An assessment of perceived participatory climate change adaptation initiatives in Ghana

Abstract

PurposeThis paper presents assessment results on the level of perceived knowledge in climate change and the extent to which participatory awareness in adaptation initiatives by management and the public in key selected areas identified to be highly impacted by climate change has fared.Design/methodology/approachExploratory research design, using snowball, purposive and simple random sampling methods, was employed to assess respondents' level of knowledge in climate change and participatory adaptation awareness activities. Focus group discussion was finally used to appraise returned responses that compared indigenous knowledge with scientific data to examine variables influencing key determinants.FindingsAge, gender, the level of education and work experience were all significant in determining outcome of responses by respondents on perceived level of knowledge in climate change and awareness in adaptation engagement efforts by the public. The study also confirmed existence of perceived knowledge and awareness gap with a marginal difference of 28% between management and stakeholder respondents.Practical implicationsAnthropogenic activities leading to climate change impacts are rarely linked to individual actions, lifestyles and community's sociocultural practices and choices.Originality/valueThere is a disconnect between what climate change managers know and are doing in terms of adaptation and mitigation efforts and what stakeholders should know and are expected to do toward achieving functional participatory engagements in Ghana. It calls for needs assessment on a governance system that will chart a new order to transform individual and household attitudes through curriculum development, awareness training, coping strategies to capacity building for members of the communities and households.

Sustaining the Oil and Gas Industry through corporate social responsibility practices by multinational oil and gas companies in emerging economies.

“…Content analysis was performed on the annual reports and other secondary information on MOCs to determine their CSR activities and practices. Finally, based on [62,63,64], a sustainability benchmarking framework was adopted to assess CSR activities of the MOCs in 7 core areas; Commitment to CSR, CSR spending, Community, environmental aspects, workplace environment, marketplace and CSR reporting. These areas are summarily tabulated (Table 1) below;…”

“…Their pledges and agendas result on CSR are presented in Table 3. Based on [60,61,62] the sustainability benchmarking framework was adopted to assess CSR activities of the MOCs in 7 core areas. The results show that multinational Oil and Gas companies with interest in emerging economies, especially Africa, are committed to CSR in all 6 identi ed core areas.…”

Sustaining oil and gas multinational operations through corporate social responsibility practices

“…Content analysis was performed on the annual reports and other secondary information on oil and gas multinational companies, purposively sampled, to determine their CSR activities and practices [62]. Finally, based on [63][64][65], a sustainability benchmarking framework was adopted to assess CSR activities of the sampled companies in 7 core areas; Commitment to CSR, CSR spending, Community, environmental aspects, workplace environment, marketplace and CSR reporting. The core CSR areas of practice and assessment criteria are summarily depicted by Table 1.…”

Sustaining the Oil and Gas Multinationals’ Operations Through Corporate Social Responsibility Practices

“…Content analysis was performed on the annual reports and other secondary information on oil and gas multinational companies, purposively sampled, to determine their CSR activities and practices [60]. Finally, based on [62,63,64], a sustainability benchmarking framework was adopted to assess CSR activities of the sampled companies in 7 core areas; Commitment to CSR, CSR spending, Community, environmental aspects, workplace environment, marketplace and CSR reporting. The core CSR areas of practice and assessment criteria are summarily depicted by Table 1.…”

“…The benchmark assessment was based on a likert scale of 1-5 [64,65], where; 1: Does not highlight activities, 2: highlight activities to a low extent, 3: highlight activities to some extent, 4: highlight activities to a high extent, and 5: highlight activities to a very high extent (Table 2).…”