{"id":2438,"date":"2018-08-28T09:00:51","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T08:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2018-08-27T19:32:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T18:32:19","slug":"deccma-ghana-at-the-6th-climate-change-and-population-conference-on-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/deccma\/2018\/08\/28\/deccma-ghana-at-the-6th-climate-change-and-population-conference-on-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"DECCMA Ghana at the 6th Climate Change and Population Conference on Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Prosper Adiku<\/em><\/p>\n

DECCMA Ghana organised a panel session to share their project findings with participants during the 6th<\/sup> Climate Change and Population Conference on Africa (CCPOP2018<\/a>) held from 23rd<\/sup> to 25th<\/sup>\u00a0July 2018.<\/p>\n

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DECCMA Panel at CCPOP (photo: Gertrude Owusu)<\/p><\/div>\n

The session, under the theme population-climate nexus,\u00a0was entitled “The Volta Delta: A multidisciplinary perspective on climate change impacts”. Professor Kwasi Appeaning Addo, Co-PI of DECCMA Ghana, provided and overview of project findings. The panel comprised the lead research scientists of the DECCMA work packages. It was moderated by Mr Winfred Nelson of the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC<\/a>) and chaired by Honourable Dr Beatrice\u00a0Adiku-Heloo, Member of Parliament for Hohoe Constituency and a member of the Appointment Committee of Parliament.<\/p>\n

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Findings shared related to climate change impacts in the Volta Delta, including:\u00a0policy responsiveness and household adaptation strategies to climate change impact; biophysical and socio-economic factors affecting livestock-based livelihoods; determinants of immobility in hazard-prone communities and economic and livelihood impacts of climate change vulnerabilities. Particular points that arose in the discussion included what the future will look like and recommendations on how to address these challenges.<\/p>\n

On the issue of policies promoting or hindering migration, the governance analysis of DECCMA reveals that no explicit policy exists that hinders movement, however, other factors (economic and family ties) remain critical. It also emerged that change in governments do not promote policy implementation as prioritisation of issues tend to hinder the implementation of some policies.<\/p>\n

Also featured on the panel was Professor Christopher Gordon, the ASSAR Ghana project lead, who shared highlights of ASSAR<\/a> research findings noting migration as a key adaptation option with the issues of food security, and disconnect between opportunities at district and national level, being the major problems for adaptation.<\/p>\n

The CCPOP<\/a> is an annual Conference organised by the Regional Institute of Population Studies (RIPS<\/a>) at the University of Ghana aimed at promoting lessons on the best scientific practices with a focus on potential development impacts on Africa. This year\u2019s conference was under the theme “The Future We Do Not Want” and focused on various risk related themes such as the population\u2013climate nexus, population health and climate change, coastal zones and green growth, cities and climate change, adaptation and mitigation among others.<\/p>\n

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by Prosper Adiku DECCMA Ghana organised a panel session to share their project findings with participants during the 6th Climate Change and Population Conference on Africa (CCPOP2018) held from 23rd to 25th\u00a0July 2018. The session, under the theme population-climate nexus,\u00a0was entitled “The Volta Delta: A multidisciplinary perspective on climate change impacts”. 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