The demand for and interest in the results of climate model simulations, including data emerging from WCRP’s CMIP project, is growing rapidly. Users now come from an increasingly diverse range of backgrounds beyond the climate research community including climate services, impact modelling, regional and local policy/decision makers, and indigenous communities from across the globe.

This discussion session seeks to identify key barriers to data provisioning and access across a wide range of roles, especially with varying levels of access to resources.