The call for abstracts is now closed. If you submitted an abstract, the CCDA3 organizing committee will send you a response by the 02 of September 2013, indicating whether your abstract has been selected for presentation during the conference. Authors of selected abstracts will be expected to develop the papers in time for the conference. 
 
After the conference, selected papers will be compiled and published as conference proceedings.

Introduction

The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) is organising the Third Annual Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-III) at the UNECA Conference Centre in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 21 – 23 October, 2013. The Conference is organized each year under the auspices of the Climate for Development in Africa (ClimDev-Africa) Programme.  ClimDev-Africa is a consortium of key African development institutions including the United Nations Economic Commission (UNECA), the African Union Commission (AUC) and African Development Bank (AfDB). The theme of this year’s Conference is: Africa on the rise: can the opportunities from climate change spring the continent to transformative development?  The Conference will address five sub -themes that aim to share experiences and disseminate research results and assess how Africa is coping with impacts of climate change. It will also seek ways of strengthening Africa’s ability to take opportunities from climate change to better prepare the continent for transformative development.
 
The African Climate Policy Centre invites researchers, scientists, policy makers and practitioners to submit research papers on any of the following main topics:
  • Climate Science, Data and Services for Africa’s Adaptation and Mitigation
  • The Role of Policy in Building Africa’s Resilience to Climate Change Impacts
  • Green Economy and Climate Finance Opportunities in Africa
  • Is the Global Climate Change Framework working for Africa?

Conference Themes and Topics

Sub-theme 1: Climate Science, Data and Services for Africa’s Adaptation and Mitigation
Topic 1.1
African Climate Science Research: Lessons learnt and new frontiers
Paper 1: Sharing results of Africa Climate Conference 2013 (ACC2013)
Paper 2: Are current efforts to bridge climate data gaps sufficient?
Paper 3: Are we doing enough to scale up climate modeling capacity in Africa?
Topic 1.2
ClimDev- Africa Pilot Climate Service Projects
Paper 1: Show casing ClimDev-Africa pilot results
Paper 2: ClimDev-Africa vision for climate services in Africa
Topic 1.3
Leveraging Global Initiatives to Enhance African Climate Services
Paper 1: Climate services: are we targeting the right constituencies with the right messages? 
Paper 2: Opportunities from satellite observation systems in climate risk mitigation in Africa
Paper 3: What can GFCS contribute towards climate risk mitigation in Africa?
Sub-theme 2: The Role of Policy in Building Africa’s Resilience to Climate Change Impacts
Topic 2.1
Agriculture and Food Security Policies and Climate Resilience
Paper 1: Agricultural Policies and Climate Resilience – the experience of Malawi and Kenya
Paper 2: Research and development in policy formulation – what are the fundamental linkages for climate resilience?
Paper 3: Linkages between hunger, nutrition and climate justice
Topic 2.2
Loss and Damage in Africa 
Paper 1:  Bottom –up experiences - case of Small-holder households and Communities.
Paper 2:  Policy gaps vs the UNFCCC process.
Paper 3:  The UNFCCC process on loss and damage: what does it mean for African
Topic 2.3
Is Scientific Evidence Sufficient for formulating Effective Climate Resilient Policies?
Paper 1: Gaps in science and policy interface: how do we catch up?
Paper 2: Effective science policy loops: lessons from success stories
Paper 3: Have African countries benefited from NAPAs implementation?