The issue focused on climate change and agriculture. Scientists found that scientists know little about how temperature affects agricultural yields. Research showed that researchers don't understand climate science well enough to explain climate impacts on agriculture. Climate scientists say climate scientists need to research climate impacts more thoroughly before drawing conclusions about climate science. The conference ended with an academic paper arguing that scientists should study climate impacts more thoroughly before drawing conclusions about climate science.

December 2013: Arctic Science Panel Scientists warned in December 2013 that climate models predict climate impacts from warming