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PAGES continues to be primarily concerned with understanding the past operation of the Earth System in order to better predict the future. The PAGES remit includes the physical climate system, biogeochemical cycles, ecosystem processes and human dimensions. Thus, the PAGES research agenda is more than paleoclimate and PAGES activities are not restricted to IGBP, but overlap substantially with IGBP’s sister programs within the Earth System Science Partnership—WCRP (World Climate Research Programme), IHDP (International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change) and DIVERSITAS (International Programme of Biodiversity Science). The diagram below indicates where PAGES research overlaps with these four ESSP programs.

Facilitating publicly accessible paleodata, engaging with the climate-modeling community and strengthening the role of developing countries in PAGES research continue to be three major goals of PAGES.

PAGES has built bridges with many other international scientific programs. Although only two of our Foci are officially shared; Focus 2 with WCRP-CLIVAR and Focus 3 with SCOR, all of them have substantial interactions with other programs. In addition, PAGES has launched joint initiatives with all of the other components of IGBP, including both the core projects of IGBP Phase 1 and the newly developing projects of Phase 2. PAGES also intersects with the activities of other global change programs, providing the historical context for environmental change.