The European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasting (ECMWF) will be located next to the University of Reading's Department of Meteorology. The facility will be home to up to 300 scientists to support world-leading work on all aspects of weather prediction systems, forecast production, and research into climate change.

Researchers agree that climate change has made torrential downpours more frequent— but the science gets murky when examining how strong the link is between an extreme event and climate change.

Climate change has made extreme weather events such as bushfires and floods more frequent and more likely in recent years, and the trend is expected to continue. These events have led to human and animal deaths,