“The ninth African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) senior policy seminar, held in Yaoundé, Cameroon, in March 2007, identified the impact of climate change on economic development in Africa as a top priority for further policy-oriented research. Taking up this challenge, AERC organized its tenth senior policy seminar around the theme, Climate Change and Economic
Development in Sub-Saharan Africa.AERC researchers approached the issues from four perspectives with papers organized around the following themes: Climate Change and Economic Development – Issues, Challenges and
Opportunities, Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture, Impact on Africa’s Trade and Competitiveness and the Assessment of Climate Risk.”
