Climate change in Ghana: The human dimension
Abstract
Addressing climate change in any given context will require information and understanding of the nature, causative factors and the extent of the impact, in order to develop strategies to curb the menace. In developing the strategy, it is important to review the current knowledge on climate change with respect to health, livelihoods, gender and policies involving a wide range of disciplines such as sociology, geography, economics, among others. The climate change knowledge accumulated by these different disciplines in Ghana is scattered in many reports and not easily accessible to interested parties. For several years scientists and researchers in Ghana have engaged in climate change and variability research, mainly out of their individual initiatives or supported in a limited way by some funding agencies. The findings are reported mainly in project reports, theses and dissertations or in limited cases in conference proceedings and journals. In the University of Ghana, climate researchers are scattered in many Departments and Institutes. It is the aim of this book to review and summarize these works, with the view of providing the reader with a one-stop shop of some of the major findings. The book would be useful for tertiary-level agricultural, environmental science and geography students, as well as environmental Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Government Agencies interested in the development of climate compatible technologies and policies. Readers would also catch a glimpse of the progress, gaps and challenges that still lie ahead in climate change research in Ghana.
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APA
Codjoe, S., & Dovie, D. (2019). Climate change in Ghana: The human dimension. Afram Publications.
Harvard
Codjoe, S. and Dovie, D. (2019) Climate change in Ghana: The human dimension. Afram Publications.
BibTeX
@book{codjoe2019climate,
author = {Codjoe, SNA. and Dovie, DB.},
editor = {Codjoe, SNA., Dovie, DB.},
title = {Climate change in Ghana: The human dimension},
year = {2019},
publisher = {Afram Publications}
}