Ghana

Region: Ghana

Ghana:

Projects
17
Resources
14
Stories
29
Resource
16th January 2015
POLICY BRIEF: Using climate information to achieve long-term development objectives in coastal Ghana and Mozambique Accra, Ghana and Maputo, Mozambique face many development challenges, such as poor transport and drainage infrastructure, as a result of inadequate regulation and law enforcement. Climate change could lead to flooding and coastal erosion and will compound these challenges. Could better use of climate information in planning hold the answer? A new policy brief from the Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) programme and CDKN lays out some options.
Resource
15th September 2014
Inside Story : Building coastal resilience through an integrated approach: Lessons from Ghana A new Inside Story on Climate Compatible Development, 'Building coastal resilience through an integrated approach: Lessons from Ghana' by Dr Delali Dovie and collaborators at the University of Ghana, describes lessons learned from a CDKN innovation project that aimed to build resilience among Ghana’s coastal communities.
Feature
10th September 2014
Contextualising climate services in Maputo and Accra Joseph Daron of the University of Cape Town looks at ways in which local decision-makers might be able to deliver more effective climate services.
Resource
7th August 2014
Report : Assessing the adaptation mechanisms of smallholder farmers to climate change and agro biodiversity losses in northern Ghana This research, Assessing the adaptation mechanisms of smallholder farmers to climate change and agro biodiversity losses in northern Ghana, examines adaptation strategies for smallholder farmers in northern Ghana, discussing issues of production, water management and the policy environment.
Resource
4th August 2014
Report : Ghana: Climate change risk communications framework for coastal urban development policy This paper, Ghana: Climate change risk communciations framcework for coastal urban development policy, reviews the capacity building workshops held by RIPS, which took government, NGO and civic representations on study tours to witness coastal erosion and livelihood impacts first hand and discuss solutions.
Resource
29th July 2014
Policy Brief : An investigation of the evidence of benefits from climate compatible development This paper, An investigation of the evidence of benefits from climate compatible development, assesses evidence of ‘triple wins’ on the ground, and the feasibility of triple wins that do not generate negative impacts.
Feature
16th July 2014
Tailoring a Mitigation Action Plans and Scenarios (MAPS) programme for the African continent Gracia Munganga looks at energy policy and emissions pathways in Ghana, Mozambique, Rwanda and Zambia, and the potential for a ‘MAPS approach’ to development and mitigation on the African continent in the light of recent research.
News
26th November 2013
Country pilot studies for Future Climate for Africa programme CDKN is commissioning a series of pilot case studies across sub-Saharan Africa.
Feature
5th August 2013
Opportunities in urban informality, development and climate resilience in African cities Blaise Dobson and Jean-Pierre Roux argue that we cannot ignore the theme of African urbanisation in the 21st century. Growing urban informality is an opportunity to leverage innovative ways to build climate compatible cities.
Completed
Project
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Project : Working with informality to build climate resilience in African cities

This project aims to foster climate compatible development in African cities through working with informality and building climate resilience amongst the urban poor.

News
3rd June 2013
Cultivating fields of change This START publication synthesises findings from African 16 research projects on global environmental change, agriculture, and food security.
Feature
8th May 2013
Bridging the gaps between climate risk research, community resilience, and policy formulation Innovative learning and sharing practices are linking researchers, communities and policy makers, helping coastal Ghanaians become climate resilient.