The Future Climate For Africa (FCFA) programme explores barriers to achieving long-term development objectives while the impacts of climate change are being felt by people and communities now with many of the most severe impacts will be felt in the decades to come. FCFA seeks to challenge assumptions. To guide the programme, six case studies investigated how climate information was being used in decision making in sub-Saharan Africa. These comprised four country case studies: Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia and a combined study of Accra, Ghana and Maputo, Mozambique; and two desk-based studies focused on long-lived infrastructure in the ports sector and the large hydropower sector. This report presents the results of the scoping phase.