Webinar
- Wednesday 7 January 2026
- 0830–1000 UTC / 1600–1730 China
The webinar is free to attend but registration requested here:
Please register before 1700 UTC Monday 5 January 2026
Abstract
Decarbonising electricity generation is one of the great challenges on the path to a net-zero economy and a stabilised global climate. Wind power is a rapidly growing source of renewable energy, with China and the UK as leading players in this sector. Both countries are therefore exposed to fluctuations in wind power, yet global and regional projections of wind patterns over the coming decades remain uncertain.
This webinar will present research into future regional wind climate over the European and Asian region from the WISTEREA (Wind Stilling and Energy in Europe and Asia) programme. Specifically, it will discuss evidence for potential global “wind stilling”, identifying robust insights and provide a new perspective reconciling the apparently conflicting evidence from different observational data streams. It will also show how state-of-the-art climate modelling systems can potentially be leveraged to provide skillful regional wind-speed predictions over the coming decade.
| UTC/UK | China | Content | Presenter |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0830 | 1630 | Welcome and introducing the WISTEREA project | |
| 0835 | 1635 | Wind power and climate variability/change | Jan Wohland (Universty of Oslo) |
| 0850 | 1650 | Evidence for global wind stilling in observations and reanalysis | Paul-Arthur Monerie (National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, UK) |
| 0905 | 1705 | Decadal forecasting for energy applications | Ben Hutchins (National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, UK) |
| 0920 | 1720 | WISTEREA outlook and next steps | Reinhard Schiemann (National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading, UK) |
| 0925 | 1725 | Open discussion (Q&A session) | Chair: Reinhard Schiemann |
| 0950 | 1750 | Wrapping up and close |
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Sub‑editor’s note 
Wikipedia: global terrestrial stilling