The Climate Change Center (CCC) serves as Saudi Arabia’s national hub for climate science, integrating advanced monitoring, forecasting, and research to generate actionable climate intelligence and knowledge. Its mission is to support decision-makers in anticipating risks, adapting to change, and planning for a sustainable future. By translating complex climate data into operational insights, the CCC ensures that science informs decisions to safeguard communities, natural resources, and economic stability across the Kingdom.
The Arabian Peninsula is increasingly exposed to climate extremes, including rising temperatures, drought, and shifting weather patterns affecting water security, agriculture, and infrastructure. To address these challenges, the CCC develops integrated climate monitoring, forecasting, and projection systems that generate actionable climate knowledge and intelligence to support national planning and risk management.
Drought Monitoring
Operational monitoring systems providing continuous observation, early warning, and improved understanding of drought dynamics to support climate risk management.
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S2S Forecasting
Subseasonal-to-seasonal forecasting systems bridging weather prediction and climate variability, enabling anticipatory decision-making across key sectors.
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Regional Climate Projections
High-resolution climate projections providing insights into long-term trends and variability to support national planning and adaptation strategies.
Together, these capabilities strengthen national partnerships, support evidence-based policy, and enhance the Kingdom’s capacity to anticipate risks, adapt proactively, and build long-term resilience.
Achieving this vision requires overcoming persistent scientific and technical challenges, including addressing long-term observational gaps and ensuring the continuity of climate records, as well as developing ultra-high-resolution regional models to capture key climate drivers, variability, and extremes. It also requires managing the growing demands of large-scale data processing and high-performance computing, while translating complex climate science and large datasets into decision-ready, sustainable climate services.