Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ACPC) – Close to 500 policy makers, academics, practitioners and other stakeholders from the agriculture and climate change sectors will gather on 8 October in Marrakesh, Morocco, in a bid to come to the rescue of Africa’s agriculture which, instead of falling victim to climate change, should seize climate change opportunities for a more harmonious development of the continent.  

ClimDev-Africa Program is inviting Africa to invest more in climate change research to ensure food self-sufficiency at the fourth edition of the Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA IV), scheduled to take place on 8-10 October in Marrakech, Morocco.

The 4th edition of the Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IV) will be held in Marrakech, Morocco from October 8 to 10 under the theme: "Africa can feed Africa now: translating climate knowledge into action"

A group of African climate research and impact communities began meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, to agree a research collaboration platform on climate science in Africa that will be announced at the Fourth Annual Conference on climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IV), which opens on Wednesday 8 October.