Recent applications and potential of near-term (interannual to decadal) climate predictions by Terence J. O'Kane, Adam A. Scaife, Adam A. Scaife, Yochanan Kushnir, Anca Brookshaw, Carlo Buontempo, David Carlin, Richenda K. Connell, Francisco Doblas-Reyes, Francisco Doblas-Reyes, Nick Dunstone, Kristian Förster, Kristian Förster, Antonio Graça, Alistair J. Hobday, Vassili Kitsios, Larissa van der Laan, Julia Lockwood, William J. Merryfield, Andreas Paxian, Mark R. Payne, M. Catherine Reader, Geoffrey R. Saville, Geoffrey R. Saville, Doug Smith, Balakrishnan Solaraju-Murali, Nico Caltabiano, Jessie Carman, Ed Hawkins, Noel Keenlyside, Arun Kumar, Daniela Matei, Holger Pohlmann, Scott Power, Scott Power, Marilyn Raphael, Michael Sparrow, Bo Wu