Climate Change: Adaptation Researchhttp://repository.pauwes-cop.net/handle/1/2782024-03-29T10:23:56Z2024-03-29T10:23:56ZHydrologic Response to Climate Change in the Densu River Basin in GhanaOti, Jonathan OpokuKabo-bah, Amos T.Ofosu, Erichttp://repository.pauwes-cop.net/handle/1/3912020-08-21T02:00:13Z2020-08-01T00:00:00ZHydrologic Response to Climate Change in the Densu River Basin in Ghana
Oti, Jonathan Opoku; Kabo-bah, Amos T.; Ofosu, Eric
Climate change continues to pose a threat to the sustainability of water resources. Global warming can have several effects on the water resources and water demands in the Densu River Basin especially household water use and agriculture use among several others. However, the extents to which the hydrology of the Densu River Basin is will be altered in the future remains unknown. In this research, the Water Evaluation and Planning (WEAP21) system was used to study the impacts of future climate change on water resources in the Densu River Basin. Future climate data (rainfall and temperature) for the period 2051–2080 was generated from the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute's climate models (ICHEC-EC-EARTH and RCA4) for RCP4.5 scenario under CORDEX experiment. The results of the study indicate that the Densu River Basin will experience a temperature increase by 8.23% and a 17% reduction in rainfall resulting in 58.3% reduction in water resources in the area. The climate change impact analysis indicates a reduction in the river streamflow due to decrease in rainfall. It is recommended that future research on climate change adaptation for water management in the Densu River Basin should be conducted.
2020-08-01T00:00:00ZInvestigating Institutional Readiness in Enabling Adaptation to Future Changes in the Climate: A Case Study of Institutions Working with Frafras Farming Communities within the Semi-Arid Ecosystem of Northern GhanaYomo, Mawulolohttp://repository.pauwes-cop.net/handle/1/3852020-07-05T02:00:13Z2018-01-01T00:00:00ZInvestigating Institutional Readiness in Enabling Adaptation to Future Changes in the Climate: A Case Study of Institutions Working with Frafras Farming Communities within the Semi-Arid Ecosystem of Northern Ghana
Yomo, Mawulolo
Institutional readiness to enable communities’ adaptation to future changes in the climate is a great challenge in developing
countries like Ghana subject to limited resources. This study aimed to assess local institutions readiness to enable communities’
adaptation under future changes in the climate in order to provide a basis for their capacity building. A case study of institutions
working with Frafras farming communities within the semi-arid ecosystem of northern Ghana was used to investigate existing local
institutions: (1) level of understanding of climate change and its impacts, (2) ability to manage knowledge and information (3)
forward-thinking character and (4) participatory character. A total of 49 semi-structured interviews with key representatives of
various organizations from different sectors in Bongo and Bolgatanga districts (e.g., agriculture, disaster management, banking,
forestry and community development) were conducted. The analysis of existing local institutions capacity revealed that despite
their high level of understanding of climate change and its impacts and their good participatory character, most of these
institutions are limited in their ability to manage information, especially in terms of the usage of scenarios or other techniques.
This situation hinders them to plan against long time horizon and thus, to avail resources for emergencies. Over a long-term,
these limitations or inabilities would likely exacerbate, hindering these institutions to sustain their role in enabling communities’
adaptation to climate change. Thus, to contend with potential climate uncertainty and risks to be associated with future changes
in the climate, there is a need for institutional capacity building especially in terms of information or knowledge management
essential in planning against long-term and ensuring an emergency response.
2018-01-01T00:00:00ZEvaluating Rural Farmers Knowledge, Perception, and Adaptation Strategies on Climate Change in Ghana: A case study of the Wa West District, GhanaAntwi, Sarpong HammondMohammed, Asaah SumailaDavid, Opponhttp://repository.pauwes-cop.net/handle/1/1892020-01-28T13:13:15Z2018-01-01T00:00:00ZEvaluating Rural Farmers Knowledge, Perception, and Adaptation Strategies on Climate Change in Ghana: A case study of the Wa West District, Ghana
Antwi, Sarpong Hammond; Mohammed, Asaah Sumaila; David, Oppon
Climate change is a phenomenon that has received significant international attention over the past years due to its profound negative effects on community livelihood especially in developing countries like Ghana where rainfed agriculture is the main source of employment and livelihood for the majority of the population. Various studies have shown that knowledge and perceptions of people on climate change can have a significant influence on their adaptation and mitigation options, it is vital for researchers to, therefore, undertake regular assessments to gather concrete information on climatic trends and its impact so as to prescribe the best mitigative remedies. This work, therefore, evaluates the perceptions of farmers, their level of knowledge on climate change and the various strategies they employ in Wa West District of the Upper West region of Ghana. Based on findings from this study, a fervent recommendation for the building of resilience interventions in the study area that will target farmers especially women with low adaptive capacity to help boost their capacity in dealing with climate change was proposed.
2018-01-01T00:00:00ZAnalysis of the Trends in Temperature and Rainfall in Thika River Basin in KenyaMacharia, Michael MainaRaude, James Messohttp://repository.pauwes-cop.net/handle/1/1792020-01-28T13:13:15Z2017-07-27T00:00:00ZAnalysis of the Trends in Temperature and Rainfall in Thika River Basin in Kenya
Macharia, Michael Maina; Raude, James Messo
The Thika River catchment is of great importance to Kenya and holds Ndakaini Dam where about 84% of Nairobi’s water supply comes from serving a population of over 3 million residents, whose contribution to Kenya’s Gross Product is 60%. The evidenced climate variability and trends for Thika catchment were assessed for significance using the Man Kendall’s trend test and discussed based on future climate variability scenarios. The results showed that the catchment has become relatively warmer over the past four decades. The annual precipitation and means of daily mean temperatures over the past 30 years has increased by about 7.8 mm (although not statistically significant), and 2.14°C respectively.
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