Summary

The United Nations general assembly proclaimed 12th July as the International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms. To mark this occasion, we will host a special webinar on 29 September 2026, from 15:00 to 16:30 CEST (13:00 to 14:30 UTC). This year, three distinguished speakers will discuss dust variability and dust-climate modelling.

Please find below the preliminary agenda:

Welcome and introduction to the webinar:  Emanuele Emili (BSC) and Sara Basart (WMO)

• Climate patterns and dust distribution - Kenza Komshi (General Directorate of Meteorology of Morocco)
• Dust-climate variability - Amato Evan (Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego)
• Evaluating dust emission trends since pre-industrial times - Emily Elhacham (Barcelona Supercomputing Center, BSC-CNS)

Closing: Ana Vukovic (Chair of the WMO SDS-WAS, University of Belgrade)