IOC International Oceanographic Committee WMO World Meteorological Organization ICSU International Council for Science GEWEX Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment BALTEX Baltic Sea Experiment MDB Murray- Darling Basin CPPA Climate Prediction Project for the Americas NEESPI Northern Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative LBA Large Scale Biosphere- Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia AMMA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Project MAHASRI Monsoon Asian Hydro-Atmospheric Science Research and Prediction Initiative RHPs (Regional Hydroclimate Projects) LPB La Plata Basin WCRP World Climate Research Programme DIVERSITAS Integrated Biodiversity Science ESSP (Earth System Science Partnership) IHDP International Human Dimensions Programme IGBP International Geosphere Biosphere Programme BSSSC Baltic Sea States Sub-Regional Co-Operation BONUS Baltic Sea Research Funding LOICZ Land-Ocean Interactions in the Coastal Zone CEOP Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observations Project HELCOM Helsinki Commission AMBER Baltic-C ECOSUPPORT BACC BACC II

Improved Tools for Water Management Climate Variability and Change Air and Water Quality Strengthened Interaction with Stakeholders and Decision Makers Energy and Water Cycles Education and Outreach BALTEX Phase I BALTEX Phase II Public Integration and Awareness Basic Research Applied Research

Science Plan Implementation Strategy BALTIC GRID Pilot Study BALTEX Phase II BALTEX Phase I Study Conferences BALTEX Regional Earth System Model Synthesis and Report 4 th 5 th 6 th 7 th 1 st 2 nd 3 rd 4 th Overall Activities Development of a Complete Numerical Regional Climate Model System Evaluation of Regional Models Closing the Water and Energy Budgets at Lower Uncertainty Better and More Comprehensive Observations for the Baltic Sea Basin Objective 1 BACC Detection and Attribution of Climate Change for the BALTEX Area Projections of Future Climate Variability and Change Objective 2 Development and Validation of Hydrological Models for Selected River Basins Development and Validation of Coupled Hydrological–Atmospheric Models Climate Change and Extreme Event Impacts on Water Resources Availability Improvement of Flood Forecasting Objective 3 Including Pollution and Dispersion Processes into Regional Circulation Models Extending Biogeochemical Models by Integrating the Carbon Cycle Inclusion of New Data Sources and Measuring Methods for the Improvement of Parametrization and Model Validation Objective 4 BALTEX Phase I State of the Art Report SummerSchools