Climate Service: Science and Education — Second International Conference Held in Odesa

On the 16th-18th of April 2025, the Second International Research-to-Practice Conference “Climate Service: Science and Education” took place at the Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University, which attended by 165 participants from 11 countries.

The ONU Rector, Prof. Vyacheslav Truba, greeted the participants with a welcoming foreword where he noted the importance of holding such conferences for a sustainable development of the country during the times of climate change.

During the plenary session, such globally renowned experts in the climate field as Prof. A. Baklanov (University of Copenhagen), and Dr. P. Parrish (SERCOM), Dr. Vilfran Mufuma Okija (World Meteorological Organization), Dr. Hanna Lappalainen (University of Helsinki), and Dr. Jon Xavier Olano Pozo (Rovira i Virgili University) presented their reports.

Within the three sections of the conference:

Issues of climate services
Education in climate services
Climate risks and adaptation to climate change

over 70 oral and poster reports were presented.

The conference continued the tradition launched in September 2021, when the First conference took place, and this year conference is evidence of preserving the scientific potential of the Odesa State Environmental University at the I. I. Mechnikov ONU Faculty of Hydrometeorology and Ecology.