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May 169.4 13 13.2 -4.4 -25.8 -28.4 161.9125.7 121.3 12.5 9.7 9.3Jun 215.2 16 13.5 -3.8 -12.6 -24.8 207.0188.1 161.8 12.9 11.8 10.1Jul 121.9 13 9.5 -0.8 -2.8 -5.4 120.9118.5 115.3 9.3 9.1 8.9Aug 80.9 11 7.4 -0.1 -0.5 -1.0 80.980.5 80.1 7.4 7.3 7.3Sep 142.0 14 10.2 -0.5 -1.8 -3.5 141.3139.5 137.1 10.1 10.0 9.8Oct 153.8 15 10.4 0.0 -0.3 -0.7 153.8153.4 152.8 10.3 10.2 10.2Nov 67.0 8 8.6 -1.4 -4.8 -9.4 66.063.7 60.7 8.3 8.0 7.6Dec 31.9 3 11.1 0.5 -1.6 -3.6 32.131.4 30.8 10.7 10.5 10.3Ann. 1303.4 120 10.9 -2.8 -10.9 -18.6 1266.81161.2 1060.6 10.6 9.7 8.8e. RAIN FOREST ZONEBaseline Means Mean <strong>change</strong> in rainfall. Scenarios: Mean Rainfall Amount. Scenarios (Mean DailyRainfall)Mean No. of Raindays Daily mean (per cent) (mm) (mm per day)Month (mm) (days) (mm/day) 2020 2050 2080 20202050 2080 2020 2050 2080Jan 34.0 4 9.3 -3.9 -12.8 -25.3 32.629.6 25.4 8.2 7.4 6.3Feb 66.2 5 13.1 -9.1 -29.7 -58.9 60.146.5 27.2 12.0 9.3 5.4Mar 130.1 9 14.8 -6.0 -19.9 -39.4 122.3104.2 78.8 13.6 11.6 8.8Apr 175.3 12 15.1 -4.4 -14.5 -28.7 167.6149.9 125.0 14.0 12.5 10.4May 345.1 23 15.0 -4.4 -25.8 -28.4 330.0256.1 247.1 14.3 11.1 10.7Jun 579.7 22 26.4 -3.8 -12.6 -24.8 557.7506.6 435.9 25.3 23.0 19.8Jul 211.7 1.5 14.4 -0.8 -2.8 -5.4 210.0205.7 200.2 140.0 137.2 133.5Aug 79.7 13 6.3 -0.1 -0.5 -1.0 79.679.3 78.9 6.1 6.1 6.1Sep 95.3 15 6.5 -0.5 -1.8 -3.5 94.993.6 92.0 6.3 6.2 6.1Oct 168.7 17 10.1 0.0 -0.3 -0.7 168.7168.2 167.5 9.9 9.9 9.9Nov 136.8 14 10.0 -1.4 -4.8 -9.4 134.9130.2 123.9 9.6 9.3 8.9Dec 70.1 8 9.1 0.5 -1.6 -3.6 70.469.0 67.6 8.8 8.6 8.4Ann. 2092.7 143.5 14.6 -3.1 -12.1 -20.2 2028.81839.0 1669.6 14.1 12.8 11.6f. COASTAL SAVANNABaseline Means Mean <strong>change</strong> in rainfall. Scenarios: Mean Rainfall Amount. Scenarios (Mean DailyRainfall)Mean No. of Raindays Daily mean (per cent) (mm) (mm per day)Month (mm) (days) (mm/day) 2020 2050 2080 20202050 2080 2020 2050 2080Jan 10.8 2 6.3 -3.9 -12.8 -25.3 10.49.4 8.1 5.2 4.7 4.0234 GHANA CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION ASSESSMENT
Feb 25.6 3 9.4 -9.1 -29.7 -58.9 23.318.0 10.5 7.8 6.0 3.5Mar 63.2 5 13.7 -6.0 -19.9 -39.4 59.450.6 38.3 11.9 10.1 7.7Apr 103.1 8 13.3 -4.4 -14.5 -28.7 98.588.1 73.5 12.3 11.0 9.2May 151.2 12 13.0 -4.4 -25.8 -28.4 144.5112.2 108.3 12.0 9.3 9.0Jun 226.2 17 13.5 -3.8 -12.6 -24.8 217.6197.7 170.1 12.8 11.6 10.0Jul 73.0 8 9.3 -0.8 -2.8 -5.4 72.470.9 69.0 9.0 8.9 8.6Aug 32.6 7 4.9 -0.1 -0.5 -1.0 32.632.4 32.3 4.7 4.6 4.6Sep 64.4 8 8.4 -0.5 -1.8 -3.5 64.163.2 62.1 8.0 7.9 7.8Oct 81.5 8 10.6 0.0 -0.3 -0.7 81.581.3 80.9 10.2 10.2 10.1Nov 39.0 5 8.3 -1.4 -4.8 -9.4 38.437.1 35.3 7.7 7.4 7.1Dec 19.7 2 9.8 0.5 -1.6 -3.6 19.819.3 19.0 9.9 9.7 9.5Ann. 890.2 85 10.5 -3.1 -12.3 -20.5 862.5780.4 707.4 10.1 9.2 8.3GHANA CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION ASSESSMENT 235
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GHANA CLIMATE CHANGEVULNERABILITY A
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GHANACLIMATE CHANGEVULNERABILITY AN
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ACRONYMSCAADPCBOCCCDCSCEACEPFCFMCIC
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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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Barriers toAdaptation andMitigation
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Barriers toAdaptation andMitigation
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