Scientific papers aiming at a better understanding of climate dynamics using quantitative paleoclimate analyses are eligible for publication in this special issue. We invite especially contributions resulting from the INTERDYNAMIC Program and resulting from proxy-based climate reconstructions (terrestrial and marine as well as ice-core archives) in combination with results from Earth-system models. Contributions should focus on the interglacials of the late Quaternary (including their onset and end) on global and continent- or basin-wide scales.