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In terms of ICT and climate change structures and multi-stakeholder interactions, examining the role and
institutional interactions of Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Ministry of
Communications are particularly relevant. These roles and interactions are reflected in Figure 6.
Figure 6. The role of Ghana’s environmental protection agency (EPA) in ICTs and climate change
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This structure suggests a number of key factors that need to be considered in the design of ICT and climate
change structures in developing countries, including:
– Multi-stakeholder collaboration: The integration of ICTs and climate change strategies require the
establishment of close linkages between a myriad of ICT and climate change stakeholders at both the
national and international levels (e.g., local partners such as the Ministry of Communications, the
national Meteorological Agency, the National Disaster Management Organisation, NADMO, and
telecommunications sector partners, as well as International partners such as ITU and UNFCCC). This
collaboration is crucial in order to build upon and leverage existing areas of expertise and technical
know-how from the ICT and the climate change fields.
– ICTs and Climate Change perspectives: A holistic approach to ICTs and climate change needs to address
both the integration of ICTs into climate change strategies, as well as the integration of climate change
into telecommunications industry strategies.
– Adaptation as a key area of action: Ghana’s approach evidences the importance of recognizing that
adaptation constitutes an individual category for action (e.g., as opposed to being aggregated with
mitigation goals). As a strategic area of action for developing countries, the design of ICT and
adaptation strategies must be based on technology needs assessments in order to ensure that the
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