Science has been written into the Glasgow Climate Pact. Four factors helped bring science to the fore: 1) the August 2021 publication of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group One report; 2) the focus on science within the COP26 programme; 3) targeted synthetic independent advice from a range of national bodies; 4) main streaming of climate science stories by the media. We should capitalize on this success to make our science even more useful going forward.