Literature on and data sources for assessing climate change impacts of, vulnerability and adaptation to climate change for Africa

1. Africa: chapter of the IPCC WGII contribution to the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR) [IPCC, 2001]
2. Hellmuth, M.E., Moorhead, A., Thomson, M.C., and Williams, J. (eds) 2007. Climate Risk Management in Africa: Learning from Practice. International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), Columbia University, New York, USA. [Policy brief]
3. African Climate Report: a report by the UK Government to review African climate science, policy and options for action [UK DFID, 2004]
4. Climate Change in Africa: UK DFID key sheet on the impacts of climate change on poverty, and tools for adaptation to climate change in Africa [UKDFID, 2004]
5. Adverse impacts of climate change and development challenges: intergrating adaptation in policy and development in Malawi [ Zero Regional Environment Organisation, 2004]
6. Adverse impacts of climate change and development challenges: intergrating adaptation in policy and development in Zambia [ Zero Regional Environment Organisation, 2004]
7. Economic impacts of climate change in South Africa: a preliminary analysis of unmitigated damage cost [ Turpie et al., 2002]
8. Climate change impacts on East Africa: a review of scientific literature [WWF, 2006]
9. The Vital Climate Graphics for Africa; the impacts of climate change (English) (Francais) [UNEP, 2002] 
10. Conservation management in a changing world [Albert S. van Jaarsveld  et al., 2003]
11. Developing perturbations for climate change impact assessments [Bruce Hewitson  et al., 2003]
12. Assessing the suitability of the EPIC crop model for use in the study of mpacts of climate variability and climate change in West Africa [James O. Adejuwon  et al., 2004]
13. Skill assessment of the existing capacity for extended range weather forecasting in Nigeria [James O. Adejuwon and T.O. Odekunle, 2004]
14. Rainfall and the length of the growing season in Nigeria [T.O.Odekunle  et al., 2005]
15. A collaborative effort towards developing capacity for operational fire monitoring and management systems in Southern Africa [P. Dube  et al., 2005]
16. Climatic and Socio-Economic influence on Malaria and Cholera risks in the Lake Victoria Region of Tanzania [P. Yanda  et al., 2005]
17. On the prediction of rainfall onset and retreat dates in Nigeria [T.O. Odekunle  et al., 2005]
18. Sustainable livelihood appraoch for assessing community resilience to climate change: case studies from Sudan [B. Osman  et al., 2005]
19. Lessons for climate change adaptation in North and East Africa [Spanger-Siegfried  et al., 2005]
20. Vulnerability of Southern African fauna and flora to climate change [Von Maltitz, G. P. et al., 2006]
21. Vulneraiblity to climate induced highland malaria in East Africa [S. O. Wandiga  et al., 2006]
22. The Berg River dynamic Spatial Equilibrium Model; a new tool for asessing the benefits and costs of alternatives for coping with water demand growth, climate variability and climate change in the Western Cape [ J. Callaway  et al., 2006]
23. Adapting conservation strategies to accommodate impacts of cliamte change in Southern Africa [Von Maltitz, G.P.  et al., 2006]
24. Making economic sense of adaptaiton in upland cereal production systems in the Gambia [Momodou  et al., 2006]
25. Adaptation strategies to increase human resilience against climate variability and change: lessons from the arid regions of Sudan [Osman-Elasha, B. et al., 2006]
26. Impacts and Adaptations to Climate Change in the Biodiversity Sector in Southern Africa [Scholes, Robert J., 2006]
27. The Development of Regional Climate Change Scenarios for Sub Saharan Africa [Hewitson, Bruce C., 2006]
28. Environmental Strategies to Increase Human Resilience to Climate Change: Lessons for Eastern and Northern Africa [B. Elasha, 2006]
29. Food Security, Climate Variability and Climate Change in Sub Saharan West Africa [J. Adejuwon, 2006]
30. Estimating and Comparing Costs and Benefits of Adaptation Projects: Case Studies in South Africa and The Gambia [Nkomo, Jabavu C. and Gomez, Bernard, 2006]
31. Assessment of Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability to Climate Change in North Africa: Food Production and Water Resources (Abou-Hadid, Ayman F., 2006]
32. Climate Change Induced Vulnerability to Malaria and Cholera in the Lake Victoria Region [Wandiga, Shem O., 2006]
33. Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerability and Adaptation in Africa: a background paper for the UNFCCC Workshop on Adaptation, 21-24 September 2006, Accra, Ghana [Balgis Osman-Elasha et al., 2006]
