A recent CMPE publication on the use of statistical mechanics for performing climate change predictions:
https://phys.org/news/2020-06-climate-statistical-mechanics.html
Reference:
Lembo, V., Lucarini, V. & Ragone, F. Beyond Forcing Scenarios: Predicting Climate Change through Response Operators in a Coupled General Circulation Model. Sci Rep 10, 8668 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65297-2