Africa Toolkit

Africa Toolkit

The IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report:

What’s in it for Africa

What’s in it for Africa presents key findings from the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) for Africa. The report extracts Africa-specific data, trends and analysis directly from AR5, summarising it in a short volume to make it accessible to all audiences, and highlights key opportunities to achieve adaptation, mitigation and development.

The IPCC has produced the most comprehensive assessment of climate change ever. The Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), is the work of 830 expert authors from 85 countries and its first three volumes already stretch to 5,000+ pages. Now, the Climate and Development Knowledge Network and the Overseas Development Institute have released a succinct guide to the assessment for decision-makers in Africa.

Africa AR5 Toolkit

Alongside the What’s in it for Africa report, CDKN presents a ‘Media Toolkit’, a bundle of resources freely available for training, educational and reporting purposes, to encourage understanding of the report worldwide.

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Urban & Transport: Congestion, Cairo

Image of traffic and pollution in Cairo, Egypt

Courtesy of Pixtal/Fotosearch

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Urban: Cairo, Egypt

Image of traffic and pollution in Cairo, Egypt

Courtesy of Pixtal/Fotosearch

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Agriculture: Agricultural land, Morocco

Image of agricultural land along Morocco's coast

Courtesy of RRDphotos/Fotosearch

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Agriculture: Moroccan farm

This image shows a farm in Morocco

Courtesy of Flat Earch/Fotosearch

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Agriculture: Chickens by Lake Ganvie, Benin

Image of chickens by Lake Ganvie in Benin

Courtesy of Peeter Viisimaa/Fotosearch

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Global climate impacts for different emissions scenarios

This infographic shows the observed and projected global annual average temperature and the global risks under increasing levels of climate change.

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Observed temperature and rainfall in Africa

These infographics of historic temperature and rainfall data for Africa are ‘zoomed in’ from the IPCC’s original global maps.

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Future climate trends for Africa

An infographic showing the future climate trends for Africa

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Accra coast, Ghana

This image shows a coastal development on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana

Courtesy of Frans Lanting via Fotosearch