The 2022 report builds upon and complements the 2021 report. The first report includes topics ranging from food systems to gender and water that are not repeated here.

This report first updates the growing impacts of climate change on African nations. In 2021 and 2022, for example, major wildfires swept across Algeria; devastating floods stuck Niger, Sudan, South Sudan, and Mali; the Horn of Africa region was struck by drought; and three strong tropical cyclones hit Mozambique and other Southern African countries, destroying buildings, displacing thousands of people, flooding farmlands, and crippling economies.

The report then uses in-depth analyses and numerous case studies to identify innovative adaptation and resilience ideas, new solutions, the most effective regulatory and legal instruments, and new recommendations for action.

Given the tight fiscal situation of most African nations and the economic challenges of their communities, the report pays special attention to adaptation actions with lower costs and significant benefits, including nature-based solutions (NBS) and locally led adaptation programs.

In particular, the report covers three major topics in its three sections.

The first point of focus is boosting the amount of finance that is available for adaptation and using that money in the most effective ways.

The second topic is how to accelerate progress on adaptation in individual sectors, such as agriculture or cities.

The third section covers the themes and opportunities that cut across multiple sectors. They include improving education, empowering youth and stimulating entrepreneurship, improving security, and identifying further research to help unlock the many benefits of successful adaptation measures.