Dating, synthesis, and interpretation of palaeoclimatic records and model-data integration: advances of the intimate project (integration of ice core, marine and terrestrial records, COST Action ES0907)

Since 2010, the INTIMATE (INTegration of Ice-core, MArine and TErrestrial records) network has been operating as a COST Action (designated ES0907). This paper outlines the accomplishments of the INTIMATE COST Action in the context of how the INTIMATE ideas have evolved during the network’s twenty-year life span, and highlights a number of challenges that can guide further work. In the second part of the paper, the contributions that compromise this INTIMATE special issue are introduced.