Foci 1: Climate Forcings
Focus Leaders: Cathy Whitlock, Eric Wolff, Alan Mix and Hubertus Fischer
Foci 2: Regional Climate Dynamics
Focus Leaders: Heinz Wanner, José Carriquiry, Fátima Abrantes, Steve Colman and Chris Turney
Foci 3: Global Earth-System Dynamics
Focus Leaders: Michael Schulz, Zhongli Ding, Bette Otto-Bliesner, Takeshi Nakatsuka and Denis-Didier Rousseau
Foci 4: Human-Climate-Ecosystem Interactions
Focus Leaders: John Dearing, Mohammed Umer, Cathy Whitlock and Claudio Latorre
cross-cutting themes