Understanding Climate change: the contribution to the discussion by Roberto Buizza, professor at the Sant'Anna School, with his new essay "Weather Prediction - What everyone needs to Know"

Weather has always affected human life. Understanding how weather events form and predicting what kind of weather is coming can help enormously to manage weather risk, and it will become even more important as we shift toward more strongly weather- dependent energy sources. The book "Weather Prediction - What everyone needs to Know" (Oxford University Press), by Roberto Buizza, professor at the Sant'Anna School and honorary research fellow at the Imperial College Grantham Institute for Climate Change, discusses some of the key topics linked to weather prediction.

Like the other books in the What Everyone Needs to Know™ series, it is intended for the general public, including policymakers, environmentalists, students, and scientists in any field. It has been written for those who know a little about weather, the physics of the atmosphere or the ocean, satellites, or supercomputing. The author wants to enable any reader to follow the fascinating journey into numerical weather prediction, an activity that has been helping humans to live better. After reading this book, the cu­rious reader who wants to learn more about the subjects that I discuss could consult the Further Reading list, and the ar­ticles published in the peer- reviewed literature dealing with weather and climate science.

Cover Photo: Roberto Buizza, author, professor at the Sant'Anna School and honorary research fellow at the Imperial College Grantham Institute for Climate Change.