The key messages of this report are:

Africa faces a significant challenge in adapting to climate change with costs and damages rising rapidly with warming.
Warming limited to below 2°C still implies major adaptation costs for Africa: 4°C of warming by 2100 globally will hit the continent very hard.
How well Africa deals with these climate impacts, now and in the future, will be co-determined by the funding it receives.
Developed countries have committed to provide funds rising to USD 100 billion annually by 2020 for mitigation and adaptation in developing countries.
Due to present and committed climate change caused by past emissions Africa is already committed to adaptation costs in the range of US$ 7-15 billion per year by 2020. These costs will rise rapidly after 2020, with higher levels of warming resulting in higher costs and damages.
With the present emission trends and policies projected to lead to warming of 3.5-4°C by 2100 funding for adaptation in Africa would need to be scaled up by as much as 10 per cent each year from 2020 onwards.
To increase confidence in meeting adaptation needs in Africa, rapid and verifiable scaling up of adaptation funding for Africa is urgent.
Unless the Emissions Gap is closed, and warming limited below 2°C, rapidly rising damages, even after full adaptation, and threats to development prospects at least regionally are likely.