Country Brief: Sustainable Cooling for All in Ghana

Ghana faces significant cooling gaps, with 12.9 million people at high risk and 16.6 million at medium risk due to lack of access to cooling and electricity. While refrigeration and air-conditioning (RAC) demand is projected to rise from 7.04 TWh in 2015 to 20.9 TWh by 2050, the country aims to align this growth with its net-zero 2060 target by shifting toward renewables and energy-efficient cooling.

• A significant portion of the Ghanaian population is vulnerable to heat due to lack of cooling access: 12.9 million people are at high risk, including 4.17 million rural poor and 8.78 million urban poor, while 16.6 million lower-middle-income people are at medium risk.
• Under a 'business-as-usual' scenario, energy demand for the refrigeration and air-conditioning (RAC) sector is projected to grow from 7.04 TWh in 2015 to 20.9 TWh in 2050, with greenhouse gas emissions increasing from 5.05 mT CO2eq to 12.8 mT CO2eq over the same period.
• Ghana's climate is projected to warm by 1.0°C to 3.0°C by mid-century and 2.3°C to 5.3°C by the end of the century, with the frequency of hot days and nights expected to increase by 18-59 percent by the middle of the century.
• To reach net-zero emissions by 2060, Ghana's Energy Transition and Investment Plan (ETIP) envisions a shift to a power generation mix by 2050 dominated by solar energy (71.4%), followed by hydro (13.87%), nuclear (10.24%), and onshore wind (3.86%).

APA

Sustainable Energy for All (2024). Country Brief: Sustainable Cooling for All in Ghana. https://www.seforall.org/publications/country-brief-sustainable-cooling-for-all-in-ghana

Chicago

Sustainable Energy for All. Country Brief: Sustainable Cooling for All in Ghana. 2024. https://www.seforall.org/publications/country-brief-sustainable-cooling-for-all-in-ghana.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{sustainableenergyforall2024country, author = {{Sustainable Energy for All}}, title = {{Country Brief: Sustainable Cooling for All in Ghana}}, institution = {Sustainable Energy for All}, year = {2024}, month = dec, url = {https://www.seforall.org/publications/country-brief-sustainable-cooling-for-all-in-ghana}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }