In the last few months of 2021, Mark Cliffe, Willemijn Verdegaal and Mike Clark started a conversation about the inadequacy of the publicly available climate reference scenarios. A good start, but no more than that. This led to organising a roundtable, the Real World Climate Scenarios (RWCS) Roundtable. Held on May 4th, invitations were extended to a selected group of individuals who spent 90 minutes discussing the key issues and possible ways forward.

This note summaries the points made, and offers tentative comments on how Mark, Willemijn and Mike are thinking of progressing this initiative. Input is always welcome, and at any time.