In common with savannah landscapes across Africa, anthropogenic fires have been an important driver of change in Ghana’s Northern Savannah Zone from wooded savannah to a landscape in which grassland appears...
This series of two reports contains market and viability analyses to help relevant stakeholders identify the best opportunities for supporting sustainable and profitable tree crop production systems (in...
This series of two reports contains market and viability analyses to help relevant stakeholders identify the best opportunities for supporting sustainable and profitable tree crop production systems (in...
The World Bank Group supports countries in building a better future through green, resilient, and inclusive development (GRID). This includes countries’ efforts to harness the potential of forests to reduce...
The impacts of forest cover change and climate change on the different water balance components were assessed in this study to support the Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) in Ghana. The CCDR...
This legal analysis provides an assessment of Ghana’s key legal and regulatory frameworks for the priorities highlighted in Ghana’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Ghana’s climate agenda...
The consumption and production of woodfuels in Ghana is widely recognized for its contribution to national energy supply and its significance for rural livelihoods. Although the percentage share of woodfuels...
This report explores the ways in which Ghana can pursue its development objectives while considering the challenges of climate change and the opportunities from the transition. It sets the stage in chapter...
Carbon markets under the Paris Agreement are expected to differ substantially from those that emerged under the Kyoto Protocol. Unlike the top-down approach of markets created by the Kyoto Protocol, such...
In this paper, authors assess the economic impacts of increased heat stress in humans in Ghana. As mean global temperatures increase, human capacity for manual labor is affected, particularly in activities...