Ghana's Fourth National Communication Report to the UNFCCC

Ghana's Fourth National Communication Report to the UNFCCC

Climate Change
Other
2020
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Year of publication
2020
Specific thematic area
Climate adaptation and/or mitigation
Sector of governance
Climate change
Type of human mobility
Migration
Characteristics of human mobility
Cross-border, Rural-urban
Type of environmental driver
Generic references to climate climate change
Local governance marker
Not Available
Sudden-onset/slow-onset
Both
Type of provision related to human mobility in disaster and climate change contexts
DIRECT SPECIFIC - Mentions addressing climate change and migration among national policy priorities; lists ongoing national and regional research activities on climate change and migration.
Sub-region
Western Africa
Region
Western Africa
Macro-region
Africa
Relevant GCM objective
    GCM Objective 2 - Minimize adverse drivers
Child marker
Not Available
Gender marker
Not Available
Human rights marker
Not Available

ES 5.4 Adaptation Intervention Areas: […] Developing capacity and research for adaptation: […] On-going research on climate change and migration

Ps. xxxix, 19, 39

Equitable social development (focus area Address climate change and migration)

Ps. xxxix, 19, 39

West African Science Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land Use (WASCAL) – WASCAL is a sub-region-wide capacity building and research initiative funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. WASCAL’s research focuses on land use and cover/land degradation/climate change nexus, risks and vulnerability to climate extremes, sustainable rural-urban and cross border migration in West Africa and sustainable agriculture/climate-smart landscapes nexus. The headquarters of WASCAL is in Ghana and covers 11 West African countries involving 12 Universities. More than 300 West African citizens have benefitted from WASCAL’s masters and doctoral programmes.

Ps. xxxix, 19, 39

*References to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).