Envisioning Resilience: Women’s Voices on Climate Change in Ghana and Kenya

Women from Ghana and Kenya share their stories as part of the Envisioning Resilience initiative, which uses visual storytelling as a tool for dialogue among adaptation decision makers and women with lived experience of climate change. View the story Impacts Through Women’s Lenses Women Leading Solutions Power of Collective Action Envisioning Resilience Women’s Voices on […]

Elevating Women’s Voices in Climate Change Adaptation Through Visual Storytelling

Unique photography and storytelling programs in Kenya and Ghana are well underway. The NAP Global Network launched these programs with Lensational on International Women’s Day 2021 to amplify the voices of underrepresented women in NAP processes by equipping motivated trainees with digital cameras and providing participatory photography and storytelling training with a specific focus on […]

Ghana, Nigeria and Botswana Share Lessons on National Visions for Adaptation at COP 25

Adaptation experts from the governments of Ghana, Nigeria and Botswana shared their national visions for adaptation action a COP 25 side event organized by the NAP Global Network at the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) Partnership pavilion. The event highlighted the three countries’ experiences with developing their NAP frameworks, focusing on how these documents have advanced […]

Ghanaian Stakeholders Validate Two Key NAP Process Strategies on Private Sector Engagement and Adaptation in the Infrastructure Sector

Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), part of the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, hosted two national workshops in Accra this week to validate the drafts of two key National Adaptation Planning (NAP) documents: a private sector engagement strategy and a sectoral adaptation strategy for the infrastructure sector (water, energy and transport). With a […]

Ghana Hosts High-Level Regional Consultations on National Adaptation Planning

The Government of Ghana is hosting a series of high-level regional consultations this week in order to build momentum for medium- and long-term national adaptation planning efforts.  Led by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, the consultations are meant to build political momentum and support for the […]

Ghana’s Vision for National Adaptation Planning

By Philip Antwi-Agyei (Ph.D.), Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana; and Antwi-Boasiako Amoah (Ph.D.), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Ghana

Ghana’s climate is changing. Increasing temperatures, changing rainfall patterns, stronger and less predictable storms will all present a serious challenge to the people of Ghana and their livelihoods, including farmers, herders, foresters and tourism operators, among others. This will have significant repercussions for the attainment of the Sustainable Development Goals. With the agriculture sector employing […]