(UNEP) for Republic of Ghana 01 May 2019 | Adaptation Planning

with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for Republic of Ghana 01 May 2019 | Adaptation Planning

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Readiness and Preparatory Support Proposal

How to complete this document? - A Readiness Guidebook is available to provide information on how to access funding under the GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support programme. It should be consulted to assist in the completion of this proposal template. - This document should be completed by National Designated Authorities (NDAs) or focal points with support from their delivery partners where relevant. - Please be concise. If you need to include any additional information, please attach it to the proposal. - Information on the indicative list of activities eligible for readiness and preparatory support and the process for the submission, review and approval of this proposal can be found on pages 11-13 of the guidebook. - For the final version submitted to GCF Secretariat, please delete all instructions indicated in italics in this template and provide information in regular text (not italics).

Where to get support? - If you are not sure how to complete this document, or require support, please send an e-mail to [email protected]. We will aim to get back to you within 48 hours. - You can also complete as much of this document as you can and then send it to coun- [email protected]. We will get back to you within 5 working days to discuss your submission and the way forward.

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Throughout this document, when answering questions and providing details, please make sure to pay special attention to environmental, social and gender issues, particularly to the situation of vulnerable popula- tions, including women and men. Please be specific about proposed actions to address these issues. Consult page 7 of the readiness guidebook for more information. READINESS AND PREPARATORY SUPPORT PROPOSAL TEMPLATE

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SECTION 1: SUMMARY Country name: Ghana Name of institution (representing National Designated Authority or Focal Point): Ministry of Finance Name of official: DR. Alhassan Iddrisu

Position: Director, Economic Strategy and Research Division and GCF NDA

1. Country submitting the Telephone: +233 (0) 302 747197 Ext. 6802 proposal Mob: +233 (0) 202030280/+233 (0) 248326300

Email: [email protected]/[email protected]

Full Office address: Ministry of Finance, P.O.Box MB 40, Ministries, Accra Ghana

2. Date of initial submis- 31/10/2017 sion 25 April 2018 27 September 2018 3. Last date of resubmis- 21 December 2018 sion 15 February 2019

[GCF Secretariat received this proposal on 16 April 2019]  National Designated Authority  Accredited Entity  XDelivery Partner (Please provide contact information if the implementing partner is not the NDA/focal point) Name of Institution: UN Environment Name of official Ermira Fida Position: Green Climate Fund Cordinator Telephone: +254 207 233122 4. Which entity will im- Email: [email protected] plement the Readiness Full Office address: PO Box 30552, Nairobi, 00100 Kenya and Preparatory Support project? Name of official: Jessica Troni Position: Senior Programme Officer Telephone: +254 207 2374 Email: [email protected] Full Office address: PO Box 30552, Nairobi, 00100 Kenya

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Enhancing multi-sector planning and capacity for effective adaptation in Ghana 5. Title of the Readiness support proposal

Please select one option below (one box or circle)  Readiness 6. Type of Readiness sup- o Establishing and strengthening national designated authorities or focal points port sought o Strategic frameworks, including the preparation of country programmes o Support for accreditation and accredited direct access entities  X Adaptation Planning This project will develop a NAP adaptation process that will produce a costed adaptation strategy for the country and provide the tools, mechanisms, system and information with which to replicate the NAP process at regular intervals and to mainstream the adaptation strategy into sector and District development plans.

Expected outcomes from this project are as follows: • Central level systems and Processes for the development of the NAP developed and mainstreamed at all level • District level systems and processes for the development of the NAP; • Enabling environment to promote private sector investment in adaptation strength- 7. Brief summary of the ened. request • Learning about the NAP process disseminated The project builds on a baseline which includes extensive stakeholder consultations to develop a climate change policy, a green growth strategy, a national climate change strategy, a climate change masterplan and some limited work to develop adaptation capacities in 10 Districts (out of a total of 264 Districts). Capacity needs in relation to adaptation planning have been consistently stated throughout all these documents to be in the areas of developing systems for evidence- based decision-making. This NAP proposal focuses on this at the national and District level as well as raising awareness among planners, politicians and the private sector, building capacities for NAP planning, strengthening linkages between Districts and national level planning and strategies to raise the level of political leadership on adaptation. The project will strengthen adaptation planning capacity in 10 Districts.

8. Total requested USD 2,969,025 amount and currency

9. Anticipated duration 36 months

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SECTION 2: LOGICAL FRAMEWORK Please complete the table below by including proposed outcomes, baseline situations, the targets for implementation period, and the activities to be undertaken, including key outputs or deliverables. Please add rows for additional outcomes as needed. For further guidance on completing the table, please refer to the guidebook “Accessing the GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme”, including specific Outcomes to select from.

ACTIVITIES OUTCOMES BASELINE TARGET Please including key outputs or deliverables where applicable Central level systems and processes for the development of the NAP developed 1.1 Leadership and management X0 1 2 0 1 X2 1.1.1 Recruit project staff; foundation for NAP process 1.1.2 Organise inception workshop to launch the NAP process; established 1.1.3 Agree the NAP workplan and process; 1.1.4 Appoint high level Climate Ambassadors among government, Parliamentarians and private sector; 1.1.5 Develop the NAP web platform, linking to the existing Climate Change Hub; 1.1.6 High level orientation on climate change adaptation and NAP provided to 20 ministries and 20 Parliamentarians to develop political leadership and support. Deliverables: NAP website, Communication materials. orientation materials for senior level leaders Timeline: Qtr 3, Y1. 1.2 Cross Sectoral Policy Groups X0 1 2 0 X1 2 1.2..1 Seek nominations for participation from a range of ministries and non-state actors, including established to develop NAP civil society and private sector, to form 4 CSPGs;

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1.2.2 Develop ToRs for the Cross-Sectoral Policy Groups (CSPGs) jointly with its members including the schedule of meetings planned; 1.2.3 Develop training programme to develop shared understanding of the tasks to be undertaken among CSPG members; 1.2.4 Provide the training to the 4 CSPGs. Deliverables: Training modules for the CSPGs Timeline: Qtr 3, Y1. 1.3 Ghana’s downscaled sectoral climate 0 X1 2 0 1X 2 1.3.1 Develop temperature and precipitation scenarios for the period 2020, 2040 and 2080 in line change risk scenario analysis including with best practice; socio-economic modelling developed; 1.3.2 Update socio-economic scenarios for Ghana for the period 2020, 2040 and 2080 in line with international best practice; 1.3.3 Develop sectoral climate risk and vulnerability assessments for first-order impacts (bio-phys cal variables such as water resources, soil erosion and fire risk) and economic sectors (agriculture, health, fisheries) on the basis on the climate change modelling and socio-economic projections; 1.3.4 Develop climate change risk maps noting locations of assets and people; 1.3.5 A national multi-stakeholder workshops convened to discuss the results and implications for sectors; 1.3.6 Develop user friendly ‘Summary for policy makers’ for the synthesis of results. Deliverables: A set of national climate risk assessments, risk maps and summary for policy makers Timeline: Qtr 2, Y2. 1.4 Adaptation options analysis and in- X0 1 2 0 X1 2 1.4.1 Analyse national policy documents and sectoral development plans to identify vulnerability vestment plan developed by CSPGs and to identify entry points for adaptation options as well as review implementation of programmes and projects to learn from experience in implementing climate change adaptation- relevant interventions;

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1.4.2 Policy evaluations carried out through the National Development Planning Commission in two priority sectors to evaluate successful policy options for building resilience to climate change; 1.4.3 CSPGs to determine which adaptation strategies to appraise based on the findings of climate change risk considered (at different timescales) and assets and people at risk and policy analyses; 1.4.4 Carry out economic appraisals of financial and economic costs and benefits based using community surveys and other observed data sets as much as possible;

1.4.5 CSPG to consider economic appraisal analysis together with adaptation needs coming from the District level climate change adaptation plans (from Component 2) and to agree on a set of ‘no regret’ and ‘low regret’ adaptation strategies as well as longer term adaptation needs leading to the development of an adaptation pathway for Ghana;

