The World Climate Research Programme has a number of unifying themes:

Modelling

• The WCRP Modelling Advisory Council (WMAC)
• The Working Group on Coupled Modelling (WGCM)
• WCRP Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP)
• Working Group on Subseasonal to Interdecadal Prediction (WGSIP)
• The Working Group on Numerical Experimentation (WGNE), joint with the WMO Commission for Atmospheric Sciences (CAS)
• Subseasonal to Seasonal Prediction Project (S2S), joint with the WMO World Weather Research Programme (WWRP)
• Decadal Climate Prediction Project

Observations and analysis

• The WCRP Data Advisory Council (WDAC)
• CCl/WCRP/JCOMM Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI), joint with the WMO Commission for Climatology (CCl) and the Joint Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM)

Education and capacity development

• Education and capacity development
• Fostering future leaders
• Meetings & activities
• Resources

Regional climate

• Climate information for regions
• WCRP regional activities
• WCRP Working Group on Regional Climate (WGRC)