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c. TRANSITIONAL ZONEBaseline Mean Temp. Mean Temp. Change Climate ScenariosMonth T-Max. T-Min. T-Mean 2020 2050 2080 2020 2050 2080Jan 33.4 20.4 26.9 0.6 2.0 4.1 27.5 28.9 31.0Feb 35.2 22.8 29.0 0.7 2.2 4.2 29.7 31.2 33.2Mar 34.9 23.8 29.3 0.7 2.1 4.2 30.0 31.4 33.5Apr 33.5 23.8 28.6 0.6 2.3 4.5 29.2 30.9 33.1May 32.2 23.2 27.7 0.6 2.2 4.4 28.3 29.9 32.1Jun 30.3 22.4 26.3 0.5 1.9 3.8 26.8 28.2 30.1Jul 28.8 21.9 25.4 0.5 1.7 3.5 25.9 27.1 28.9Aug 28.8 21.8 25.3 0.5 1.8 3.4 25.8 27.1 28.7Sep 29.5 21.8 25.7 0.5 1.6 3.2 26.2 27.3 28.9Oct 30.6 21.9 26.3 0.5 1.6 3.4 26.8 27.9 29.7Nov 32.0 21.8 26.9 0.6 2.0 3.9 27.5 28.9 30.8Dec 32.0 20.4 26.2 0.6 2.0 4.0 26.8 28.2 30.2Ann. 31.8 22.2 27.0 0.6 2.0 3.9 27.5 28.9 30.8d. DECIDUOUS FOREST ZONEBaseline Mean Temp. Mean Temp. Change Climate ScenariosMonth T-Max. T-Min. T-Mean 2020 2050 2080 2020 2050 2080Jan 32.2 20.7 26.5 0.6 2.0 4.1 27.1 28.5 30.6Feb 33.6 22.3 27.9 0.7 2.2 4.2 28.6 30.1 32.1Mar 33.1 22.7 27.9 0.7 2.1 4.2 28.6 30.0 32.1Apr 32.4 22.8 27.6 0.6 2.3 4.5 28.2 29.9 32.1May 31.5 22.4 27.0 0.6 2.2 4.4 27.6 29.2 31.4Jun 29.7 21.9 25.8 0.5 1.9 3.8 26.3 27.7 29.6Jul 28.4 21.5 24.9 0.5 1.7 3.5 25.4 26.6 28.4Aug 28.2 21.3 24.8 0.5 1.8 3.4 25.3 26.6 28.2Sep 29.1 21.5 25.3 0.5 1.6 3.2 25.8 26.9 28.5Oct 30.3 21.6 26.0 0.5 1.6 3.4 26.5 27.6 29.4Nov 31.3 21.8 26.6 0.6 2.0 3.9 27.2 28.6 30.5Dec 31.0 21.2 26.1 0.6 2.0 4.0 26.7 28.1 30.1Ann. 30.9 21.8 26.4 0.6 2.0 3.9 26.9 28.3 30.2230 GHANA CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION ASSESSMENT
e. RAIN FOREST ZONEBaseline Mean Temp. Mean Temp. Change Climate ScenariosMonth T-Max. T-Min. T-Mean 2020 2050 2080 2020 2050 2080Jan 30.0 23.4 26.7 0.6 2.0 4.1 27.3 28.7 30.8Feb 30.6 24.4 27.5 0.7 2.2 4.2 28.2 29.7 31.7Mar 30.9 24.3 27.6 0.7 2.1 4.2 28.3 29.7 31.8Apr 30.9 24.2 27.6 0.6 2.3 4.5 28.2 29.9 32.1May 30.0 23.6 26.8 0.6 2.2 4.4 27.4 29.0 31.2Jun 28.4 23.3 25.8 0.5 1.9 3.8 26.3 27.7 29.6Jul 27.4 23.2 25.3 0.5 1.7 3.5 25.8 27.0 28.8Aug 26.9 22.8 24.8 0.5 1.8 3.4 25.3 26.6 28.2Sep 27.4 22.9 25.1 0.5 1.6 3.2 25.6 26.7 28.3Oct 28.5 23.4 25.9 0.5 1.6 3.4 26.4 27.5 29.3Nov 29.9 23.1 26.5 0.6 2.0 3.9 27.1 28.5 30.4Dec 30.0 23.2 26.6 0.6 2.0 4.0 27.2 28.6 30.6Ann. 29.3 23.5 26.4 0.6 2.0 3.9 26.9 28.3 30.2f. COASTAL SAVANNAH ZONEBaseline Mean Temp. Mean Temp. Change Climate ScenariosMonth T-Max. T-Min. T-Mean 2020 2050 2080 2020 2050 2080Jan 31.2 23.7 27.5 0.6 2.0 4.1 28.1 29.5 31.6Feb 31.9 24.7 28.3 0.7 2.2 4.2 29.0 30.5 32.5Mar 31.9 24.8 28.3 0.7 2.1 4.2 29.0 30.4 32.5Apr 31.7 24.8 28.3 0.6 2.3 4.5 28.9 30.6 32.8May 31.0 24.4 27.7 0.6 2.2 4.4 28.3 29.9 32.1Jun 29.2 23.7 26.4 0.5 1.9 3.8 26.9 28.3 30.2Jul 27.6 22.9 25.3 0.5 1.7 3.5 25.8 27.0 28.8Aug 27.5 22.4 24.9 0.5 1.8 3.4 25.4 26.7 28.3Sep 28.3 22.8 25.6 0.5 1.6 3.2 26.1 27.2 28.8Oct 29.7 23.2 26.4 0.5 1.6 3.4 26.9 28.0 29.8Nov 31.2 24.0 27.6 0.6 2.0 3.9 28.2 29.6 31.5Dec 30.9 23.5 27.2 0.6 2.0 4.0 27.8 29.2 31.2Ann. 30.2 23.7 26.9 0.6 2.0 3.9 27.5 28.9 30.8GHANA CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION ASSESSMENT 231
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARYCountries in Afric
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precipitation changes is not very d
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AGRICULTURE AND LIVELIHOODSAgricult
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would include concentrating access
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of transparency pervade the current
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alternate energy sources (i.e., fos
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affecting carbon sequestration. Adv
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Information and analysis needs for
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1. INTRODUCTIONThe West African cou
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ABFigure 2.1 Two approaches to vuln
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Mean Annual Temperature (C)2928.528
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The UNDP-NSCP country-level climate
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For most eco-climatic zones, five-y
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increases generally were projected
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Table 3.2 Potential change in tempe
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parameter (temperature and precipit
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emission scenarios gives a decrease
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of finance and economic planning, f
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indigenous people and more recently
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Phase 1 REDD ReadinessConsultations
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SC. A New National Plantation Devel
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to be developed that provide rigoro
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LandownerTable 4.1 Land Ownership i
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ProblemTable 4.2 Problems Associate
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TENURE CONSIDERATIONS IN LIGHT OF C
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the south of the Ashanti Uplands re
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Figure 5.1 Ecological Zones of Ghan
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North latitude. Minia (2008) deline
