The May issue of the CLIVAR eBulletin includes news, opportunities and announcements.

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A session of particular interest to the SPARC community is on "Stratospheric and solar influences on surface climate" with invited speeches from Dave Thomson and Joanna Haigh.

The 3rd International Conference on Earth System Modelling (3ICESM) will be held on 17-21 September 2012 in Hamburg, Germany. Abstract submission deadline is 15 May.

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SPARC has started organising its 5th General Assembly to be held 12-17 January 2014 in Queenstown, New Zealand.

As for previous GAs, the programme is being structured around twelve oral presentation sessions and four poster sessions. Registration will open early 2013.

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The discussion on SPARC’s potential name change goes into the second round.

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The CLIVAR VAMOS Workshop on Modeling and Predicting Climate in the Americas will be held on 04-06 June 2012 in Petropolis, Brazil. Abstracts can be submitted until 5 May.

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IGAC Conference participants can submit their abstracts until 30 April. The Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry in the Anthropocene will be held in Beijing, China, 17-21 September.

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The APN Secretariat is inviting applications from highly motivated individuals for the position of Coordinator at the APN Secretariat based in Kobe, Japan. Application deadline is 11 May.

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The latest issue of IGAC News contains a report of the Scientific Steering Committee meeting held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, 3-5 October 2012, at which IGAC developed its vision in response to the Future Earth Initiative.

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The Planet under Pressure Conference, held on 26-29 March 2012 in London, UK, was jointly organised by the Global Research Programmes including WCRP.

The Conference Declaration summarizes present day challenges and proposes solutions to address these challenges such as the creation of a new contract between science and society:

"Research plays a significant role in monitoring change, determining thresholds, developing new technologies and processes, and providing solutions. The international global-change research community proposes a new contract between science and society in recognition that science must inform policy to make more wise and timely decisions and that innovation should be informed by diverse local needs and conditions."

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The deadline for abstract submission for the 9th SPARC Data Assimilation Workshop to be held in June 2012, Socorro, New Mexico, USA, has been extended to 30 March.

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