Summary
The Bekwai Municipal Assembly identifies rainfall variability, forest fires, water scarcity, windstorms, and flooding as its main climate hazards. The document assesses vulnerabilities across five key sectors, noting that services, trade, and finance have the lowest vulnerability score (-0.23), while agriculture and water, health, and sanitation are highlighted as areas of greater concern. Proposed adaptation measures include implementing smart agriculture, modern irrigation, crop insurance, and enhancing climate education.
Key insights
- The Bekwai Municipal Assembly identifies five primary climate hazards: rainfall variability, forest fires, water scarcity, windstorms, and flooding.
- Climate change vulnerabilities are assessed across five sectors, with the lowest vulnerability score assigned to services, trade, and finance (-0.23) and the highest (least negative) assigned to agriculture (-0.07) and water, health, and sanitation (-0.06).
- Proposed adaptation options for the region include the implementation of modern irrigation systems, crop insurance programs, rainwater harvesting, smart agriculture and conservation practices, afforestation, and the enhancement of climate information services and education.
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- NAP Global Network (n.d.). GHANA. https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ghana-bekwai-poster-V3-WEB.pdf
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- {{cite report |author=NAP Global Network |title=GHANA |url=https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ghana-bekwai-poster-V3-WEB.pdf |access-date=23 October 2026 |via=Climate Insights Directory}}
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- @techreport{napglobalnetworkndghana, author = {{NAP Global Network}}, title = {{GHANA}}, institution = {NAP Global Network}, url = {https://napglobalnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/ghana-bekwai-poster-V3-WEB.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }
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