Delta Climate in Europe: weather, water and warnings

-Advancing Atmospheric Science, Water Management, and Societal Preparedness in a Changing European Climate-

The Annual Meetings of the EMS aim at fostering exchange and cross-fertilization of ideas in the meteorological, climatological, and related communities. Facilitating interactions, integration, and engagement of science, applications, and actors is our core objective. The session programme highlights these goals and offers many opportunities for enhancing collaboration across the entire weather and climate enterprise (public, private, academic, users, and NGOs) to benefit societies in Europe and worldwide.

In addition, a programmatic focus of the 2026 Annual Meeting that reflects particular interests and activities of the host institutions will be on the challenges for the broad European meteorological infrastructure posed by climate change: To develop tools for early warnings and societal preparedness in a changing European climate.

Delta Climate in Europe: weather, water and warnings

Climate Change (Δ Climate) is changing our way of living, with increasing temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, and more variable weather that all together will affect human health, agriculture practice, energy demand planning, transportation, nature conservation, and many other sectors. Coastal regions and river plains are prone to the effects of climate change because of the high population density, urbanisation, and intense economic activities, but also the presence of unique wildlife and the high potential for compound events. Europe is rich in low lying coastal and river areas, which requires an advanced water management from technological and socio-economic perspective. Hence, the broad European meteorological infrastructure is challenged to advance the atmospheric scientific knowledge, to develop tools for early warning, and to promote education and preparedness in all layers of society.

This conference will bring together atmospheric scientists, practitioners, educators, and managers in the field of weather, climate, and water management to share knowledge and experiences and to shape the fundamental and applied research agenda.