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Table 5.1 Percentage of producer ho
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over a longer period. With the risk
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LAND SUITABILITYThe CSIR-Soil Resea
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Table 5.3 Crop Suitability by Soil
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MAJOR CROPSMAIZEMaize is the most i
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Source: Chamberlin, 2007, Figure 13
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Total area(ha)MangroveswampTable 5.
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Source: Chamberlin, 2007Figure 5.6
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Farmers who depend on annual rains
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Adjusting timing ofirrigationPricin
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Transportation networkChanging Crop
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Lower world food pricesAttitudes to
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POPULATION AND ECONOMYGhana contain
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Ghana is comprised of crop and live
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URBAN VERSES RURAL LIVELIHOODS 3Liv
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income; non-farm related enterprise
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6. VULNERABILITY TOCLIMATE CHANGETh
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DESERTIFICATION“Desertification
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In the National Action Plan to Comb
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significantly recovered by the late
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Source: Reich etal., 2001Figure 6.2
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Source: US Geological Survey, (http
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Two other proximate causes of defor
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extreme, fire is essential in fire-
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gill nets constructed from traditio
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upwelling strength) involved in reg
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completely dominate trawl catches b
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have increased substantially due to
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CategoryFishing effort andtechnolog
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(Binet, 1995). Even if the declinin
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METHODSAs described above, to asses
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Indicator DescriptionDistance fromd
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Indicator DescriptionUnimproveddrin
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lowest vulnerability of any distric
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Table 7.2 Social Vulnerability Inde
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Table 7.5 Incidence of poverty (per
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Table 7.6 Ghana District Names, Ref
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Figure 7.4 Percentage of district p
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Figure 7.6 Percentage of female-hea
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Figure 7.8 Percentage of the Distri
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Figure 7.10 Percentage of District
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Figure 7.12 Percentage of District
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Figure 7.14 Percentage of total Dis
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people residing in thesee regions a
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CASE STUDY: CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATI
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from friends and family to get by d
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CASE STUDY: CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATI
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At Mole National Park, managers exp
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ADAPTING TO CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE N
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(interview). An opportunity exists
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Upper West Region, 69.8 percent of
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Brong-Ahafo Region that entails ref
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Ghana Limited, 2009). Given the con
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positive impacts, and has upset com
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Basin (total area 416,382km 2 ) lie
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effect. In the drier scenario, the
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Communities are, rightly or wrongly
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carbon sequestration and maintenanc
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Information and analysis needs for
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Table 11.1 Options for intervention
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