Climate Adaptation in West Africa

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Climate Adaptation Strategies, Initiatives, and Practices: Issues and Pathways in West Africa

Welcome to the page of the Climate Adaptation Strategies, Initiatives and Practices: Issues and Pathways in West Africa, a project under APRI's Climate Change Program. The project focus is on the adaptation components of NDCs and other national and local frameworks and strategies for climate adaptation in three West African Countries: Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal.

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Local Solutions, Global Impact: Climate Adaptation in West Africa

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Local Solutions, Global Impact: Climate Adaptation in West Africa

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Community Resilience: Integrating Local Approaches into Senegal's Climate Change Adaptation Agenda

Senegal

Community Resilience: Integrating Local Approaches into Senegal's Climate Change Adaptation Agenda

By Ibrahima Sy

Community Resilience: Integrating Local Approaches into Nigeria's Climate Change Adaptation Agenda

Nigeria

Community Resilience: Integrating Local Approaches into Nigeria's Climate Change Adaptation Agenda

By Chukwueloka U. Okeke

Case Studies on Climate Adaptation in West Africa

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Case Studies on Climate Adaptation in West Africa

By APRI

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Local Solutions, Global Impact: Climate Adaptation in West Africa

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Local Solutions, Global Impact: Climate Adaptation in West Africa

By APRI

Community Resilience: Integrating Local Approaches into Senegal's Climate Change Adaptation Agenda

Senegal

Community Resilience: Integrating Local Approaches into Senegal's Climate Change Adaptation Agenda

By Ibrahima Sy

Community Resilience: Integrating Local Approaches into Nigeria's Climate Change Adaptation Agenda

Nigeria

Community Resilience: Integrating Local Approaches into Nigeria's Climate Change Adaptation Agenda

By Chukwueloka U. Okeke

Climate Adaptation in Africa

Countries of focus

Senegal

APRI’s analyses and publications on Senegal’s climate adaptation efforts

Ghana

APRI’s analyses and publications on Ghana’s climate adaptation efforts

Nigeria

APRI’s analyses and publications on Nigeria’s climate adaptation efforts

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Ghana

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Ghana

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Climate Change Adaptation in Ghana: 2nd Stakeholder/Policy Engagement Meeting Briefing

Climate Change Adaptation in Ghana: 2nd Stakeholder/Policy Engagement Meeting Briefing

By APRI

Building Resilience of Communities to Climate Impacts: Progress, Opportunities and Constraints to Delivering Locally-Led Adaptation in Ghana

Building Resilience of Communities to Climate Impacts: Progress, Opportunities and Constraints ...

By Albert Arhin, Richard Oblitei Tetteh

Climate Change Adaptation in Ghana: Strategies, Initiatives, and Practices

Climate Change Adaptation in Ghana: Strategies, Initiatives, and Practices

By Albert Arhin

Senegal

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Senegal

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Community Resilience: Integrating Local Approaches into Senegal's Climate Change Adaptation Agenda

Community Resilience: Integrating Local Approaches into Senegal's Climate Change Adaptation Agenda

By Ibrahima Sy

Unlocking Adaptation Potential: Insights into Senegal’s climate change policies, initiatives and local actions

Unlocking Adaptation Potential: Insights into Senegal’s climate change policies, initiatives an...

By Ibrahima Sy

Climate Change Adaptation in Senegal: 2nd Stakeholder/Policy Engagement Meeting Briefing

Climate Change Adaptation in Senegal: 2nd Stakeholder/Policy Engagement Meeting Briefing

By APRI

Adaptation Policies, Strategies, Initiatives, and Actions in Senegal: Gaps, Challenges, and Opp...

By Ibrahima Sy

Climate Change Adaptation in Senegal: Strategies, Initiatives, and Practices

By Ibrahima Sy

Nigeria

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Nigeria

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Community Resilience: Integrating Local Approaches into Nigeria's Climate Change Adaptation Agenda

Community Resilience: Integrating Local Approaches into Nigeria's Climate Change Adaptation Agenda

By Chukwueloka U. Okeke

Unlocking Adaptation Potential: Insights into Nigeria’s climate change policies, initiatives and local actions

Unlocking Adaptation Potential: Insights into Nigeria’s climate change policies, initiatives an...

