Africa already has significant rainfall variability within years, and across years and decades. Rainfall is likely to become more unpredictable under climate change, with an increase in intense events.This briefing paper discusses adapting water resource management to climate change and makes the following recomendations: * The dominant issues for water governance in Africa are transboundary resources, managing resource use and improving storage. Adaptation measures can be implemented through existing initiatives. * Adaptation measures could include improving information and monitoring systems on surface and groundwater resources, providing water managers with technical training, and applying a range of natural and built water storage solutions * Climate change experts argue that water should be recognised and funded as a foundation for adaptation to climate change, and that water resource management is not currently given enough attention.