1.4.6 Carry out analysis of main areas of policy harmonisation needed to support the NAP priorities and develop timeline among the CSPG members for providing a timeline and strategy for policy revisions;

1.4.7 Mapping undertaken through the CSPGs on institutional roles and responsibilities relating to NAP priorities; CSPGs to develop implementation plan for NAP; 1.4.8 Develop climate change adaptation investment plan together with a financing plan including innovative sources of financing for climate change adaptation; CSPG to validate including it in the NAP; 1.4.9 Develop policy briefs that package the information in a reader-friendly way. Develop other communication materials targeting different audiences. Deliverables: Policy evaluations in two priority sectors and programming entry points analysis Timeline: Qtr 1, Y2. Deliverables: Economic appraisals of adaptation strategies Timeline: Q2, Y2

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Deliverables: Policy harmonisation recommendations; adaptation implementation plans developed; adaptation investment plan. Timeline: Qtr 3, Y2. Deliverables: Policy briefs . Timeline: Qtr 4, Y2 1.5.National costed adaptation plan de- X0 1 2 0 X1 2 1.5.1 Consolidate preceding analysis into one national adaptation plan with sector targets and in- veloped and integrated into policy and dicators (SMART), roles and responsibilities, and a process review timeline; planning tools and processes. 1.5.2 Hold national validation workshop to present the findings and get final feedback; 1.5.3 Finalise the NAP; 1.5.4 Adapt NDPC and MoF tools for compliance with NAP priorities and targets: checklists, budget guidelines, planning guidelines and indicator framework;

1.5.5 Provide orientation and training for policy- and decision-makers on the content of the NAP and roles and responsibilities for implementing it: 1 Parliamentary select committee and selected Parliamentarians in climate vulnerable areas (2 workshops); 2. For District & Metro- politan Municipal District Chief Executives & Regional Ministers organised in standing meetings x 2 per year, 3. Heads of Parastatals and Chief Directors of Ministries (3 workshops: agriculture and health, energy, infrastructure) ; 1.5.6 Develop sustainability strategy for NAP implementation and revision. Deliverables: National costed adaptation plan. Timeline: Qtr 1, Y3 1.6. Monitoring and reporting estab- X0 1 2 0 1 X2 1.6.1 Develop process with stakeholders for annual reporting on climate change adaptation ac- lished for the NAP process tions and funding by sector entities to MESTI/EPA; 1.6.2 Update adaptation web platform with new information produced for the NAP preparation; 1.6.3 Convene the inter-ministerial coordination mechanism for climate change twice to produce 4 sector level adaptation plans and to promote mainstreaming into sector policies.

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1.6.4 Hold 2 meetings for 4 Ministry level technical working groups to develop the sector adaptation plans. Deliverables: Adaptation mainstreaming tools . Timeline: Qtr 1, Y3 Deliverables: 4 costed adaptation plans. Timeline: Qtr 2, Y3 1.7 Climate risk and vulnerability infor- X0 1 2 0 X1 2 1.7.1 Develop the IT application systems for the climate risk and vulnerability mapping tool; mation portal developed 1.7.2 Hold consultation workshop, in conjunction with the workshop in Output 1.3 to develop the ToR for the work stream 1.7.3Develop MOUs with ministries to supply poverty, development and environmental data sets on a regular basis; 1.7.3 Data cleaning and formatting to provide comparable data sets which can be analysed Together;

1.7.4 Developing data sharing protocols; 1.7.5 Training of staff on portal operation and maintenance. 1.7.6 Train 4 sector groups on operation of the climate risk and vulnerability information portal during the development of sector adaptation plans; Deliverables: Climate risk and vulnerability mapping tool.. Timeline: Qtr 4, Y2 1.8 3 GCF concept notes developed X0 1 2 0 X1 2 1.8.1 Convene expanded 3 CSPGs twice to develop outline concept notes; 1.8.2 Hire consultant to draft 3 GCF concepts and associated documents for accessing project preparation facility toward developing full funding proposal towards the implementation of adaptation actions in Ghana; 1.8.3 1 multi-stakeholder workshop to get feedback on the concepts.

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Deliverables: 3 GCF concept notes. Timeline: Qtr 1, Y3 1.9 Climate change Bill prepared 0 X1 2 0 1 X 2 1.9.1 Review current draft of Climate Change Bill and align it to the requirements of the NAP;

1.9.2 Ten regional consultations organised to discuss the content of the Climate Change Bill;

1.9.3 2 national consultation, for parliamentarians organised to agree the content of the Climate Change Bill; 1.9.4 Bill drafted; 1.9.5 Analysis of legal framework to determine where harmonisation needed to support the Cli- mate change Bill. Deliverables: Drafted climate change Bill. Timeline: Qtr 2, Y3 2. District level systems and processes for the NAP developed 2.1 Downscale sectoral climate change X0 1 2 0 1 X2 2.1.1 Digitise observed climate records in 10 Districts to bring them into usable format to enable risk and vulnerability scenario analysis in- downscaling of GCMs and sectoral applications; cluding socio-economic modelling devel- 2.1.2 Develop downscaled temperature and precipitation scenarios for the period 2020, 2040 and oped in 5 climate zones; 2080 for 5 climate zones; 2.1.3 Develop and undertake sectoral climate risk and vulnerability assessments on the basis on the climate change modelling, socio-economic projections and local knowledge; 2.1.4 Develop climate zones level climate change risk maps. Deliverables: Climate risk assessments and risk maps in 5 climate zones. Timeline: Qtr 2, Y2

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2.2 Capacities for adaptation planning X0 1 2 0 X1 2 2.2.1 Build capacity by training 20 District planning officers, 20 District, budgeting officers, 20 Dis- in 20 Districts developed and District trict Ag officers, 20 District coordinator officers on climate risk analysis and mainstreaming level adaptation plans developed in 10 of climate change adaptation into district medium-term development plans; Districts. 2.2.2 Develop District level climate change adaptation plan in consultation with local communi-

ties (10 Districts x 3 meetings);

2.2.3 1 meeting for exchange of experiences between the 10 Districts; 2.2.4 Transmit results of adaptation plans to the national CSPGs for the NAP development process; 2.2.5 Capacity development of District Officers to developing financial plan for adaptation including innovative sources of financing; 2.2.5 Adapt template for annual progress reporting in implementing District Adaptation plans. Deliverables: 10 District adaptation plans and adaptation reporting template Timeline: Qtr 4, Y2 2.3 District level climate vulnerability in- X0 1 2 0 X1 2 2.3.1 Establish the main data sets and information required for adaptation planning purposes in formation portals established in 3 Dis- three Districts, and develop a plan for collecting the data; tricts that can link up to the national 2.3.2 Gather the data and information and store in a database linked to the national Climate level information portal. change Data Hub;

2.3.3 Develop user-friendly interface and interrogation system; 2.3.4 Develop protocols for sharing data with the Centre and between Districts to create communities of practice around common resilience problems. Deliverables: 3 District level information portals developed. Timeline: Qtr 3, Y3 2.4 Training provided to the 10 Regional X0 1 2 0 X1 2 2.4.1 Provide orientation among 20 District Mayors on climate change adaptation and NAP, build- authorities and to 20 District Mayors ing on the initial orientations provided in the inception phase.

