diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cb3b09855..81a7dfd9d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,13 +17,15 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
     [[#1723](https://github.com/remindmodel/remind/pull/1723)]
 - **scripts** define defaults for script selections in output.R
     [[#1739](https://github.com/remindmodel/remind/pull/1739)]
-- **scripts** fail transparently on duplicated column names in scenario_config*.csv files
+- **scripts** fail transparently on duplicated column names in `scenario_config*.csv` files
     [[#1742](https://github.com/remindmodel/remind/pull/1742)]
 
 ### fixed
 - included CCS from plastic waste incineration in CCS mass flows so it is
     subject to injection constraints (but did not add CCS costs, see
     https://github.com/remindmodel/development_issues/issues/274
+- **MAGICC7** fix climate data for t < cm_startyear on reference run
+    [[#1744](https://github.com/remindmodel/remind/pull/1744)]
 - **scripts** fix tax convergence reporting in modelSummary
     [[#1728](https://github.com/remindmodel/remind/pull/1728)]
 - **scripts** cleanup non-existing realizations from settings_config.csv
diff --git a/scripts/output/single/fixOnRef.R b/scripts/output/single/fixOnRef.R
index c347662da..687e4bba9 100644
--- a/scripts/output/single/fixOnRef.R
+++ b/scripts/output/single/fixOnRef.R
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ findRefMif <- function(outputdir, envi) {
 }
 
 fixMAGICC <- function(d, dref, startyear, scen) {
-  magiccgrep <- "^Forcing|^Temperature|^Concentration"
-  message("Fixing MAGICC6 data before ", startyear)
+  magiccgrep <- "^Forcing|^Temperature|^Concentration|^MAGICC7 AR6"
+  message("Fixing MAGICC6 and 7 data before ", startyear)
   dnew <-
     rbind(
       filter(dref, grepl(magiccgrep, .data$variable),