By Chukwueloka U. Okeke, Chinwe Victoria Ogunji, Ethelbert Elochukwu Anieze

Climate Action Strategies, Practices and Initiatives: Challenges and Opportunities for Locally-Led Adaptation in Nigeria

Climate Action Strategies, Practices and Initiatives: Challenges and Opportunities for Locally-...

By Chukwueloka U. Okeke, Chukwumerije Okereke, Hemen Mark Butu

Climate Change Adaptation in Nigeria: 2nd Stakeholder/Policy Engagement Meeting Briefing

By APRI

Climate Change Adaptation in Nigeria: Strategies, Initiatives, and Practices

By Hemen Mark Butu, Chukwueloka U. Okeke, Chukwumerije Okereke

Project Experts

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Dr. Grace Mbungu

Head of Climate Change

Isabella Roberts

Isabella Roberts

Junior Fellow & Project Coordinator

Dr. Albert Arhin

Former Senior Climate Change Fellow

Chukwueloka U. Okeke

Dr. Chukwueloka U. Okeke

Former Senior Climate Change Fellow

Chukwumerije Okereke

Prof. Chukwumerije Okereke

Former Senior Non-Resident Fellow

Dr. Ibrahima Sy

Former Senior Climate Change Fellow

Media Coverage

APRI-Africa holds workshop for advancing locally-led adaptation in Ghana

Climate adaptation actions risk being ineffective if they fail to be led by the views and priorities of the local stakeholders who influence land, water, and other resource use decisions.

Joy online

Stakeholders explore pathways, strategies and shared ambitions for advancing locally-led climate adaptation

“We need to learn from those who are at the forefront, dealing and coping with the effects of this climate crisis. The steps they take to deal with day-to-day effects of climate change can and should inform policy and implementation strategies.

The Business & Financial Times

Stakeholders explore pathways, strategies, and ambitions for advancing locally led adaptation in Ghana

Dr Grace Mbungu, the Head of the Climate Change Program at APRI stressed that locally-led climate adaptation initiatives are becoming important policy tools and approaches for making climate action more effective.

Citi Newsroom

Stakeholders explore ways to advance locally-led adaptation in climate change

Gabriel Ndiaye, coordinator of Senegal's National Adaptation Plan Support Project, noted that "we have a good impression coming out of this work because we are aware that today, as far as climate issues are concerned, it is at local or even community level that all adaptation measures are applied ..."

Vivafrik

Stakeholders explore ways to advance locally-led adaptation in climate change

...just about 3.5 per cent out of the US$ 1.3 billion climate finance inflows to Ghana from 2011-2019 were spent on climate adaptation initiatives that support local communities to adjust and respond to the harsh realities of climate change

Ghana News Agency

APRI-Africa holds workshop for advancing locally-led adaptation in Ghana

Climate adaptation actions risk being ineffective if they fail to be led by the views and priorities of the local stakeholders who influence land, water, and other resource use decisions.

Joy online

Stakeholders explore pathways, strategies and shared ambitions for advancing locally-led climate adaptation

“We need to learn from those who are at the forefront, dealing and coping with the effects of this climate crisis. The steps they take to deal with day-to-day effects of climate change can and should inform policy and implementation strategies.

The Business & Financial Times

Stakeholders explore pathways, strategies, and ambitions for advancing locally led adaptation in Ghana

Dr Grace Mbungu, the Head of the Climate Change Program at APRI stressed that locally-led climate adaptation initiatives are becoming important policy tools and approaches for making climate action more effective.

Citi Newsroom

Stakeholders explore ways to advance locally-led adaptation in climate change

Gabriel Ndiaye, coordinator of Senegal's National Adaptation Plan Support Project, noted that "we have a good impression coming out of this work because we are aware that today, as far as climate issues are concerned, it is at local or even community level that all adaptation measures are applied ..."

Vivafrik

Project Partner

ENDA Energie (Senegal)

ENDA Energie is an International Non-governmental Organisation with headquarters in Dakar, Senegal.

GCIC - Ghana

The Ghana Climate Innovation Center (GCIC) is a national business incubator located in Accra, Ghana.

CCCD (Nigeria)

The Centre for Climate Change and Development (CCCD) is a research think tank based at the Alex-Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike (AEFUNAI) in Lagos, Nigeria.