Philip Antwi-Agyei
Country (Nationality)
Ghana
Grantee Title
Area of research: Climate change and variability, food security, rural livelihoods, sustainable development, environmental policy, and environmental management.
Grantee Description
Home Institution: Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Host institution: University of Ghana.
Area of research: Climate change and variability, food security, rural livelihoods, sustainable development, environmental policy, and environmental management.
Research focus: A growing body of literature on climate change adaptation suggests that “climate compatible development (CCD)” can help open up strategies to land-users that will help them maintain productivity in the face of changing rainfall patterns. CCD draws together adaptation and mitigation efforts in a way that does not compromise development, providing opportunities to achieve “triple wins”. But while the idea of CCD is alluring, much remains unknown about how to actually realise such “triple wins” in national and regional level policy making. This research identifies how policies promote CCD and whether these policies support adaptation, mitigation and development on the ground in Ghana.