A two-day international conference on climate change and national development was held at he Center for African Wetlands University of Ghana, Legon. The conference organized by the University of Ghana under the Building Capacity for Climate Change Challenge B4C project brought together researchers and policy makers across Africa to deliberate on Climate Change issues. During the conference presentations were made on the impact of climate change on food security, biodiversity, water resources and ecosystems, gender and health, energy with a special session the challenges in communicating climate change to the public.