34. Poverty and climate change: reducing vulnerability of the poor [AfDB, et al., 2002]
35. Vulnerability of North African countries to climate changes, adaptation and implementation strategies for climatic change [Agoumi, A., 2003]
36. Climate change and South African agriculture: Impacts and adaptation options [Benhin, J.K.A., 2006]
37. Potential impacts of future land use and climate change on the Red List status of the Proteaceae in the Cape Floristic Region, South Africa [Bomhard, B., D.M. Richardson et al., 2005]
38. Climate Change in northern Africa: The past is not the Future [Claussen, M., V. Brovkin et al., 2003]
39. Using climate information for improved health in Africa: relevance, constrains and opportunities [Connor, S.J., P. Ceccato et al., 2006]
40. Vulnerability of South Africa animal taxa to climate change [Erasmus, B., A.S. van Jaarsveld et al., 2002]
41. Predicting malaria epidemics using climate data in Kenyan highlands: a tool for decision makers [Githeko, A.K. and W. Ndegwa, 2001]
42. Food Security Policy in South Africa: Key Issues for the Medium Term [Human Sciences Research Council, 2003]
43. Mapping climate vulnerability and poverty in Africa [ILRI, TERI, ACTS, 2006]
44. The potential impacts of climate change on maize production in Africa and Latin America in 2055 [Jones, P.G. and P.K. Thornton, 2003]
45. Climate change scenarios and vulnerability assessments for selected countries in eastern and southern Africa [Karanja F.K., B. Hewitson and M. Tadross, 2004]
46. Modern glacier retreat on Kilimanjaro as evidence of climate change: observations and facts [Kaser, G., D.R. Hardy, T. Molg, R.S. Bradley and T.M. Hyera, 2004]
47. The climate, development and poverty nexus in Africa [Kelkar, U., 2006]
48. A Ricardian Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on African Cropland [Kurukulasuriya, P. and R. Medelsohn, 2006]
49. Adapting to climate change in Africa [Kurukulasuriya, P. and R. Medelsohn, 2006]
50. Development of food security and vulnerability information systems in Southern Africa, The experience of Save the Children [Marsland, N., 2004]
51. Climate change and water resources in the southwestern Cape, South Africa [ New, M., 2002]
52. Climate-induced water conflict risks in West Africa: recognizing and coping with increasing climate impacts on shared watercources, Workshop of Human Security and Climate Change, 21-23 June, Oslo, Norway [Niasse, M., 2005]
53. A recent greening of the Sahel - trend, patterns and potential causes [Olsson, L., L. Eklundh, and J. Ardo, 2005]
54. Malaria resurgence in the East African highlands: Temperature trends revisited [Pascual, M., J.A. Ahumada, L.F. Chaves, X. Rodo, and M. Bouma, 2006]
55. Regional warming and malaria resurgence [Patz, J.A., M. Hulme, C. Rosenzweig et al., 2002]
56. Climate change impacts on animal husbandry in Africa: A Ricardian Analysis. CEEPA Discussion Paper No. 9. Special Series on Climate Change and Agriculture in Africa [Seo, S.N. and R. Mendelsohn, 2006]
57. Climate change adaptation in Africa: A microeconomic analysis of livestock choice. CEEPA Discussion Paper No. 19. Special Series on Climate Change and Agriculture in Africa [Seo, S.N. and R. Mendelsohn, 2006]
58. Climate change and birds: Perspectives and prospects from southern Africa [Simmons, R.E., P. Barnard et al., 2004]
59. The effect of climate variation on agro-pastoral production in Africa [Stige, L.C., J. Stave, K.S. Chan et al., 2006]
60. District level hydro-climatic time series and scenario analysis to assess the impacts of climate change on regional water resources and agriculture in Africa. CEEPA Discussion Paper Number 13 [Strzepek, K. and A. McCluskey, 2006]
61. Climate drives the meningitis epidemics onset in West Africa [Sultan B., K. Labadi, J.F. Guegan, and S. Janicot, 2005]
62. Climate research and seasonal forecasting for West Africans. Perception, dissemination, and use? [Tarhule, A. and P.J. Lamb, 2003]
63. Economic Impacts of Climate Change in South Africa: a preliminary analysis of unmitigated damage costs [ Turpie, J., H. Winkler et al., 2002]
64. Extreme wet years in southern Africa: the role of the Indian Ocean [Washington, R. and A. Preston, 2006]
65. African climate report. A report commissioned by the UK Government to review African climate science, policy and options for actions [Washington, R., M. Harrison, D. Conway, 2004]
66. African Climate Change: Taking the Shorter Route [Washington, R., M. Harrison et al., 2006]
67. Targeting seasonal climate forecasts for integration into household level decisions: the case of smallholder farmers in Lesotho [Ziervogel, G., 2004]
68. Stakeholder networks: Improving seasonal forecasts [Ziervogel, G. and T.E. Downing, 2004]