Wetland communities in Northern Ghana face a hotter, flood-prone future as climate risks intensif

The findings emerge from the Addressing Climate Vulnerability through Nature-Based Solutions using Transdisciplinary Engagement of Wetland Communities (AV-STEC) project, which brings together the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Research at the University of Ghana, Naturama in Burkina Faso, York University in Canada, and the Stockholm Environment Institute in the United States.

Ghana’s wetland communities could face mounting threats to their livelihoods, food security and economic stability as rising temperatures, unpredictable rainfall, heavier storms and flash flooding intensify, according to findings from an international climate research initiative.

A CLIMATE WARNING THAT CANNOT BE IGNORED Climate projections examined by the project point to a future of increasing extreme heat, greater rainfall variability, heavier storm bursts and flash flooding.