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2.4.2 Enhance the engagement of regional technical officers (10 x Regional economic planners/assistants (2 or 3) , Regional Irrigation officers, Regional water officers, Regional EPA officers, to appraise individual adaptation options, including economic, ecosystem, and social costs and benefits for unintended impacts of adaptation measures in Ghana. Deliverables: Training package for regional technical officers. Timeline: Qtr 1, Y3 3. Enabling environment to promote private sector investment in adaptation strengthened. 3.1. Engagement strategy for the private X0 1 2 0 X1 2 3.1.1. Develop assessment of the private sector groups in Ghana relevant to investments in climate sector on climate change adaptation de- adaptation, and their vulnerability or offerings relevant to adaptation; veloped 3.1.2 Taking as a basis the work carried out in Component 1 develop tailored messages for stakeholder engagement in order to raise awareness of the private sector on the national priorities and climate scenarios and adaptation actions and on investment opportunities to increase the resilience of businesses to climate change;

3.1.3 Develop innovative engagement strategy targeting networks such as ‘Club 100’, a group of private sector companies engaged on Corporate Social Responsibility;

3.1.4 Engage with banks and non-banking financial institutions (eg insurance) on developing due diligence requirements in line with NAP priorities through the Banking Sustainability Committee;

3.1.5 Explore options for a certification system to reward companies applying credible NAP related resilience principles to business.

Deliverables: Assessment report of the private sector in Ghana. Timeline: Qtr 3, Y1 Deliverables: Communication materials aimed at private sector; private sector engagement strategy; options analytical report on a potential certification system. Timeline: Qtr 4, Y1

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3.2 Climate change adaptation recom- X0 1 2 0 X1 2 3.2.1 On the basis of work undertaken in Outputs 1 to 3, engage the Spatial Planning and Land- mendation developed for the land zoning Use Authority to identify entry points for adapting land use zoning regulations; regulation reform process. 3.2.2 Develop for Tamale City GIS mapping and climate change risk modelling and develop recommendations for adapted land-use planning that reduces climate change risk to assets and people; 3.2.3 Conduct an audit of key infrastructure and vulnerability to climate change will be undertaken, in order to help to make the case for adopting revisions of the building and infrastructure codes. 3.2.4 Develop guidance on climate resilient infrastructure development at City/Urban level. 3.2.5 Hold workshop to discuss the results among the CSAGs Deliverables: Urban climate risk assessment. Timeline: Qtr 4, Y2 Deliverables: Guidance on land use zoning; audit of vulnerable infrastructure. Timeline: Qtr 1, Y3 3.3 Standards and regulations developed 0 X1 2 0 1 X2 3.3.1. Organise 1 dialogue meeting through the Ghana Architect’s Council, Ghana Institute of engi- to include climate change considerations neers and others on climate change risks and impacts, drawing on work carried out in Com- for buildings and infrastructure. ponent 1; 3.3.2. Convene private-public sector group 3 times to review gaps and entry points for climate change mainstreaming into regulations and standards, including EIA requirements; 3.3.3 Draft revisions of regulations and standards for consideration of Government. Merge the Ghana Building Code and the National Building Regulations LI 1630 (1996) into one comprehensive ‘Building code’ document. Deliverables: Draft revisions to standards and regulations. Timeline: Qtr 2, Y2 4. Learning about the NAP process disseminated

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4.1 Findings from the terminal evaluation dissemi- 4.1.1. Carry out Terminal Evaluation; nated among planners and politicians 4.1.2. Present the findings to the NAP Board;

4.1.3. Hold final national workshop to present the main results of the project and the findings of the Terminal evaluation. Agree the road map for the next iteration of the NAP. Deliverable: Terminal evaluation report; minutes of final national workshop with roadmap for up-scal- ing the NAP Timeline: Qtr 4, Y3.

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SECTION 3: ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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Please explain how this grant will help deliver on the country’s readiness needs as identified above and build on institutions, processes or existing work already underway in the country. Please refer to the Guidebook for more specific information on completing this section.

Context

The climate of Ghana is dominated by the interaction of the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) and the West African Monsoon. The ITCZ, also known as the Equatorial Convergence Zone or Inter-Tropical Front, is a region of calm winds separating the northeasterly and southeasterly trade winds. The location of the ITCZ annually moves, reaching its northernmost extent during the northern hemisphere summer and its southernmost extent during the northern hemisphere winter. The principal feature of the climate of Ghana is the alternate wet and dry seasons caused by the movements of the ITCZ and West African Monsoon. Southern Ghana has two distinct wet seasons while Northern Ghana has only one.

The northern part of the country generally records one rainy season, which begins in May and lasts until September. Southern Ghana on the other hand records two rainy seasons from April to July and from September to November. Temperature has increased by 1.0OC since 1960, at an average rate of 0.21OC per decade. The rate of increase has generally been more rapid in the northern regions of Ghana than in the south. Between 1960 and 2003 - (a) the average number of ‘hot’ days per year has increased by 48 (an additional 13.2% of days) (b) the number of hot nights per year increased by 73 (an additional 20% of nights), (c) the frequency of cold days per year has decreased by 12 (3.3% of days) and number of cold nights per year decreased by 18.5 (5.1% of days). Annual rainfall is highly variable on inter-annual and inter-decadal timescales. This means that long-term trends are difficult to identify. Rainfall was particularly high in the 1960s and decreased to relatively low levels in the late 1970s and early 1980s, which represented an average of 2.3mm decrease per month per decade between 1960 and 2006 (see figure 5). There is no evidence of a trend in the proportion of rainfall that falls heavy in “heavy” events since 1960.

Ghana will continue to get warmer. Mean temperature is projected to increase by 1-3C by 2060 and between 1.5 and 5.2C by the 2090s.Rainfall will continue to be uncertain and difficult to predict. Projections of mean annual rainfall form different models predict wide range of changes but the proportion of total annual rainfall that falls in heavy events tends towards an increase. Sea level rise will continue affect vulnerable coastal areas. The national data shows sea-level rise of 2.1 mm per year over the last 30 years (1960 – 1990), indicating a gradual rise of 5.8 cm, 16.5 cm and 34.5 cm by 2020, 2025 and 2080, respectively. This increase will affect the 30 meters contour of the Nation’s coastal zone, where more than 25% of the population live.

Development situation

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Ghana is a nation on West Africa’s Gulf Guinea with total area of 239,460 km2. The country shares the border with three countries: Burkina Faso (602km) to the north, Ivory Coast (720 km) to the west and Togo (1,098 km) to the east while south of the country is Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean. The country of population 28.21 million (2016) with an average annual population growth of 2.4%, one of the highest in West Africa which means that Ghana’s population is projected to grow to 49 million by 2040. Ghana was ranked 139 out of 188 countries in Human Development Index with HDI value of 0.579 for 2015 and Gender Development Index is 0.899. According to Human Development report, 2016, 32.4 percent of the population (8,688 thousand people) of Ghana are multi-dimensionally poor while an additional 20.5 percent live near multidimensional poverty (5,491 thousand people).

Between the periods 1991-2013, general poverty level reduced from 51.7% to 24.2%. The incidence of extreme poverty reduced by 8.1% from the 2005/06 revised extreme poverty incidence of 16.5%. Extreme poverty is a rural phenomenon, with as many as over 1.8 million persons living in extreme poverty in rural areas (GSS, 2010). Extreme poverty is particularly high in rural Savannah at 27.3% and this locality accounts for nearly three-fifths of those living in extreme poverty in Ghana. An estimated 12 million Ghanaians live in the savannah dry lands and coastal belt (560km stretch), which are considered most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change.

Ghana attained a lower middle-income status in 2011. The 2011 GDP growth rate was one of the highest in the nation's history, recording a growth rate of 14.4 percent with a value of US$39.2 billion. This was largely due to the advent of the commercial oil extraction in 2011. Before 2011, major contributors to GDP were from the minerals, cocoa, timber and services. Until 2006, Ghana’s economy was largely driven by the agricultural sector, contributing half of the total GDP. Minerals (gold, bauxite, diamond and manganese) are the major export earnings of the country. Cocoa is the second highest contributor to export earnings in the country accounting for about 16.5 percent in 2013 and 3.2 percent of total GDP. In the midst of abundant natural resources (such as Gold, diamond, bauxite, timber, cocoa, biodiversity, fertile agricultural land among others) with great potential for overturning her fortunes, Ghana currently experiences unemployment, poverty and inadequate funding to finance its developmental projects.

