Climate Change Adaptation & Mitigation

Strategies and impacts related to climate change, including adaptation measures, mitigation efforts, and policy implications.

Student Work

  • Doreen Larkailey Lartey: ‘Assessing Households’ and Informal Cooked Food Vendors Awareness and Willingness to Adopt Biomass Briquette as a Sustainable Alternative to Fuelwoods in Ghana’ (2023)
  • Clement Baidoo: Adoption of Cocoa Agroforestry as a REDD+ Strategy in Bibiani Ahwiaso Bekwai Municipal: Challenges and Prospects. 1 (2022)
  • o Gontorye Saye Lah: Nature-based solutions for extreme weather events mitigation and adaptation in coastal Ghana. (2021)
  • Anna Saakwor Batsa: Assessing the Impact of Land Tenure Systems on Cocoa-Based Agroforestry (CAF) as a Climate Change Adaptation Strategy’’ (2020).
  • James Oppong Otoo: Adapting to the adverse impacts of climate change using agricultural insurance: A case study of the Ghana Agricultural Insurance Pool (GAIP) (2021).
  • Sussana Aryeh: “Climate change mitigation and adaptation actions among large-scale construction companies in Ghana” (2020).
  • Justine P. Samwine: “Implementation of REDD+ in Ghana: Challenges & Opportunities” (2019)
  • Baffour Gyau Bernard: Vertical Farming Community as an Ecological Urbanism Strategy for Climate Change Adaptation in Accra, Ghana (2019).

Environmental Sustainability & Resource Management:

Issues related to environmental conservation, resource utilization, pollution, and sustainable practices.

Student Work

  • Stephen Twumasi Annan: “Assessment of Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mine Waste Footprint on Soil and Provisioning Ecosystem Services at Mpohor Wasa East and Amansie West District, Ghana (2021)
  • Seth Azalekor: Assessing the Socio-Economic and Ecological Impacts Of Sand Mining In The South Tongu District, Volta Region.
  • Margaret Bondziedu Impraim: Assessment of Forest-Fringe Communities Resilience to Human-Induced Stressors in the Atewa Range Forest Reserve (2020).
  • Gifty Owusu: Envisioning the Future Effects of Mining on Ecosystem Services and Well-Being of Host Communities. (2023).
  • Sarah Addae: Exploring the Drivers and Management of Agricultural Food Waste in Accra’s Madina Market” (2021).
  • Dzifa Accolor: Exploring Nature Based Solutions for Urban Water Management: Weija Reservoir”. (2020).
  • Ayi Adam.: “Farmers Perception on the Health and Environmental Effects of Agrochemicals Use in Kpone Katamanso Municipality” (2020).
  • Edwin Odotei: Waste as a Resource in Transition: Prospects and Challenges in Ghana (2019).

Urban Environmental Issues

Challenges and solutions related to environmental sustainability in urban areas, including pollution, waste management, and green infrastructure.

Student Work

  • Claudia Adomako Okyere: Assessment of Households’ Perception On the Role of Drainage Systems in Flood-Risk Reduction in the Adentan Municipality (2022).
  • Seth Akagla: An Assessment of Non-Compliance of Guide for Plantation of Urban Greenery in Ghana’s Building Regulations among Residential Houseowners in Madina, Accra”.
  • Elfreda Naa Adoley Tagoe “Urban Land Expansion and Implications On Indigenous-Settler Communities’ Agricultural Livelihood Systems - A Case Study of Kpone Township” (2021).
  • Freeman Adehe: “Perception of Ecological and Social Values of Urban Trees in Accra” (2020).
  • Dzifa Adimle Puplampu: The Impact of Urban Growth and Climate Change on Wetlands and Green Spaces in AMA (2019).

Social Dimensions of Environmental Change

The intersection of social, economic, and cultural factors with environmental issues, including public health, education, and community resilience.

Student Work

  • John Baptiste Akanwake: “The Public Health Burden of Climate Change in Northern Ghana; A Case of Cerebrospinal Meningitis (CSM)” (2020)
  • Asha Sumkura: “Assessing how the print media frame waste management in Ghana” (2020).
  • Silas Somiah Acheampong: Community Risk and Resilience to Diarrhoea Diseases in Coastal Ghana: A Case of Mumford in the Central Region of Ghana. (2023).
  • Francis Tayee Boley: The Cry of Mother Earth, Impacts of Climate Change and the Position of the Catholic Church. (2023).
  • Karen Nyarko Dadzie: An Exploration of the Impact of Environmental Sustainability Education on Basic School Pupils in Ghana. (2023).
  • Edith-Casely Ndidi Fordjoe: “Stop Greenwashing in its Tracks: Making the Case for Developing a Green Claims Guide in Ghana”(2022).
  • Anita Barnie ‘Climate Change and Buildings in Ghana: Assessment of Firms Knowledge, Impacts and Adaptation (2022). o Emmanuel Kofi Adu “Interactions between rubber cultivation and smallholder farmers’ food security in the Ahanta West Municipal District” (2021).
  • Emmanuel Kofi Adu “Interactions between rubber cultivation and smallholder farmers’ food security in the Ahanta West Municipal District” (2021).
  • Agnes Atsu: “Climate Change Awareness and Perception of Climate Change among Public and Private Basic School Teachers (Tema Metropolis) in Ghana” (2020).
  • Prince Moses Zakaria: “Transitioning Towards a Corporate Environmental Responsibility (2019).