project kick-off-meeting
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FOCI Project Review Meeting for 2nd Reporting Period
The Horizon Europe FOCI project “FOCI is Non-CO2 Forcers And Their Climate, Weather, Air Quality And Health Impacts” (Sep 2022 - Aug 2026; https://www.project-foci.eu) review meeting took place online during 21-22 January 2026. The project involves 17 Partners and focuses on integrating better data for these crucial pollutants into global climate models to assess mitigation … Continue reading FOCI Project Review Meeting for 2nd Reporting Period
Diverse Aerosol Effects Revealed During Wildfire and Dust Storm Events in Ukraine in April 2020
A new paper entitled “Diverse aerosol effects revealed during wildfire and dust storm events in Ukraine in April 2020” was published in Atmospheric Pollution Research journal that is the contribution of Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute (Kyiv, Ukraine), Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research – University of Helsinki (Helsinki, Finland) and Niels Bohr Institute – University … Continue reading Diverse Aerosol Effects Revealed During Wildfire and Dust Storm Events in Ukraine in April 2020
Role of Natural Disasters and Anthropogenic Upheavals in Complex Atmosphere-Chemistry Interactions and Feedbacks
Researchers from the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute (UHMI, Kyiv, Ukraine), the PEEX collaborator, published a chapter entitled “Role of Natural Disasters and Anthropogenic Upheavals in Complex Atmosphere-Chemistry Interactions and Feedbacks” in Springer book series “Nexus of Sustainability”. This book “emphasizes the need for harmonized policies and adaptive strategies that can address the complexities of local, national, … Continue reading Role of Natural Disasters and Anthropogenic Upheavals in Complex Atmosphere-Chemistry Interactions and Feedbacks
Erasmus+ EMPOANDES project got funded
The Earsmus+ “EMPOwer ANDES societies to improve adaptation to climate change through cocreation of climate services” project (EMPOANDES; http://empoandes.eu; 1 Dec 2025 – 30 Nov 2028) got funded, and it is coordinated by the Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Institute of University for Research in Sustainability, Climate Change, and Energy Transition (URV- IU-RESCAT, Spain). It is … Continue reading Erasmus+ EMPOANDES project got funded
Climate Change and Northern Cities: Hazards, Processes, Impacts Risks and Solutions for Resilent and Sustainable Developments
The presentation on “Climate Change and Northern Cities: Hazards, Processes, Impacts, Risks and Solutions for Resilient and Sustainable Developments” was delivered during the Atmosphere and Climate Competence Centre (ACCC) & Finnish Atmospheric Science Network (FASN) Science Conference held at the premises of the University of Helsinki and the Finnish Meteorological Institute during 10-12 November 2025 … Continue reading Climate Change and Northern Cities: Hazards, Processes, Impacts Risks and Solutions for Resilent and Sustainable Developments
RI-URBANS project at the 5th EU Clean Air Forum
The 5th EU Clean Air Forum took place (in a hybrid mode) during 1-2 December 2025 in Bonn, Germany. This event was hosted by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). The recently completed Horizon-2020 RI-URBANS project “Research Infrastructures Services Reinforcing Air Quality Monitoring Capacities in European Urban & Industrial AreaS” (1 Oct 2021 … Continue reading RI-URBANS project at the 5th EU Clean Air Forum
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS the 5th Sergej Zilitinkevich Memorial Award
Sergej Zilitinkevich was an extraordinarily creative scientist. His main research area was boundary layer dynamics and turbulence. He utilized his knowledge widely in different scientific disciplines. The following organizations have jointly decided to establish the Sergej Zilitinkevich memorial award: World Meteorological Organization (WMO)European Meteorological Society (EMS)Atmosphere and Climate Competence Center (ACCC)Institute for Atmospheric and Earth … Continue reading CALL FOR NOMINATIONS the 5th Sergej Zilitinkevich Memorial Award
Aerosol-Meteorology Interactions during TRAnsboundary pollution cases (AMITRA) project – got funded
The project on the “Aerosol-Meteorology Interactions during TRAnsboundary pollution cases” (AMITRA) got funded from the Fast-Track Call for Access – IRISCC (Integrated Research Infrastructure Services for Climate Change Risks) in the field of the Earth and environmental sciences/ atmospheric domain. It is the effort of the Ukrainian Hydrometeorological Institute (UHMI), the PEEX active collaborator. It … Continue reading Aerosol-Meteorology Interactions during TRAnsboundary pollution cases (AMITRA) project – got funded
Sumup about 3rd CLUVEX Virtual Exchange Week
The 3rd Virtual Exchange (VE) Week took place online 6-10 October 2025. In total, more than 500 students had pre-registered on DigiCampus (and more than 320 students fully completed all steps of registration) for the third CLUVEX VE Week. Out of all registered students, around 200 students daily actively participated in the VE Week. The … Continue reading Sumup about 3rd CLUVEX Virtual Exchange Week
15th Air Quality Conference – Announcement
The 15th International Conference on “Air Quality – Science and Applications” will be held in Prague, Czech Republic during 1-5 June 2026. We invite researchers, scientists, and experts in the field of air quality to join us in sharing the latest advancements, research findings and new applications in this area and related aspects. The main … Continue reading 15th Air Quality Conference – Announcement
ClimEd Courses Development
We are pleased to announce that the ClimEd Project is entering the final stage in the development of lecture materials for three forward-looking educational programmes that will make a significant contribution to advancing climate education and professional training in Ukraine. All course materials are being finalised and will be fully available by 1 September on … Continue reading ClimEd Courses Development
RI-URBANS Recent Achievement in 2025
Final RI-URBANS Science Meeting (Sep 2025, Barcelona, Spain) The RI-URBANS Final Science Meeting will take place in Barcelona (Spain) on 8-9 September 2025 in hybrid format (both online and face-to-face),and it will be followed by the RI-URBANS online webinar on 10 September to present the 17 Guidance Documents for the implementation of measurements and modelling for novel air quality pollutants. RI-URBANS Highlighted in New EU … Continue reading RI-URBANS Recent Achievement in 2025
Summary of the 2nd International Conference “Climate Services: Science and Education”
The Second International Conference “Climate Services: Science and Education” (https://cs2025.onu.edu.ua) took place in a hybrid mode during 16-18 April 2025, and it was hosted by the Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University (ONU; https://onu.edu.ua/en; Odesa, Ukraine). This conference brought together over 170 participants from academic institutions, research organizations, governmental agencies, and civil society from Ukraine and … Continue reading Summary of the 2nd International Conference “Climate Services: Science and Education”
Enviro-PEEX (NEXT) on ECMWF
A new 3-year high-performance computing (HPC) project entitled “Research and development for seamless modelling of meteorology – atmospheric composition on multi-scales for the Pan-Eurasian EXperiment (PEEX) domain for weather, air quality and climate applications” (Enviro-PEEX(Next) on ECMWF) has been approved by ECMWF. It is focused on research, development and applications of selected models of the … Continue reading Enviro-PEEX (NEXT) on ECMWF
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