As a precursor to the Future Climate for Africa (FCFA) research activities, CDKN, on behalf of DFID commissioned a series of case study activities with the purposes of exploring the climate science needs of decision makers in Africa. The report focuses on the findings in Ghana.
Support for climate related decision-making in Ghana mostly takes the form of reports or policy documents such as the EPA National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (UNEP/UNDP), the NADMO Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation (DRR&CCA) plan (UNDP/UNISAR) and the UNDP country profiles.
The proposed case study rested strongly on the “co-exploration” model of engagement. The primary concept of co-exploration is that the decision-making process is complex and progresses through different stages. Different climate information is required at different stages and the nature of this information is not known beforehand, rather it emerges through the decision process. The process therefore requires the continual engagement of climate scientists and decision makers as the decision is explored, hence the term “co-exploration”.
