EMS News

The Italian Association of Agrometeorology and the Foundation for Climate and Sustainability invite applications for the international Best Paper Award 2026 in agrometeorology. The award was established to promote and recognize excellence in agrometeorological research; it is dedicated to Prof Giampiero Maracchi, who greatly contributed to the development of agrometeorology in Italy.[more]

The EMS is awarding the EMS Technology Achievement Award 2026 to Windy.com, an all-in-one weather app for those who make crucial weather-related decisions. It stands out in the meteorological sector for transforming complex weather data into easily understandable formats. The app is very attractive, and adds value to active people in many sports, whereas it also offers specific and adapted visualization for individual needs.[more]

Markus Repnik receives the EMS Silver Medal for his outstanding leadership and impact on the European meteorological community through the creation of the Systematic Observations Financing Facility (SOFF), enhancing Europe’s role in sustaining global surface-based observations that are essential for modern weather prediction.[more]

The EMS Council met on 5&6 March in Ingolstadt, Germany. Important decisions that were taken included the election of Florence Rabier as the next President of the EMS, the selection of the 2026 Silver Medallist and the winners of the Technology Achievement Award, the continuation of the photo competition, approval and management of MoUs, and the venue for EMS2028, …[more]

At the recent Session of the EMS Council, the councillors elected Florence Rabier to become the 10th President of the EMS. She will take over the office from Liz Bentley, the first female EMS President, on the closing day of the EMS2026 in Utrecht on 11 September 2026.[more]

The African Meteorological Society (AfMS) will hold its first conference 20 – 23 April 2026 in Addis Abeba, Ethopia.
All Details on the programme and registration is available in the recent AfMS newsletter.[more]

The Tromp Foundation is announcing the EMS Tromp Award for an outstanding achievement in biometeorology (1500€ prize money) and six conference grants for early career scientists wanting to present biometeorological work at the EMS2026 in Utrecht (750€). All recipients will also get a free registration.[more]

The 4th Volume of papers in the Journal of the EMS (JEMS) is open. JEMS has now been indexed in the DOAJ. The objective of JEMS is to become a sought-after publication forum for state-of-the-art papers on significant operational and scientific evolutions describing achievements and collaborative projects within the landscape of meteorological, atmospheric and related disciplines in Europe. Submitting an article before 31 December 2027 will provide a 25% discount on the article publishing charges.[more]

With the EMS Media Awards  the EMS aims to highlight outstanding achievements and examples of good practice. We invite nominations for the following three award categories: Outreach & Communication Award, Communicating Weather & Climate Award, and the Journalistic Award.[more]