Challenges and Opportunities for Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into WaSH Development Planning in Ghana

Alhassan, Salley; Hadwen, Wade L.

doi:10.20944/preprints201705.0220.v1

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“…(24) Poor responses and weak adaptation strategies, especially in low-/lower-middle income countries, are exacerbating the impacts of climate change. (25) Water and hydropower resources are intrinsically linked and are affected by climate. Adequate water resources not only allow for more efficient, effective water supply systems, but also enable the production of low-carbon, renewable energy.…”

Section: Extreme Weather Events and Their Impacts On Water And Elmentioning

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Cities and extreme weather events: impacts of flooding and extreme heat on water and electricity services in Ghana

Kayaga¹,

Amankwaa²,

Gough³

et al. 2020

Environment and Urbanization

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Extreme weather events disproportionately affect residents of low-income urban settlements in the global South. This paper explores the impacts of extreme heat and flooding on water and electricity services in Accra and Tamale, Ghana. Interviews with water/electricity providers and water quality analysis are combined with household interviews, focus group discussions and observations conducted in eight low-income urban settlements. The findings highlight the interconnected nature of service provision during extreme weather events, with challenges in one sector reinforcing problems in another, exacerbating difficulties with access. Although households can utilize rainwater during flooding, it is highly susceptible to faecal contamination, and electricity supplies are often disconnected. During extreme heat, demand for water and electricity outstrips supply, leading to severe shortages, especially in Tamale. Water and electricity service providers should consider their interconnected nature and adopt a joined-up approach to cope with extreme weather events, which are predicted to increase with climate change.

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Section: Extreme Weather Events and Their Impacts On Water And Elmentioning

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Cities and extreme weather events: impacts of flooding and extreme heat on water and electricity services in Ghana

Kayaga¹,

Amankwaa²,

Gough³

et al. 2020

Environment and Urbanization

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“…"Climate change threatens water, sanitation and hygiene facilities, and services"; floods, and droughts, polluting, and reducing water delivery respectively, have now become a perennial issue to deal with in the northern regions of Ghana. Moreover, CC affects not only surface water but also groundwater as well (Alhassan & Hadwen, 2017). The impacts of CC on agriculture, forestry, water management, and human settlements are a growing concern in Romania (Teodorescu & Oros, 2010).…”

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Public Perceptions about the Impact of Climate Change on Human Health: A Study of Bangladesh

Biswas¹,

Sk²

2020

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The main purpose of this research is to analyze the perception of climate change impacts on human health in Bangladesh through data from nationality representative surveys conducted in some district of Bangladesh. In Bangladesh there have a few research has been conducted on public perceptions about the impact of climate change on human health. A structured questionnaire method was conducted, and data collected from 615 respondents. The findings of this study reveal that out of 615 respondents, 76.0% of the respondents replied positively while remaining 24.0%, almost one-fourth of total respondents, indicated that they have not heard the term climate change before. Knowledgeable in climate change, 92.5% of respondents agreed that climate change has an impact on human health while only 7.5% respondents disagreed with this statement. 90.5% of respondents argued that they are agreed with the opinion that climate change is a serious threat to human health.

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“…There are many benefits that can be derived from mainstreaming climate adaptation into sectoral policies such as; increasing coherence and synergies across different sectors to achieve adaptation goals, reducing duplication and cost of "adaptation" implementation, and minimizing the degree to which adaptation policies contradict each other (Alhassan and Hadwen, 2017). The concept has been applied to address climate adaptation in different sectors such as disaster management (Heazle et al, 2013), development issues (Sietz et al, 2011;Ayers et al, 2014;Lauer and Eguavoen, 2016), integrated water resources management (He, 2013), and water and sanitation development planning (Alhassan and Hadwen, 2017). The wide application of the mainstreaming concept in climate adaptation in different sectors therefore provides an opportunity to examine to what extent climate adaptation has been mainstreamed into the water, agriculture, forestry and energy sectors in the CA sub-region and how it can be enhanced.…”

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“…Whilst considerable progress has been made in mainstreaming climate adaptation into sectoral policies in East and West Africa (Lauer and Eguavoen, 2016;Alhassan and Hadwen, 2017;Ampaire et al, 2017;Pardoe et al, 2017), little is known about the Central Africa (CA) sub-region (i.e. Cameroun, Central Africa Republic, Chad, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo).…”

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Mainstreaming climate adaptation into sectoral policies in Central Africa: Insights from Cameroun

Nkiaka

Lovett

2018

Environmental Science & Policy

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While considerable advances have been made in mainstreaming climate adaptation into sectoral policies in most regions across Africa, little is known about Central Africa (CA) even though the sub-region has enormous potentials to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions through the Congo basin forest. This paper presents an in-depth analysis of the progress made in mainstreaming climate adaptation into sectoral policies in CA based on insights from Cameroun. To achieve this, 30 strategic policy documents published by the government of Cameroun covering different aspects of climate adaptation were exploited. Additional information was obtained from interviews with 27 stakeholders working in relevant government ministries/institutions and international organizations. Results show that significant progress has been made to mainstream climate adaptation into the forestry and energy sectors. This has been facilitated by the putting in place of national policies that consider climate change impacts and mitigation/adaptation in these sectors. Meanwhile, little progress has been recorded in the water and agricultural. The lack of progress in these sectors can be attributed to the absence of national policies that take into account climate change impacts in these sectors. Overall results show that the National Adaptation Plan of Action has played a key role in enhancing the mainstreaming of climate adaptation into sectoral policies in Cameroun. Notwithstanding the progress recorded, many obstacles such as the lack of human and financial resources still exist. Stakeholders proposed a series of potentially useful solutions to tackling obstacles hindering cross-sectoral mainstreaming initiatives. This paper contributes to contemporary debates on the extent to which adaptation mainstreaming is happening at national level in sub-Saharan Africa, and reveals the obstacles that need to be addressed in order to sustain this initiative in CA and other regions of the continent.

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Challenges and Opportunities for Mainstreaming Climate Change Adaptation into WaSH Development Planning in Ghana

Cited by 14 publications

References 6 publications

Cities and extreme weather events: impacts of flooding and extreme heat on water and electricity services in Ghana

Cities and extreme weather events: impacts of flooding and extreme heat on water and electricity services in Ghana

Public Perceptions about the Impact of Climate Change on Human Health: A Study of Bangladesh

Mainstreaming climate adaptation into sectoral policies in Central Africa: Insights from Cameroun

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