This Chair’s Summary synthesizes the key messages and recommendations that were articulated in the second webinar session "Integrating Climate-Related Security and Development Risks into National Planning and Programming in Africa, and the Role of International Support" in September 2020. It sheds light on the security and development implications of rainfall and temperature variability and unpredictability in the Lake Chad Basin, specifies good practices for integrated programming in Africa and discusses innovative financial mechanisms to bridge Africa’s climate finance gap.