This volume offers a comprehensive survey and a close analysis of efforts to develop actionable climate information in support of vital decisions for climate adaptation, risk management and policy. Arising from submissions and discussion at the 2011 Open Science Conference (OSC) of the World Climate Research Program (WCRP), the book addresses research and intellectual challenges which span the full range of Program activities.

This volume offers a survey and analysis of efforts to develop actionable climate information in support of vital decisions for climate adaptation, risk management and policy. It identifies research priorities from seasons to decades and longer time scales.