The purpose of this report is to update the 2009 Joint Annual Meetings of the AU Conference of Ministers of Economy and Finance and ECA Conference of Ministers of Finance, Planning and Development on the progress made in the implementation of the Climate Change and Development (Clim-Dev) Africa programme by the African Union (AU) Commission and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) since the 2008 conference. Clim-Dev Africa aims to address the need for improved climate information for Africa
and also strengthen the use of such information for decision-making by improving analytical capacity, knowledge management and dissemination activities. It will improve and facilitate
practices, services, observation networks and communication with stakeholders to enable effective climate change mitigation and adaptation in Africa.