Economics of Adaptation to Climate Change : Ghana, Volume 1. Main Report

The report is organized as follows. The next section puts the study into context by briefly discussing the global EACC study and the EACC methodology, which was applied in this study at a more disaggregated level. The section highlights the differential impacts of climate change among different regions of the world, including Africa. Chapter three presents an overview of the methodology used, including the key assumptions. An effort has been made to present this information in nontechnical language where possible. The more technical aspects of the study can be found in the annexes. The sector results are contained in chapter four. The chapter begins with an overview of the Ghanaian economy, followed by the climate projections for Ghana and the overall economic impacts. Next, the results for each sector are presented in three parts: climate change impacts, the adaptation options, and the adaptation costs. The final chapter concludes with a summary and policy implications.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Other Environmental Study biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2010
Subjects:	ABSORPTION, ACCESSIBILITY, ADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, AFFORESTATION, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, ALLOCATION, ALUMINUM, AMBIENT TEMPERATURES, ANNUAL COSTS, ANNUAL PRECIPITATION, ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGE, APPROACH TO CLIMATE CHANGE, ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATIONS, AVERAGE RAINFALL, BASES, BIOMASS, BRIDGE, BRIDGE EXPANSION, CAPITAL INVESTMENT, CARBON, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARRIERS, CATASTROPHIC IMPACTS, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION, CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGY, CLIMATE CHANGE DISCUSSION, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS, CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIO, CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS, CLIMATE CHANGES, CLIMATE DATA, CLIMATE FORECASTS, CLIMATE MODELS, CLIMATE PROJECTIONS, CLIMATE RESEARCH, CLIMATE RESEARCH UNIT, CLIMATE SCENARIOS, CLIMATE SCIENCE, CLIMATE SCIENTISTS, CLIMATE SENSITIVE, CLIMATE STRESS, CLIMATE SYSTEM, CLIMATE SYSTEMS, CLIMATE VARIABLES, CLIMATE VARIATION, CLIMATE-CHANGE, CLIMATIC CHANGES, CLIMATIC EFFECTS, CO, CO2, COLORS, COST ESTIMATES, COST OF CLIMATE CHANGE, COSTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, CRU, CRUDE OIL, CULVERTS, DAMAGES, DEFORESTATION, DIESEL, DIESEL POWER, DIRECT IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, DISCOUNT RATE, DRAINAGE, DROUGHT, DYNAMIC COMPUTABLE GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC IMPACTS, ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE, ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, ECONOMIC MODELS, ECONOMIC SECTORS, ECONOMIC THEORY, ECONOMICS OF ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE, ECOSYSTEM, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, EMISSION, EMISSION SCENARIO, EMISSION SCENARIOS, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS SCENARIOS, ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, ENERGY MIX, ENERGY PRODUCTION, ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, EVAPORATION, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, EXOGENOUS SHOCKS, EXTREME EVENTS, EXTREME HEAT, EXTREME VALUES, EXTREME WEATHER, EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FLOODS, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT, FOREST, FORESTRY, FORESTS, FOSSIL FUELS, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FREIGHT, FREIGHT TRAFFIC, FUEL, FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE, GAS PRODUCTION, GAS TURBINES, GAS WELLS, GCM, GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL, GHG, GHGS, GLOBAL HYDROLOGY, GLOBAL TEMPERATURE, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GASES, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HYDROLOGY, IMPACT OF CLIMATE, IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPACT OF TEMPERATURE, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, IPCC, ITCZ, LAND TRANSPORT, LAND USE, MARKET ECONOMY, MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE, NATIONAL ACCOUNTS, NATIONAL CLIMATE, NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE, NATIONAL INCOME, PASSENGERS, PET, POLICY ANALYSIS, POLICY IMPLICATIONS, POLICY MAKERS, POPULATION DENSITY, POWER PLANTS, POWER SUPPLY, PRECIPITATION, PRESENT VALUE, RAILWAY, RAILWAY SECTOR, RAILWAYS, RAIN, RAINFALL, RAINFALL LEVELS, RAINFALL PATTERNS, RAINFALL RUNOFF, RAINWATER, RAINY SEASON, REGIONAL CLIMATE, RELATIVE PRICES, RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS, ROAD, ROAD DESIGN, ROAD DESIGN STANDARDS, ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROAD NETWORK, ROAD SECTOR, ROAD SHOULDERS, ROAD TRAFFIC, ROAD TRANSPORT, ROADS, SAFETY, SANITATION, SCIENTIST, SEA LEVEL RISE, SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, STORM SURGE, STORM SURGES, SURFACE TEMPERATURE, SURFACE WATER, SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE, TAX, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE CHANGE, TEMPERATURE CHANGES, TEMPERATURE DATA, TEMPERATURE IMPACTS, TEMPERATURE INCREASE, TEMPERATURE INCREASES, TEMPERATURE VARIABILITY, TOTAL COSTS, TRAFFIC, TRANSPORT, TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT SECTOR, TRANSPORT SYSTEM, TRANSPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, TUNNEL, UNCERTAINTIES, VEHICLE, VEHICLE OPERATING, VEHICLE OPERATING COST, VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE CHANGE, WEATHER CHANGES, WIND,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/17486030/ghana-economics-adaptation-climate-change-eacc-vol-1-2-main-report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/13212
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