Climate change adaptation initiatives can be built into water management programmes to protect water resources in Africa.

Agriculture, forestry and other land uses in Africa can help mitigate climate change while providing co-benefits.

Better integration of science and policy in Africa is crucial for effective adaptation to climate change, concluded an international workshop.

National Adaptation Programmes of Action put climate change adaptation on the development agenda, write Balgis Osman-Elasha and Thomas E. Downing.

Hannah Reid, Balakrishna Pisupati and Helen Baulch explore the inextricable links between biodiversity and climate, and explain why an integrated policy approach is required.