Priority variables for evaluation and exploitation of WCRP climate simulations

This report offers a comprehensive summary of two community workshops convened by the CMIP International Project Office, on May 12th and 17th 2022, to discuss top priority variables in the context of the international exchange of climate simulations for evaluation and exploitation. We are in an exciting era where the use of climate simulations in the science community and beyond is evolving and expanding at a rapid pace. The community effort supporting evaluation and exploitation of these simulations is an enormous effort spread across hundreds, if not thousands, of institutions. There are concerns that current ways of working need to evolve, and a good diversity of opinion on ways forward.