Climate data and scenarios for NAP-Ghana's experience

1. CLIMATE DATA AND SCENARIOS
FOR NAP-GHANA’S EXPERIENCE
ANTWI-BOASIAKO AMOAH
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY-GHANA

3. Interaction between ITCZ and West African Monsoon

4. Agro-ecological Zones

5. Current (1950–2000) mean monthly rainfall for the regions of
Ghana
Rainfall data are from www.worldclim.org.

6. Current (1950–2000) mean monthly average temperatures for the
regions of Ghana

7. Mean Annual Rainfall and Temperature (1950-2000)

11. Projected Temperature on Agriculture (2020s)
Relative Absolute

12. Low warming (RCP 2.6) for 2040s
High Warming (RCP 8.5) for 2040s
Absolute
Relative

13. Climate Vulnerability of the Regions

14. Climate Change vulnerabilities (past and current)

15. 10 disasters in Ghana affecting people 10 deadliest natural disasters in Ghana
Type Year Total affected Type Year Totals deaths
Drought 1983 12,500,000 Epidemic 1996 411
Flood 1991 2,000,000 Epidemic 2014 249
Flood 1995 700,000 Flood 1995 145
Flood 2007 332,600 Epidemic 1984 103
Flood 1999 324,602 Epidemic 2011 101
Flood 2001 144,025 Epidemic 2015 85
Flood 2009 139,790 Epidemic 1998 67
Flood 2011 81,473 Flood 2007 56
Flood 2008 58,000 Flood 1999 52
Epidemic 2014 56,469 Flood 2010 45
Flood 2015 52,622 Flood 2010 150
SOME IMPACTS TO AIDE PLANNING

16. A summary of poverty characteristics for the regions of Ghana . The colour scale relates to the
values for each poverty variable
Administrative
regions
Total
population
Population
in poverty
% in
poverty
Poverty
depth
Poverty
severity
Gini
coefficient
Ashanti 4,671,948 636,787 13.6 3.8 1.6 37.3
Brong Ahafo 2,265,434 648,367 28.6 9.5 4.4 49.4
Central 2,113,763 514,143 19.6 5.7 2.4 42
Eastern 2,574,543 566,399 22 6.1 2.5 37.9
Greater Accra 3,888,237 257,401 6.6 1.8 0.8 37.6
Northern 2,445,061 1,079,494 44.2 15.5 7.4 38.8
Upper East 1,034,688 474,818 45.9 22.2 13.6 57.6
Upper West 688,328 477,631 69.4 35.8 22.5 49.7
Volta 2,086,557 694,615 33.3 11.8 5.7 43.7
Western 2,307,385 443,479 19.2 5.5 2.3 41.2
All of Ghana 24,075,944 5,793,134 24.1
Northern regions 4,168,077 2,031,943 48.8
Southern regions 19,907,867 3,761,191 18.9

19. MIGRATION

21. Iterative climate change risk management frameworks per IPCC 5th Assessment
recommendation

22. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
aantwib@gmail.com