Delegates pointed out that African policymakers need to know what climate change will cost and so need predictions about the next 10-30 years.

Farmers, meanwhile, need to know about the coming seasons, looking up to five years ahead."

http://www.scidev.net/content/news/eng/climate-predictions-for-africa-too-remote.cfm
[linked from junkscience.com]

Yeah, also be great if they could predict US climate for next five years.
I guess some people think that if global climate can be predicted for 50 or 100 years, doing Africa for next few years wouldn't be very hard.

Oh btw, I looked at new UN climate report. They say that we don't need to worry about a ice age for next 30,000 years. So I'm sure that bring some comfort to some people.

LOL