SciDev.Net: African scientists need to be empowered and supported if they are to aid government decision-making on climate change adaptation, says Mozambican scientist Filipe Lucio. He was speaking at the Science in Africa Symposium, ahead of the 29th General Assembly of the International Council for Science (ICSU) meeting in Maputo, Mozambique, yesterday (20 October). Lucio, the senior scientific officer for the World Meteorological Organization’s Disaster Risk Reduction Programme, said …