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The CLIVAR/CliC/SCAR Southern Ocean Region Panel had its regular teleconference on 14^th October 2020. In this meeting, the panel mainly focused on the annual report and the WCRP Lighthouse Activities.

The CLIVAR Climate Dynamics Panel had its regular teleconference on 14^th October 2020. Main tasks of the telecon were to discuss the annual report and the WCRP new structure. 

The CLIVAR Pacific Region Panel (PRP) had a telecon on Nov. 4, 2020, discussing the mapping of the panel expertise onto the new structure of the WCRP. 

The CLIVAR Atlantic Region Panel had a telecon on 23 October 2020. During the telecon, participants focused the discussion on the preparation of ARP annual report (2019-2020), ARP membership, as well as the alignment to WCRP implementation.

The CLIVAR/IOC GOOS Indian Ocean Region Panel had a telecon on 2 November 2020. Participants focused the discussion on how to map IORP into the new structure of WCRP, as well as the IORP membership issue. 

The deadline for manuscript submission to the research topic on ‘Climate Services for Adaptation to Sea-Level Rise’ in Frontiers in Marine Science, has now been extended to 20 February 2020. The issue is coordinated by WCRP SL GC.

The International Project Offices (IPOs) and WCRP Secretariat held a teleconference on 26 October 2020. The telecon focused on the discussion of the involvement of the IPOs in the WCRP restructuring process, the updates on the Lighthouse Activities and Regional Consultations, as well as the plans for next year. 14 representatives from the WCRP Secretariat and project offices of CLIVAR, CliC, GEWEX, SPARC, CORDEX, CORA, S2S and YESS attended the meeting. The major uptakes from the meeting include:

The China - Europe Frontier Forum "Progress on Ocean Science and Technology" will be held online on 20-21 October.