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The Global Climate Highlights report shows that 2025 was only marginally cooler than 2023, and that the past three years (2023–2025) have averaged more than 1.5°C above the pre-industrial level.

Florian Pappenberger took up his new role as ECMWF Director-General on 1 January 2026.

ECMWF concluded its 50th anniversary year with three days of events in Reading, UK, bringing together Member States, partners and former leaders to reflect on key scientific advances, showcase European progress in machine learning, and celebrate five decades of collaboration and innovation.

From Europe’s rivers to Pacific field campaigns, David Lavers’ work follows the movement of water through the atmosphere and oceans, improving forecasts and climate monitoring through global collaboration and targeted observations.

ECMWF and the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service are co-hosting the fifth Clean Air Forum in Bonn, Germany, bringing together scientists, policymakers and industry to assess progress to reduce exposure to air pollution and explore how scientific advances support Europe’s clean-air ambitions.

ECMWF’s year-long 50th anniversary celebrations will conclude next week (1–3 December) in Reading, UK, with a series of events and the launch of two new publications.

At COP30, ECMWF Director-General Florence Rabier highlighted how closing critical weather and climate data gaps can improve forecasts, strengthen early warnings and deliver global benefits.

ECMWF and European partners have received the 2025 HPCwire award for “Best Use of AI Methods for Augmenting HPC Applications” for Anemoi, a Python-based framework for creating machine learning (ML) weather forecasting systems.

The autumn 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.