Ghana's economy relies heavily on climate sensitive sectors, mainly agriculture, energy and forestry. Around 70% of the total land area in Ghana is used for agriculture and about 70% of the population depends directly or indirectly on agriculture (fisheries, crop and animal farming, etc.) and forest sector for both timber and non-timber forest products. Agriculture is the main source of economy contributing more than 25 % of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2008 and contributes in income, employment, food security and export earnings. Ghana is one of the world’s top producers of cocoa and is a significant contributor in the country’s economy. Maize and rice is considered to be one of the major cash crops of Ghana with rice production accounts for 15 % of the agricultural GDP of the country. The limited use of irrigation facilities and high dependence on unfavourable climatic conditions for the realisation of good harvest tend to introduce huge instability in the standards of living of the people. Consequently, rural communities are disproportionately vulnerable since

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PAGE 18 OF 68 | Ver. 15 June 2017 they are most exposed to hazards such as bush fires, flooding and droughts and are certainly least capable of adapting to such hazards. Variation in climatic condition such as lower annual precipitation, delayed onset of rainy period, higher temperature or sub-optimum moisture have direct impact on crop productivity. The increasing frequency and intensity of extreme climate events (droughts and floods), coupled with the country’s low adaptive capacity threatens the modest development gains the country has achieved so far and has dire consequences on the long-term development agenda of the country.

Ghana has two major biomes representation, tropical high forest in southern part of the country; and savanna and woodland vegetation in the northern part of the country. Ghana has about 500 km of marine coastline on the west coast of Africa, along the Atlantic Ocean in the Gulf of Guinea. The deforestation rate is 2% per annum and many forest reserves are encroached and degraded due to various reasons such as agricultural production, harvesting of wood, population and development pressures and mining exploitation. Wood removal for wood and charcoal production is estimated at 30 million met- ric tonnes per year. An estimated 65% of land in Ghana is prone to desertification. Freshwater resources are at risk because of inappropriate land management, deforestation, poor agricultural practices, surface mining. Water resources have come under heavy threat of pollution from domestic, agricultural, and industrial activities. Studies have revealed that the concentration of pollutants in some water bodies in the country, including the Oti, Densu and Angaw Rivers, are alarmingly high as they have exceeded the World Health Organisation's (WHO) recommended levels for faecal coliform counts; total coliforms; turbidity; total iron; colour; and manganese in particular, making them unsafe for domestic purposes without any form of treatment. This all leads to increasing vulnerability to climate change. The cost of environmental degradation is estimated at 9.7% of GDP.

Though Ghana’s economy has grown considerably to a lower middle-income status, sustaining this growth trajectory into the medium to long term is to a large extent, threatened by the effects of climate change. Ghana experiences frequent national disasters such as flooding, windstorms, heat waves and drought. Ghana is even more vulnerable to the impact of climate change because key sectors of the country’s economy including agriculture (which is estimated to provide employment directly and indirectly for about 70% of the population through fisheries, crop and animal farming etc), forestry, and energy production are all sensitive to alterations in climate.

Development planning baseline

The NDPC, as the national institution at the major institution responsible for development planning, provides support for the institutional setup involved in climate change activities in Ghana. The NDPC through collaboration with MESTI, EPA and MoF, has ensured that the medium-term development policy framework (the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda I & II (2010 – 2017) has climate change mainstreamed into all its thematic areas.

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The NDPC has also translated climate change issues into planning guidelines and subsequently trained the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assem- blies (MMDAs) in relation to approaches to be used to mainstream climate change issues into local development plans (MESTI, 2013).

Prior to 1999, Ghana practised the Line Item Budgeting System in which expenditures allocated to expenditure heads were already established. The expenditures were not linked with policies. In 1999 as part of the Public Financial Management Reform Programme MTEF budget process which link budget to policy was adopted. The MTEF therefore serve as platform for implementing the policies of Government and provides concrete entry points for mainstreaming of adaptation. The annual MTEF budget cycle consist of four main phases as follows:

Step 1: Preparation Revision of economic indicators with climate change and disaster risk reduction indicators captured. Determination of revenue envelop including climate change and disaster risk reduction funds. Preparation and circulation of budget guidelines with sectoral/MDAs ceilings approved by Cabinet – This must include climate change and disaster risk reduction issues. Revision of MDAs policies programmes and project implementation including climate change and disaster risk reduction programmes. Cross sectoral policy hearing at MoF should highlight climate change and disaster risk reduction issues. Preparation of draft estimates including climate change and disaster risk reduction estimates. Technical/estimates hearing at MoF should highlight climate change and disaster risk reduction issues.

Step 2: Approval Presentation and approval of economic and budget policy statement in Parliament with climate change and disaster risk reduction issues included. Parliamentary hearing of MDAs estimates highlighting/ raising awareness of climate change and disaster risk reduction issues Presentation of estimates and passage of appropriation bill by parliament should include climate change and disaster risk reduction issues. Preparation of Procurement/work/and cash plans also including climate change and disaster risk reduction activities Budget information dissemination by Budget Development Unit highlighting climate change and disaster risk reduction issues.

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Step 3: Implementation Preparation of general warrant for Personnel Emoluments and Administration and monthly cash ceiling based on work plan, procurement plan and cash plan for service and investment including climate change and disaster risk reduction issues. Request for and release of funds for activity implementation including climate change and disaster risk reduction issues.

Step 4: Monitoring, Auditing and Evaluation Weekly, monthly, mid-year review highlighting climate change and disaster risk reduction issues. End of year review of budget and economic indicators in preparation for the new budget capturing climate change and disaster risk reduction issues.

The decentralised planning system comprises the National Development Planning Commission at the apex, Ministries, Departments and Agencies, Re- gional coordinating councils and District Assemblies. Ghana has a local government system with a decentralised national development structure which comprises 10 administrative regions and 216 Metropolitan/Municipal/District Planning Authorities, each headed by a Chief Executive. The National Devel- opment Planning Commission (NDPC) by virtue of its statutory functions, is required to broadly coordinate the entire national development planning system. NDPC works closely with MESTI to ensure that climate change is well integrated into the national development planning and budgeting process.

Climate change planning and policies In response to the global call for more action to be taken by governments to address the negative impacts of climate change and the growth of climate science both globally and locally, the Government of Ghana (GoG) has taken various steps to mainstream climate change into the developmental agenda of the country. Ghana is a signatory to the UNFCCC and is represented at the annual Conference of Parties (CoP) meetings.

The government’s resolve to mainstream climate change into development agenda is demonstrated through the Ghana Shared Growth and Development Agenda I &II (GSGDA 2010 -2017), which gives consideration to climate change in all its thematic areas. The GSGDA I &II acknowledges that climate change is a major challenge that has the ability not only to erode the country’s development gains, but also hinder further growth and sustainable development.

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In July 2014, the GoG launched the National Climate Change Policy (NCCSP) to provide clearly defined pathways for dealing with the challenges of climate change and to identify the opportunities and benefits of a green economy. The underlying vision of the NCCP is “to ensure a climate resilient and climate compatible economy while achieving sustainable development through equitable low carbon economic growth for Ghana” and is the country’s integrated response to climate change (Ghana National Climate Change Policy, 2014).

The National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) was developed from the National Climate Change Policy Framework (NCCPF): Ghana Goes for Green Growth (G4) discussion document. The G4 document has already been accepted by Cabinet and has been subjected to extensive stakeholder consultation in both the northern and southern sectors of the country over a two-year period. Thousands of Ghanaians through a national stakeholders’ workshop, non-governmental and civil society organizations (NGOs/CSOs), the traditional authorities, the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Execu- tives (MMDCEs), Members of Parliament (MPs) as well as high-level experts all made contributions to the G4 document and the draft NCCP. The NCCP complements and enhances the overall strategic objectives of national development strategies, including the GSGDA 2011–2013, which is to foster high and equitable levels of growth going towards enhanced middle income status as well as the National Budget-setting process. The NCCP process identified ten Policy Focus Areas for addressing Ghana’s climate change challenges and opportunities. Each of these areas has several specific programmes for addressing the critical actions necessary to achieve the desired objectives in focus areas such as developing climate-resilient agriculture and food security systems, building climate-resilient infrastructure and addressing the impacts of climate change on human health.

