Climate change is directly impacting lives in Northern Ghana. Climate change adaptation is about enabling communities to anticipate and cope with the effects of climate change. This is best achieved through gender-sensitive, integrated and innovative approaches that touch on the following two key areas:
1. Food security and livelihoods – promoting food self-reliance as well as livelihoods security and diversification to give communities a greater range of coping mechanisms when faced with climate shocks.
2. Disaster risk reduction – putting in place effective early warning and response systems and emphasizing disaster preparedness.