The Third Annual CCAFS Science Workshop focused on consolidating research and fostering
collaboration across the CGIAR. Day?1 plenary presentations along four themes identified
issues including:
• Opportunities to deliver messages to UNFCCC through SBSTA;
• The challenges of communicating science;
• The multiple scales of climate variability, stakeholder engagement, and adaptation options;
• Whether adaptation and mitigation are synergistic or conflicting;

Synthesis of discussion on the design and implementation of pastoral development projects, particularly with reference to the project concept, basic constraints and information needs, organizational aspects and monitoring, w. recommendations.