The WCRP Joint Scientific Committee (JSC) has issued a statement calling on journal editors, reviewers and publishers to support the timely peer review and publication of papers analysing results from the CMIP7 Assessment Fast Track (CMIP7 AFT). These papers are expected to provide important scientific evidence for the IPCC Seventh Assessment Report (AR7). With a short interval between the release of CMIP7 AFT data and the relevant IPCC deadlines, the JSC encourages the research community to address avoidable delays while maintaining the high standards of scientific rigour expected of CMIP research. The full statement is available here.