The National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy (NCCAS) is a blueprint for adjusting Ghana's economy to expected climatic stimuli and their effects. It makes projections for the period 2010-2020. Focused on the goal: “To enhance Ghana's current and future development by strengthening its adaptive capacity with regard to climate change impacts and building the resilience of the society and ecosystems”. The NCCAS formulates a number of objectives and proposes a range of programmes to achieve them. These programmes are geared towards minimizing the vulnerability and increasing the resilience to Climate change impacts for the poor and vulnerable and towards enhancing the national capacity to adapt to climate change.

The NCCAS covers the period 2010 to 2020, and the aim is to increase Ghana’s resilience to climate change impacts now and in the future. The NCCAS mentions a number of adaptation strategies to be pursued, where the proposed request mainly targets the strategies within the component “yearly warning”, which includes:

a. Promote the development of modern information management system including E-Governance process b. Develop systems for data collection, processing and dissemination of information

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c. Promote evidence-based decision making d. Promote timely dispatch of strategic information to targeted areas e. Promoting Climate Smart Urban Settlement (including groundwater).

The Climate Change Masterplan 2015-2020 was developed to guide future national development planning and brings together line ministry priorities for adaptation. The document is divided into 10 programme area comprising agriculture, infrastructure, ecosystems, health, water and sanitation among others. Activities in the plan were costed by experts using information from past and on-going adaptation climate change projects. For instance, the Me- dium-term Agricultural Investment Plan and the Food and Agriculture Sector Development Policy 2 documents provided information for the costing of adaptation intervention in the agricultural sector. The cost estimates are gross estimates and would benefit from refinement.

Based on Ghana’s national circumstances, Ghana submitted its mitigation and adaptation actions in its INDC. In all, 20 mitigation and 11 adaptation programme of actions in 7 priority economic sectors are being proposed for implementation in the 10- year period (2020-2030). The implementation of the actions is expected to help attain low carbon climate resilience through effective adaptation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction in the following priority sectors: Sustainable land use including food security Climate proof infrastructure Equitable social development Sustainable mass transportation Sustainable energy security Sustainable forest management; and Alternative urban waste management. T The long-term goal of Ghana’s adaptation is to increase climate resilience and decrease vulnerability for enhanced sustainable development. Adaptation under Ghana’s INDC is informed by: good governance and inter-sectoral coordination, capacity-building, the role of science, technology and innovation, adequate finance from both domestic sources and international cooperation, promoting outreach by informing, communicating and educating the citizenry; and

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adhering to accountable monitoring and reporting.

A limited number of capacity development initiatives in the area of adaptation planning have been implemented in Ghana mostly notably the Africa Adap- tation Programme in Ghana (supported by UNDP) which ran from 2010 to 2012 but these have typically been time-limited and the policy and planning activities have not been continued post-project. Some significant steps have been taken to mainstream climate change into the regular planning process by several institutions such as the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) and the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MoF) not only at the national level, but also at the local level. Some of the major steps include:

• Incorporating climate change into the 2011-2012 National Planning and Budgeting Guidelines by MoF and NDPC. • Developing indicators on climate change for the District Functional Organisational Assessment Tool (FOAT). FOAT is an assessment tool used to determine the amount of funds released to each District from the District Development Fund, which is a supplementary source of finance for Dis- tricts alongside regular fiscal transfers. • Training of MMDAs on the use of the Guidebook for mainstreaming climate change into planning and budgeting. • High level awareness creation programmes for Members of Parliament, Members of Council of State, Economic Management Team, Chief Direc- tors of key Ministries, District Chief Executives and Regional Coordinating Directors on mainstreaming climate change and disaster risks management into planning and budgeting at the sector and district levels. • The NDPC and EPA have developed a guidebook for mainstreaming climate change and disaster risk reduction into District Medium Term Devel- opment Plans (2010). • Sector and District guidelines on mainstreaming climate change.

At the District level, the normal practice has been the preparation of district development plans with limited or no conscious efforts of mainstreaming climate change adaptation. A lack of awareness of the need for adaptation planning is the first major hurdle to overcome in the adaptation planning process. There is limited data management at the District level and very little is communicated to the NDPC which makes it difficult to know what is being spent and achieved at the District level.

Capacity exists in various forms at the district level for the formulation and implementation of the district medium term plans. However, capacity to address climate change adaptation and disaster risks reduction at the district level is quite thinly spread. During the implementation of the AAP, five Districts of the 264 Districts in Ghana were included in pilots to mainstream climate change adaptation into their district plans. The Districts include Sissala East, West

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Mamprusi, Fanteakwa, Keta and Aowin. These Districts plus some few others that have benefited from similar interventions have good capacity to address climate change adaptation in their respective levels. They have also mainstreamed climate change adaptation into their plans. The AAP rolled out a training programme for District Planning and Budgeting officers in 170 Districts on climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction which can be useful basis for further training development. The AAP also provided some limited investment in early warning systems – some hardware and software – and flood and drought hazard mapping in five Districts.

The GCF readiness programme which ran from 2015 to 2017 delivered a climate finance tracking tool, manual, budget codes fact sheet; a 3 day training for the NDPC on cost-benefit analysis; supported three meetings of the NCCSC; produced a National Determined Contributions checklist for identifying climate-related priorities in development plans across Ghana’s Districts and piloting of the tool in 9 District, established a monitoring and verification system for climate change with the Ministry of Finance and NDA strengthening activities, such as training, developing project concepts and establishing the no-objective procedures for GCF project selection. These activities provided useful results regarding promoting a project pipeline for the GCF but none of the activities addressed the informational deficits for longer-term adaptation planning as well as the downstream work to establish planning capacities for national adaptation plans.

The NAP Global Network Secretariat, hosted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), supported a project in 2018 to develop a NAP framework with a budget of $35K. That document referred to this proposal in its documentary analysis and held stakeholder consultations to develop the NAP framework. The process laid the ground for implementation of this proposal by confirming key aims of the NAP process such as the need to identify to identify priority medium to long-term climate adaptation actions, facilitating institutional coordination and accelerating the mobilisation of climate adaptation funds. The consultations further confirmed that many of the key sectors have not yet identified, prioritised and costed climate change adaptation which is an important gap for the NAP to address. The NAP framework also produced a list of useful principles for the NAP process to be guided by, many of which have guided the development of this NAP proposal, such as ensuring participatory decision-making, harmonising climate change across sectors, ensuring an integrated, multidisciplinary approach, managing potential trade-offs and creating an evidence-based adaptation process.

Stock-take of climate risk information

The last set of climate change projections and climate impact assessments developed were in 2008 with support from the Netherlands Climate Change Studies Assistance Programme (NCCSAP). These results were reported in the second National Communications (2011) and in the third national Commu- nications. The scenario analysis used statistical downscaling approach using the results of 9 combinations of GCF and RCM projections generated for

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PAGE 25 OF 68 | Ver. 15 June 2017 each of the 22 weather stations used in the downscaling. The SRES A1B emissions projection was used. Downscaled monthly averages of rainfall and temperature for each of the 22 weather stations used in the baseline analysis were created for the period 1981-2010, 2021-2040, 2041-2060 and 2061- 2080. Zonal change projections were created by averaging the results by climatic zone for each of the projected time period. Spatial flood and drought risk maps were created using GIS techniques for a selected 5 Districts in the country spread across 5 ecological zones in the country. Climate risk assessments were carried out for fishing and health during the Second National Communications (2011) using survey methods. Climate risk assessments in the water, agriculture and coastal resources sectors were carried out during the preparation of the Initial National Communication (2000) using modelling (WATBAL for water balances, CROPWAT and CERES for crop impact modelling) and spatial analysis for coastal impacts. Therefore, the existing climate change projections and risk assessment are old and require updating using latest best practice methods.

