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Nigel Arnell comments on Dutch review of IPCC regional climate change impacts. See coverage>>

 

   

 

Climate experts from the University of Reading's Walker Institute involved in IPCC 5th Assessment Report (press release 24/06/2010)

 

   

 

Linking business and science to address climate and weather risk. More>>

 

 

 

Low solar activity linked to UK cold winter (press release 15/04/2010).

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Rowan Douglas from Willis Re will be giving this year's Walker Institute Annual Lecture on 10th June.

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Practical science resources for schools on "Modelling Climate Change" developed with the Science Enhancement Programme. More>>

 

 

 

Professor Tim Wheeler appointed as DFID's new Deputy Chief Scientific Advisor. (Press release 10/02/10)

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The last decade was the warmest since records began in 1850 says World Meteorological Organisation and Met Office. More>>

 

 

 

Walker Institute hosts visit from Queensland Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability, the Hon Kate Jones MP. More>>

 

 
  Sir Gilbert Walker

 

Sir Gilbert Walker
an eminent meteorologist

 

Integrating the University of Reading’s excellence in climate change research

     

The Walker Institute for Climate System Research brings together the unrivalled breadth and depth of climate expertise that exists within the University of Reading.

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Understanding and predicting our changing climate and its impacts

 

We are pioneering a more integrated approach to understanding and predicting climate and how it affects us – on timescales from seasons to decades and beyond. We consider human-induced climate change and also natural variations in climate.

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Understanding   Predicting   Impacts

Delivering world-leading research, training and advice

 

Research

At the Walker Institute our climate change research is both fundamental and integrated.

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Training

Training the next generation of climate scientists is a priority.

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Advice

Contact us for scientifically sound advice on climate and climate change.

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