Climate change in Ghana
Emissions, impacts, and responses of Ghana related to climate change / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Climate change in Ghana is impacting the people in Ghana in several ways as the country sits at the intersection of three hydro-climatic zones.[1] Changes in rainfall, weather conditions and sea-level rise[2] will affect the salinity of coastal waters. This is expected to negatively affect both farming and fisheries.[3]
The national economy stands to suffer from the impacts of climate change because of its dependence on climate-sensitive sectors such as agriculture, energy, and forestry. Moreover, access to freshwater is expected to become more challenging while reduced water supply will have a negative impact on hydropower, which provides 54% of the country's electricity capacity.[3] Additionally, Ghana will likely see more cases of malaria and cholera, since both are impacted by changes in water conditions.
In 2015, the government produced a document titled "Ghana's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution".[4] Following that, Ghana signed the Paris Climate Agreement in 2016. The Intended Nationally Determined Contribution after 2016 became the Nationally Determined Contributions commonly referred to as NDCs which was reviewed in 2021.