Private sector and adaptation

There have been efforts and advances to direct private sector flows towards investments that promote sustainable development, though not much has been achieved in involving the private sector in national adaptation planning processes. The Ghana Climate Innovation Centre aims to support Ghanaian entrepreneurs in developing profitable and locally appropriate solutions to climate change adaptation and mitigation. The USD 17.2 million programme will provide targeted support, mentoring, training and funding facilitation for up to 100 companies in Ghana over 5 years. Initial funding for the GCIC is from the Danish government through the World Bank. It is projected that after 5 years, revenues of the supported companies will generate the equivalent of USD28.6 million in economic impact, helping 304,000 people to increase their resilience to climate change through providing increased access to cleaner sources of energy and better and more efficient sources of water and agricultural resources.

Ghana is also currently formulating national legislation for the set-up of a ‘Ghana Green Fund’. The objectives of the Fund are to raise funds to implement the environment and climate change policies, to leverage private sector finance and to develop capacity for project preparation.

The environmental fiscal reform policy of Ghana seeks to support sustainable development by addressing waste management; deforestation and biodiversity; land degradation as a result of mining activities; vehicular, industrial and energy emissions. The policy is underpinned by the polluter pays principle, the prevention principle, and the precautionary principle. The policy intends to:

• Modify taxes and public expenditure such that sustainable development, environmental protection, climate change and green economy principles are appropriately considered;

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• Shifting tax bases and burdens away from conventional taxes, for example taxes on economic goods such as labour, investment and consumption, to environmentally damaging activities such as the use of natural resource or pollution, in order to provide appropriate incentives to consumers and producers; • Reforming subsidies which are harmful to the environment.

Institutional framework for climate change A National Climate Change Committee (NCCC) was established by the President in 2009 and is hosted by the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technol- ogy, and Innovation (MESTI). The committee is also made up of representatives of various stakeholders including Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), Parliamentarians, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), research institutions, the private sector and development partners. The committee’s mandate is to:

Give policy direction on climate change; Coordinate activities leading to the effective functioning of the policy; and Review related policies and programmes10,11

There are also dedicated units in the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Food and Agriculture and Ministry of Lands and Natural Resources that are working in climate change –relevant areas.

The EPA, under the Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI), has been charged with the responsibility of coordinating the implementation of technical activities on climate change through its Energy and Climate Change Unit. This unit serves as the technical hub for climate change as well as the link for international cooperation programmes. This unit also doubles as the focal points for the UNFCCC, the IPCC, Education, Training and Public Awareness and coordinates the preparation of national communications report to the UNFCCC (Benefoh and Nelson, 2012). It also acts as the focal point for the implementation of climate change related policies and programmes. This encompasses the coordination of activities of working groups and climate change study teams (MESTI, 2013).

The Ministry of Finance (MoF) created the Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Unit under the Real Sector Division in 2010 to oversee, coordinate and manage the financing of, and support to natural resources and climate change activities. Through this unit, the MoF is mandated to coordinate

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Ghana initiated a process of enacting a climate change law through an Act of Parliament to address holistically climate change in Ghana by setting up climate change Authority/Commission. The process started in 2002 with an expectation to lay a draft Climate change Bill before Parliament in 2004. A Draft Bill was developed in 2004. The process was stalled due to lack of funds to continue with the process.

Barriers to adaptation

The country lacks critical data needed for planning adaptation. Information, for example, on forest and land degradation are either non-existent or incom- plete for several years. There are challenges regarding institutional capacity, strengths, and coordination. Most recently, skilled climate scientists have been in great demand in response to the need for evidence-based information for development planning both at the national and district levels. The Cli- mate Change Masterplan and the Third National Communications both indicate gaps in:

• Integrating climate change and its consequent disasters into Ghana’s national development planning and budgeting process; • Duplication of effort and limited allocation of resources to climate change activities; • Inadequate capacity and ineffective coordination at all levels (national, sectoral, district); • A low level of awareness of hazards and knowledge about how to manage them; • Lack of information on climate change risks to different sectors.

The 2013 Climate Change Policy indicates major challenges with information and data flow on climate change, including the quality of data, access to data and gathering, sharing and translation of that data. It indicates that research needs on climate change are significant, starting with the most pressing need for better projections on possible impacts, backed up by effective knowledge systems to inform strategy, planning and practice. It also indicates as another barrier the lack of meaningful dialogues between climate scientists and the users of knowledge

Other barriers at the household level are financial, socio-cultural, technological and a lack of information on climate change (Antwi – Agyei, 2015)

The need to improve planning capacities is highlighted in the Climate Change Masterplan in three key areas which include the following needs:

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1.Planning, policies and coordination • Strengthen the administrative and technical capacity of stakeholder organizations in the planning, design, building and construction industry to integrate climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction in their development agenda. • Strengthen collaboration between major stakeholder institutions and ministries, departments and agencies, including the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC), Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development (MLGRD), Ministry of Finance and Economic • Planning (MoFEP), Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). • Develop specific tools for integrating climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and environmental sanitation into various development sectors (water management, health, agriculture, tourism, energy, etc.). • Establish focal points in all sector ministries, departments and agencies, and encourage key sector ministries and district/local governments to prepare sectoral climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and environmental sanitation strategies and plans and integrate them into development programmes. • Support inter-agency and multi-stakeholder joint workshops for training and for developing institutional options for climate change adaptation coordinating structures. • Review all sectoral development plans and identify funding mechanisms in national sectoral budgets to ensure provision of further financial support for climate change adaptation. • Develop and strengthen inter-sectoral linkages and collaboration for effective climate change adaptation and mitigation. • Provide an enabling policy environment to include and enforce climate resilience in land-use planning, construction, and codes and regulations. • Encourage private sector participation in climate change adaptation and mitigation at the local level.

2. Information • Collect relevant data on coastal zone geomorphology, surface water flows and groundwater for modelling coastal flooding and seawater intrusion. • Adopt methodology and implementation arrangements for disaster and climate hazard, vulnerability and risk profiling at the local level (pilot flood risk assessment in 30 selected Districts or areas in the country). • Provide support to local authorities to update their hazard and risk assessments regularly and to communicate local hazard trends, risk reduction and climate change adaptation measures to the communities. • Ensure that local-level risk assessments are linked to and supportive of the assessments from neighbouring local government authorities, and in line with national climate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction plans. • Develop competencies of local authorities and communities on hazard, vulnerability and risk assessment. • Organize training workshops for community hazard mapping and risk assessment for identified groups within the communities.

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3. Infrastructure • Ensure that design standards, relevant codes (for example, the Building Code and regulations, and electricity rules and regulations) and spatial planning include parameters related to climate change and variability, and future scenarios. • Support research into appropriate infrastructure design standards for climate-related events. • Construct climate-resilient key coastal infrastructure to protect the communities from storm surges, coastal flooding, sea level rise and ecosystem degradation such as deforestation.

Table 1 maps the project outputs to the barriers identified by the Climate Change Masterplan and the Third National Communications to adaptation planning in Ghana.

Table 1: Mapping of barriers and project outputs

Gaps and barriers Baseline: Work done to date Proposed NAP Methodology outputs/sub-outcomes Lack of information on The last set of climate change projections and climate 1.3 Update and expand the coverage of Ghana’s downscaled climate change risks impact assessments developed were in 2008 with sup- 1.4 sectoral climate change risk and vulnerability scenario analy- to different sectors. port from the Netherlands Climate Change Studies As- 1.7 sis for the period 2020, 2040 and 2080 in line with interna- sistance Programme (NCCSAP). These results were tional best practice (for example using CMIP 5 projections reported in the second National Communications and RCP scenarios) for 5 climate zones (2011) and in the third national Communications. Produce national level and downscaled modelling of first-or- Statistical downscaling used for drought and flood risk der impacts on bio-physical indicators (water resources, soil maps for 5 Districts using models. Non-scientific mod- erosion, fire risk, forest productivity, flooding) and second-or- elling approaches to estimate impacts on fisheries and der impacts on economic indicators, for example crops, health. Scientific modelling approaches used for crop health, fisheries. impacts, water balance and coastal impacts. Tamale City GIS mapping and climate change risk modelling.

