This working paper lays out the current state of knowledge regarding direct and indirect impacts of environmental factors on health across Africa. While there are many uncertainties in magnitudes of climate change, ...

This paper reviews the current status of agricultural production in Africa, the role of agriculture in the economies of African countries and in poverty reduction initiatives, the production trends and the public investments ...

Financial support to developing countries for mitigation, adaptation, technology development and transfer, and capacity building is critical to ensure the near universal contribution and participation required to effectively ...

This paper has looked on the situation of climate data and observations network in the continent. It is shown that the spatial distribution is poor with least coverage over rural areas, many stations do not operate and ...

The impacts of global warming and climate disruption are currently being experienced in Africa, where more than 150 million people are intensely vulnerable and severely at risk. Africa is the continent that is most vulnerable ...

The paper focuses on ecosystems rather than commodities; on underlying processes (both biophysical and socio-economical) than simple relationships; and on managing the effects of interactions between various elements of ...

Climate variability and change are serious challenges to sustainable development in Africa. The current famine crisis in Somalia and the surrounding region is yet another reminder of how fluctuations in the climate can ...

This paper outlines some of the technical, institutional and political considerations in the formulation of better and meaningful bioenergy strategies for serving Africa's social and economic development agenda. In the ...

The paper outlines the major sources of international climate finance. It examines, to the extent that information is available, the level of finance that goes into supporting climate change activities in Africa. The paper ...

The climate of Africa varies from humid tropical climate to hyper-arid Saharan climate. The rainfall is highly variable in space. The coefficient of variation of rainfall is mapped in this paper and it revealed that rainfall ...