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Apr 81.9 8 10.2 -6.0 -19.8 -40.0 77.065.7 49.2 9.6 8.2 6.1May 124.8 11 11.3 -6.0 -25.8 -39.6 117.392.6 75.4 10.7 8.4 6.9Jun 152.1 12 12.7 -5.2 -17.0 -34.6 144.2126.3 99.5 12.0 10.5 8.3Jul 174.5 14 12.5 -1.2 -3.8 -7.6 172.4167.9 161.2 12.3 12.0 11.5Aug 191.5 16 12.0 -0.2 -0.6 -2.8 191.1190.3 186.1 11.9 11.9 11.6Sep 219.3 18 12.2 -0.8 -2.4 -4.8 217.5214.0 208.8 12.1 11.9 11.6Oct 90.7 10 9.1 0.0 -0.5 -1.0 90.790.2 89.7 9.1 9.0 9.0Nov 12.2 2 6.1 -2.0 -6.5 -13.2 12.011.4 10.6 6.0 5.7 5.3Dec 7.2 1 7.2 0.8 -2.3 -5.0 7.27.0 6.8 7.2 7.0 6.8Ann. 1115.3 99 11.3 -3.9 -13.7 -26.8 1072.0963.0 816.9 10.8 9.7 8.3c. TRANSITIONAL ZONEBaseline Means Mean change 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 5.7 1 5.7 -5.3 -17.4 -35.2 5.44.7 3.7 5.4 4.7 3.7Feb 19.0 2 9.5 -12.4 -40.5 -82.2 16.611.3 3.4 8.3 5.7 1.7Mar 76.6 5 15.3 -8.3 -27.2 -55.0 70.355.8 34.5 14.1 11.2 6.9Apr 117.2 7 16.7 -6.0 -19.8 -40.0 110.194.0 70.3 15.7 13.4 10.0May 156.1 10 15.7 -6.0 -25.8 -39.6 146.7115.8 94.3 14.7 11.6 9.4Jun 185.9 15 12.4 -5.2 -17.0 -34.6 176.2154.3 121.6 11.7 10.3 8.1Jul 168.2 16 10.5 -1.2 -3.8 -7.6 166.2161.8 155.5 10.4 10.1 9.7Aug 151.5 15 10.1 -0.2 -0.6 -2.8 151.2150.6 147.3 10.1 10.0 9.8Sep 211.8 13 16.3 -0.8 -2.4 -4.8 210.1206.7 201.7 16.2 15.9 15.5Oct 163.3 12 13.6 0.0 -0.5 -1.0 163.3162.5 161.6 13.6 13.5 13.5Nov 33.8 3 11.4 -2.0 -6.5 -13.2 33.131.6 29.3 11.0 10.5 9.8Dec 12.1 2 6.1 0.8 -2.3 -5.0 12.211.9 11.5 6.1 5.9 5.8Ann. 1301.3 101 12.9 -3.9 -13.7 -26.8 1250.81123.7 953.2 12.4 11.1 9.4240 GHANA CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION ASSESSMENT
d. DECIDUOUS FOREST ZONEBaseline Means Mean change 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 17.1 2 10.1 -5.3 -17.4 -35.2 16.214.1 11.1 8.1 7.0 5.5Feb 54.8 5 11.5 -12.4 -40.5 -82.2 48.032.6 9.8 9.6 6.5 2.0Mar 114.9 9 12.8 -8.3 -27.2 -55.0 105.483.6 51.7 11.7 9.3 5.7Apr 134.4 11 12.5 -6.0 -19.8 -40.0 126.4107.8 80.7 11.5 9.8 7.3May 169.4 13 13.2 -6.0 -25.8 -39.6 159.2125.7 102.3 12.2 9.7 7.9Jun 215.2 16 13.5 -5.2 -17.0 -34.6 204.0178.6 140.7 12.8 11.2 8.8Jul 121.9 13 9.5 -1.2 -3.8 -7.6 120.4117.2 112.6 9.3 9.0 8.7Aug 80.9 11 7.4 -0.2 -0.6 -2.8 80.880.4 78.7 7.3 7.3 7.2Sep 142.0 14 10.2 -0.8 -2.4 -4.8 140.9138.6 135.2 10.1 9.9 9.7Oct 153.8 15 10.4 0.0 -0.5 -1.0 153.8153.1 152.3 10.3 10.2 10.2Nov 67.0 8 8.6 -2.0 -6.5 -13.2 65.662.6 58.1 8.2 7.8 7.3Dec 31.9 3 11.1 0.8 -2.3 -5.0 32.231.2 30.3 10.7 10.4 10.1Ann. 1303.4 120 10.9 -3.9 -13.7 -26.8 1252.81125.5 954.7 10.4 9.4 8.0e. RAIN FOREST ZONEBaseline Means Mean change 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 -5.3 -17.4 -35.2 32.228.0 22.0 8.0 7.0 5.5Feb 66.2 5 13.1 -12.4 -40.5 -82.2 58.039.4 11.8 11.6 7.9 2.4Mar 130.1 9 14.8 -8.3 -27.2 -55.0 119.394.7 58.5 13.3 10.5 6.5Apr 175.3 12 15.1 -6.0 -19.8 -40.0 164.8140.6 105.2 13.7 11.7 8.8May 345.1 23 15.0 -6.0 -25.8 -39.6 324.4256.1 208.5 14.1 11.1 9.1Jun 579.7 22 26.4 -5.2 -17.0 -34.6 549.5481.1 379.1 25.0 21.9 17.2GHANA CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY AND ADAPTATION ASSESSMENT 241
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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 7.14 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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Amanor, K.S. 2001. Share contracts
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Braimoh, A. and P. Vlek (2006). "So
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