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Develop a climate risk and vulnerability mapping tool.

Integrating climate In July 2014, the GoG launched the National Climate 1.4 A review of planning entry points: where policies and strate- change and its Change Policy (NCCP) to provide clearly defined path- 1.5 gies currently support adaptation and where there are incon- consequent disasters ways for dealing with the challenges of climate change 1.6 sistencies which represent points where vulnerability to cli- into Ghana’s national and to identify the opportunities and benefits of a green 1.7 mate change could be created. development planning economy. 1.9 and budgeting 3.2 Two in-depth policy evaluations to be carried out through the process; 3.3 National Development Planning Commission in order to eval- With support of the 2-year Africa Adaptation Pro- uate successful policy options for building resilience to cli- gramme: mate change. • Incorporating climate change into the 2011-2012 National Planning and Budgeting Guidelines by MoF One national adaptation plan with sector targets and indica- and NDPC. tors (SMART), roles and responsibilities, and a process re- • Developing indicators on climate change for the Dis- view timeline. Agree on an adaptation pathway for Ghana: a trict Functional Organisational Assessment Tool set of ‘no regret’ and ‘low regret’ adaptation strategies as well (FOAT). FOAT is an assessment tool used to deter- as longer term adaptation needs leading to the development mine the amount of funds released to each District of an adaptation pathway for Ghana. from the District Development Fund, which is a supplementary source of finance for Districts alongside Mainstreaming manual and tools will be updated with the climate risk evidence generated by the project to help Ministries regular fiscal transfers. and Districts to implement the NAP and mainstream it into • Guidebook for mainstreaming climate change into their policies, strategies and plans, including in the updating planning and budgeting and training of Metropolitan of programme-based budgeting methodologies. and District Assemblies. • High level awareness creation programmes for Three concepts for GCF financing will be developed that are Members of Parliament, Members of Council of aligned to the NAP strategy. State, Economic Management Team, Chief Direc- tors of key Ministries, District Chief Executives and Review the current draft of Climate Change Bill and align it to Regional Coordinating Directors on mainstreaming the prescriptions in the NAP. climate change and disaster risks management into The project will develop new planning guidance on climate resilient guidance at City/Urban level.

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planning and budgeting at the sector and district levels. Develop standards and regulations that include climate • a guidebook for mainstreaming climate change and change considerations for buildings and infrastructure. disaster risk reduction into District Medium Term Development Plans (2010).

The GCF readiness programme which ran from 2015 to 2017 delivered a climate finance tracking tool, manual, budget codes fact sheet; a 3 day training for the NDPC on cost-benefit analysis; supported three meetings of the NCCSC; produced a National Determined Contribu- tions checklist for identifying climate-related priorities in development plans across Ghana’s Districts and piloting of the tool in 9 District, established a monitoring and verification system for climate change with the Ministry of Finance and NDA strengthening activities, such as training, developing project concepts and establishing the no-objective procedures for GCF project selection. These activities provided useful results regarding promoting a project pipeline for the GCF.

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A low level of General awareness has been built about the need for 1.1 Appoint climate ambassadors among the parliamentarians, awareness of hazards adaptation. Between 2010 and 2012, the National Cli- 1.2 senior government officials, traditional authorities, CSOs and and knowledge about mate Change Adaptation Strategy (NCCAS) was devel- 2.4 religious leaders and private sector. These climate ambassa- how to manage them; oped which entailed 2 years’ worth of consultations. 3.1 dors will be called upon to open strategic meetings, to cham- The National Climate Change Policy (NCCP) was de- pion the cause and raise visibility of the NAP process among veloped a year later from the National Climate Change the political and government leadership in the country. Policy Framework (NCCPF): Ghana Goes for Green Growth (G4) discussion document. The G4 document A project website will be built to link to the existing climate has already been accepted by Cabinet and has been change hub. The adaptation platform will convey information subjected to extensive stakeholder consultation in both such as adaptation best practices, impacts and interventions the northern and southern sectors of the country over a and investments, knowledge generated through the NAP pro- two-year period. The Climate Change Masterplan cess. 2015-2020 was produced in 2014 entailing also an extensive consultation process. Sensitisations on the purpose and importance of the NAP for the country’s socio-economic development will be provided However, downscaled, quantitative information on cli- for 20 Parliamentarians and 20 Ministers. mate risks is still an important gap in ministries being able to act on this increased awareness. A NAP logo should be developed as part of the communication strategy in order to facilitate brand recognition and raise awareness.

Orientation and training for policy- and decision-makers on the content of the NAP and roles and responsibilities for implementing it. The first group will be the Parliamentary select committee on environment and selected Parliamentarians in climate vulnerable areas (2 per District and this project will develop District level adaptation plans in 10 Districts, representing a total of 20 workshops. The second group will be Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives & Re- gional Ministers organised in the margins of standing meetings (2 workshops). The third group are the Heads of Para- statals and Chief Directors of Ministries (3 workshops: agriculture and health, energy, infrastructure and water).

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Ten regional consultations will be organised to discuss the content of the Climate Change Bill. 2 national consultation will be organised for parliamentarians to agree the content of the Climate Change Bill. The final Bill will be drafted.

Training will be provided to 20 District planning officers, 20 District budgeting officers, 20 District Agricultural officers, 20 District coordinating officers on climate risk analysis and mainstreaming of climate change adaptation into district medium-term development plans.

Awareness raising with communities in 10 Districts on adaptation planning.

The project will provide orientation among 20 District Mayors on climate change adaptation and NAP.

The project will also enhance the engagement of regional technical officers (10 Regional economic planners/assistants, Regional Irrigation officers, Regional water officers, Regional EPA officers, to appraise individual adaptation options, including economic, ecosystem, and social costs and benefits for unintended impacts of adaptation measures in Ghana. In this way, a community of practice on adaptation will be promoted at the Regional administration level.

Develop an engagement strategy for the private sector in order to develop a wider political constituency of support for adaptation, and specifically for the NAP process and the implementation thereof in the country.

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Awareness will be built on new downscaled modelling for different primary and second-order variables in 5 climate zones encompassing the 10 Districts where the project will build capacities. District level adapta- During the implementation of the AAP, five Districts of 2.1 The project will work with 10 Districts on adaptation planning tion planning the 264 Districts in Ghana were included in pilots to 2.2 based on the new climate risk information generate by the mainstream climate change adaptation into their district 2.3 project and a further 10 Districts (making a total of 20 Dis- plans. 2.4 tricts) on training for adaptation.

The AAP rolled out a training programme for District For the 10 Districts to be supported to develop adaptation Planning and Budgeting officers in 170 Districts on cli- plans, 3 meetings will be held in each District with local com- mate change adaptation and disaster risk reduction munities to i) establish understanding on the issues to hand ii) which can be useful basis for further training develop- develop climate vulnerability analysis and preferences for ad- ment. aptation and iii) provide feedback on the District adaptation plan. In order to further build capacities among the District officers, a community of practice will be established by organising 1 meeting for exchange of experiences between the 10 Districts.

The adaptation data and information portal established at the national level will be replicated at the District level, choosing three Districts that have relatively good capacity. The aim is to empower Districts to spearhead the adaptation planning process through better information and thereby provide a bot- tom-up driver for adaptation action in Ghana. Inadequate capacity 1.1 Four technical working groups or Cross-Sector Planning and ineffective 1.2 Groups (CSPGs) will be formed for sectors covering health, coordination at all water, infrastructure and the land, energy and agriculture levels (national, nexus. sectoral, district);

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The project strategy

The main objective of this project is to strengthen the capacity of Ghana’s government at all levels to implement a NAP process including planning and budgeting for adaptation. This will be done in the spirit of the decision 5/CP.17 and in line with UNFCCC NAP Technical Guidelines developed by the LDC Expert Group. All four elements of the NAP process which include laying the groundwork, preparatory elements, implementation strategies; and reporting, monitoring and review will be fully considered during the NAP process and implementation of NAP prioritized adaptation options. The project will work intensively with 10 Districts to develop adaptation plans and will work to develop political leadership for adaptation, develop a better evidence base of the climate change risks in 5 climate zones, strengthen the NDPC to promote accountability for adaptation results from the line ministries, will promote regulation that encourages private sector investment in adaptation and will develop a Climate Change Bill that institutionalises the NAP process.

