Breakout Group C: presentation by Antwi-Boasiako Amoah

1. Prioritizing Adaptation Actions in Ghana
using the Akuapim Approach
ANTWI-BOASIAKO AMOAH
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, GHANA
aantwib@gmail.com/antwi-
boasiako.amoah@epa.gov.gh

2. Context
• Ghana has developed a national climate
change adaptation strategy based on CC
sectoral impacts studies
• The strategy cuts across sectors
• The preparation of the document involved
experts with both field and analytical
experience
• Experts were tasked to develop sector specific
adaptation plans (fisheries, land, root crops,
cocoa, health and gender)

3. The Challenge
• Each sector proposed at least between 3&10 adaptation
activities
• How do you then combine the individual sector activities
into a coherent integrated plan?
• There were complementary strengths and conflicts among
the sector plans as well
• For instance if an average of 7 activities were submitted by
each sector, then you have a total of 49 activities
• Discussing the possible interactions between each of the
activities on a case-by-case basis would require a total of
49x(49-1)/2=1,176 discussions
• This is even without the possible different impacts of other
sector plans
• This is prohibitive and so a method is required to simplify
task
• Hence the Akropong Approach

4. The Akropong Approach
• From the discussions above, it was relevant
representatives of these sectors meet to draw an
integrated plan
• The Akropong Approach (AA) mainly used as
cross-sector impact analytical tool
• The aim was to reduce the number of discussions
by identifying the most beneficial activities
• The approach was refined and formalized in a
workshop in Akropong, Akuapim
• The core features of the AA is given below;

5. Summarized Akropong Approach
LFA
for each sector
Cross Impact
Analysis (CIA)
Sector Plans
Multi-criteria
Analysis (MCA)
Preliminary List
of Activities
Cross-sector
LFA
Revised List of
Activities
Driving Forces &
Processes
Scenarios
1. Focus on assumptions &risks
2. Explore diff futures
3. Model expected behaviour of the
system
1. Focus on potential conflicts or
support b/n sectors
2. Multi-sector cross impact
analysis
3. Discussions-not final
4. Clarify description of activities
5. Go through more than one to
narrow down
1. Focus on potential conflict
among activities &
stakeholders
2. Can use ranking for
selection
1. Focus on project planning
2. Use reduced list of activities
CIA & MCA
The main output of the LFAs are sector
specific plans

6. Multi-criteria analysis (MCA) of priority actions
1.the resilience of the adaptation intervention
2.The sustainability of the intervention
3.The potential to have multiplier effects (co-
benefits) as a result of the implementation of
the intervention
4.The extent of replicability of the intervention
5.The feasibility of the whole intervention
a. Technical feasibility
b. Financial feasibility

7. The Logical Framework Analysis (LFA)
• It is a technique for objective-based project
planning.
• Key features
1.Analysis of the project context
2.Stakeholder analysis
3.Problem/situational analysis
4.Objectives analysis
5.Plan of activities
6.Resource planning
7.Indicators or measurement of objectives
8.Risks analysis and risks management, etc.

8. LFA cont.
• Stakeholders discuss relative importance of
different criteria for judging possible activities
• Criteria are assigned weight according to
relative importance of criterion as well as
degree of consensus
• Activities are then scored and ranked
• Subsequent to this approach, 10 prioritized
adaptation actions were settled on in the
national climate change adaptation strategy.

9. Downstream Actions
Up-stream Actions
Vulnerability, Impacts and Adaptation Assessments
Climate Scenarios Development
Climate vulnerable sectors
Fisheries
Land Use &
Biodiversity
Health Poverty
Cocoa Prodcution
Tuber Production
Gender & Livelihoods
Sector-wide vulnerabilities, impacts and adaptation options
Mullti-sector impacts
Analysis (Akropong Approach)
Prioritization
process
National Adaptation Strategy
Package of Adaptation Options
Technical Drafting
Stakeholder
Consultation
National Authorization
Programmatic Approach to implementing NCCAS (thematic adaptation options)
Identifying and
enhancing early warning
systems
Alternative livelihoods for
minimizing impacts on
the poor and vulnerable
Improved land use
management
Enhanced research
and awareness
creation
Environmental sanitation
strategies
Management of water
resources to enhance
Productivity and
Livelihoods
Promote socio-economic
development through
agricultural diversification
Improved Access
To Health Care
Energy Supply/
Demand Measures
Sustainable livelihoods through
enhanced fisheries resource
managment
National Climate Change
Policy Framework
Adaptation Component
Ghana Shared Growth and
Development Agenda
Water Resources Cereal Production
Coastal Resources

10. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION