Dr Moritz Wandres

Talking waves, coastal hazards and machine learning at the 4th International Workshop on Waves, Storm Surges, and Coastal Hazards in Santander, Spain last week.

29.09.2025 02:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Comprehensive article in the @washingtonpost.com on some of the less reported issues Pacific Island Countries like Tuvalu are facing. See page 3 for some quotes from an interview I recently gave.

21.09.2025 19:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

UN's top court says failing to protect planet from climate change could violate international law The United Nations’s top court says that if countries fail to take measures to protect the planet from climate change, they could be in violation of international law.

BREAKING: In a landmark climate decision, the UN's top court says a "clean, healthy and sustainable environment" is a human right.

23.07.2025 14:58 — 👍 418    🔁 110    💬 10    📌 16

Parties also have an obligation to pursue measures which are capable of achieving the objectives set out in their successive nationally determined contributions.

23.07.2025 16:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

ICJ confirms - Parties to the Paris Agreement have an obligation to prepare, communicate and maintain successive and progressive NDCs which, when taken together, are capable of achieving the temperature goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels

23.07.2025 16:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

In landmark opinion, the World Court says climate change is an 'existential threat' The United Nations' highest court on Wednesday underlined "the urgent and existential threat posed by climate change" as it started to read out an opinion on the legal obligations of states to take action.

www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

23.07.2025 14:34 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

THE HAGUE – The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change The International Court of Justice (ICJ) delivers its advisory opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change.

Now live - The International Court of Justice (#ICJ) delivers its Advisory Opinion on the Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change
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23.07.2025 13:04 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Landmark climate change case this week - Expert Reaction The International Court of Justice will be delivering its advisory opinion on what obligations countries have to address the impacts of climate change very early morning this Thursday (NZ time). The c...

The International Court of Justice is set to rule on a landmark case against major polluting nations this week as many communities in the Pacific face existential threats from climate change.

Comments by myself and colleagues:
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/07/22/l...

22.07.2025 02:08 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How can we advance extreme event attribution?

26.02.2025 09:43 — 👍 11    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 0

Background of world map with grid overlaid. Text: "AIFS operational"

We have taken our Artificial Intelligence Forecasting System (AIFS) into operations today to run side by side with our physics-based weather forecasts. The #AIFS outperforms traditional models for many measures, at a fraction of energy use. ➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med...
#AI #MachineLearning

25.02.2025 11:07 — 👍 146    🔁 63    💬 3    📌 15

Schwächt die AMOC sich ab? Ja? Nein? Doch? In den Medien gab es in letzter Zeit einiges Hin und Her über die Verlangsamung der AMOC. Die Spannbreite reichte von “kurz vor dem Zusammenbruch” bis “stabiler als bisher angenommen”. Die Abkürzung A...

Die wissenschaftlichen Belege für eine bereits laufende Abschwächung der für unser Klima in Europa so wichtigen Atlantikströmung sind stark - auch wenn eine Restunsicherheit bleibt und es dazu gelegentlich noch Diskussionen in der Fachwelt gibt.
scilogs.spektrum.de/klimalounge/...

06.02.2025 14:29 — 👍 245    🔁 68    💬 8    📌 4

January 2025 climate highlights: warmest January globally on record, lowest Arctic sea ice extent for the month, wetter-than-average in Western Europe.

Read the article for details 👉 bit.ly/3CwSSYq
#C3S

07.02.2025 11:28 — 👍 116    🔁 71    💬 1    📌 11

Here is why 2024 is virtually certain be the warmest year on record and first one above 1.5°C 👇

08.11.2024 07:58 — 👍 111    🔁 72    💬 1    📌 12