The International workshop on Prediction skill of extreme Precipitation events and tropical cyclones: Present status and future Prospect (IP4) and the Annual Climate Change Workshop were held at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India, from 25 to 28 November 2019.  A number of international and national leading experts participated in these events, inaugurated by Dr M. Rajeevan, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India.  Notable among the other dignitaries present were Dr Graeme Stephens, Co-Chair of WCRP GEWEX and Professor Kerry Emmanuel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Professor Ravi Nanjundiah, Director, IITM.  For more information, see https://www.tropmet.res.in/ip4/.