The cities of Accra in Ghana and Maputo in Mozambique currently face many development challenges, such as poor transport and drainage infrastructure, as a result of inadequate planning regulation and law enforcement.
Fiji faces significant development challenges, and the government has set ambitious development objectives to address them. Natural hazards and climate change, however, represent a major obstacle to the achievement of these objectives.
African decision-makers need reliable, accessible, and trustworthy information about the continent’s climate, and how this climate might change in future, if they are to plan appropriately to meet the region’s development challenges.
The National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) is Ghana’s integrated response to climate change.
This report highlights key trends in a growing body of research on the links between climate change and development.