Outcomes of the project This project will develop a NAP adaptation process that will produce a costed adaptation strategy for the country and provide the tools, mechanisms, system and information with which to replicate the NAP process at regular intervals and to mainstream the adaptation strategy into sector and District development plans.

The proposal has an emphasis on developing capacities for adaptation planning through training and constituting communities of practice. The project also emphasises the promotion of political leadership and buy-in into the NAP process in order to generate the energy required to keep the process alive and to enable mainstreaming of the NAP strategies into sector and District plans. The proposal seeks to invest in tools and mechanisms to enable the process to be replicated in future in order to keep adaptation priorities up to date and based on best available information. These include legislation, reporting systems and building constituencies of support among government, political and private sector leaders. The proposal includes a strategy for influencing private sector investment into climate resilient technologies and production methods, thereby increasing the investment of adaptation in the country

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The NAP process to be implemented under this proposal will provide leads that can be taken up by others, for example, in the capacity development of engineers, planners and architects through working with public and private sectors in components 1-3, the development of District planning systems and District information systems, legislative reform and sectoral planning reform. The leveraging effect of this proposal could therefore be high.

This activity plan picks up priorities that were included in the Ghana National Climate Change Masterplan 2015 - 2020, namely: • Programme 2.1: build capacity to design climate-resilient infrastructure • Programme 2.2: Knowledge management and coordination • Programme 2.3: Climate resilient sectoral and local development planning • Programme 2.7: protection of coastal resources and communities • Programme 2.4: Ensure that key infrastructure is climate proofed.

It picks up recommendations from the third National for improvements in institutional arrangements, namely: • Strengthen the institutional arrangements for climate change planning; • Strengthening data handling and management; • Continuous training; • Further mainstreaming of climate change including putting into place new measures to ensure greater participation of stakeholders.

In developing training materials for the various outputs, the project team will look to see how we might use elements of the existing materials, for example, those produced by the AAP. Outcome 1: Central level systems and processes for the development of the NAP developed

Component 1 focuses on national level NAP processes. It starts with a 6-month inception phase to build the political leadership and management foundation for the NAP process that includes activities to build national ownership. These including appointing climate ambassadors. The Ambassadors will be selected from across different interest groups in Ghana including political, technocrats, traditional authorities, CSOs and religious leaders. It is expected

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PAGE 37 OF 68 | Ver. 15 June 2017 that there will be motivated individuals who would volunteer for the role, given their commitment to the issue and the visibility of the NAP process. These climate ambassadors will be called upon to open strategic meetings, to champion the cause and raise visibility of the NAP process among the political and government leadership in the country. A project website will be built to link to the existing climate change hub. The adaptation platform will convey information such as adaptation best practices, impacts and interventions and investments, knowledge generated through the NAP process. A climate change data hub has been established by Government of Ghana that is heavily focused on climate change mitigation: http://climatedatahubgh.com/gh/. This information platform should now be expanded to cover vulnerability and adaptation. The adaptation information hub will be linked up to the existing climate change hub managed by EPA with full access by NDA/MoF in order to help planners and project proponents in their medium to long-term adaptation planning and implementation in Ghana. The information platform will be managed by EPA in line with existing arrangements for the existing climate change hub. It will serve as the data hub for medium to long-term adaptation planning and implementation in Ghana. Sensitisations on the purpose and importance of the NAP for the country’s economic will be provided for 20 Parliamentarians and 20 Ministers, adapting approaches tried successfully under the AAP, for example, theatre and audio-visual materials. A NAP logo should be developed as part of the communication strategy in order to facilitate brand recognition and raise awareness.

Four technical working groups or Cross-Sector Planning Groups (CSPGs) will be formed for sectors covering health, water, infrastructure and the land, energy and agriculture nexus. Each CSPG will comprise 10 or so people from different organisations in and outside government. This method has been tried and tested during the preparation of the second and third National Communications and the first biennial report updates (BUR 1) and the development of the Ghana National Climate Change Master Plan and will be adopted to the develop the NAP. The Cross-Sector Planning Groups (CSPGs) will be comprised of government and non-state representatives including the private sector. They will meet 7 times over the course of 12 months for the following topics: i) agree the ToR for the NAP process ii) consider the results of the climate risk assessments to determine which adaptation interventions to appraise iii) consider the results of the policy and programme reviews and the results of the economic appraisals and the District level adaptation priorities to develop the adaptation pathway for Ghana iv) consider the results of the gaps in policy harmonisation to develop a plan for policy revisions v) agree on the institutional roles and responsibilities for NAP implantation together with barriers and a plan for addressing the barriers vi) consider the adaptation investment and financing plan for the NAP together with a plan for addressing financing barriers. The CSPGs are foreseen to spend 8 days of delibera- tions and analysis. A training needs assessment and development of training materials will be prepared to bring all CSPG members to a shared understanding of the issues and the tasks that need to be undertaken.

The next main output will be to update and expand the coverage of Ghana’s downscaled sectoral climate change risk and vulnerability scenario analysis for the period 2020, 2040 and 2080 in line with international best practice (for example using CMIP 5 projections and RCP scenarios) including modelling

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PAGE 38 OF 68 | Ver. 15 June 2017 of first-order impacts on bio-physical indicators (water resources, soil erosion, fire risk, forest productivity, flooding) and second-order impacts on economic indicators, for example crops, health, fisheries. This output provides for some limited data gathering where needed to support the refinement of the impact models, for better accuracy of the modelling results. This output also provide for updating of socio-economic scenarios for Ghana for the period 2020, 2040 and 2080. In implementing this output, networks with international, regional hydro-met organisations will be strengthened to ensure that best practices are followed in producing this scenario analysis. Better information will be key to developing the interest, ownership and leadership of the NAP process among Parliamentarian and senior government officers.

Developing the adaptation strategy comes next. This will be based on a review of planning entry points: where policies and strategies currently support adaptation and where there are inconsistencies which represent points where vulnerability to climate change could be created. A review of experience in implementing adaptation will also be undertaken among national policies, strategies, frameworks and projects. Learning from experience will also come from two in-depth policy evaluations to be carried out through the National Development Planning Commission in order to evaluate successful policy options for building resilience to climate change. From this body of evidence, the CSPGs will determine which adaptation strategies to appraise on the basis of the climate change risk considered (at different timescales) and the assets and people at risk. The economic appraisals will be based as much as possible to use observed data sets and community surveys as much as possible to add granularity and ground-truthing to the Climate Change Masterplan global estimates. At this point also, the CSPGs will consider the evidence on adaptation needs coming from the District level climate change adaptation plans (from Component 2). The CSPGs will agree on an adaptation pathway for Ghana: a set of ‘no regret’ and ‘low regret’ adaptation strategies as well as longer term adaptation needs leading to the development of an adaptation pathway for Ghana. To achieve development along this adaptation pathway, the CSPGs will consider the main areas of policy harmonisation needed. An institutional mapping will also be undertaken on institutional roles and responsibilities relating to NAP priorities; this will all feed into the NAP. The information on the financial and economic costs and benefits related to the adaptation strategies will be brought together into a climate change adaptation investment plan together with a financing plan including innovative sources of financing for climate change adaptation . Finally, a set of policy briefs will be produced that package the information in a reader-friendly way aimed at government or those organisations working for government. Other communication materials may also be developed to target other audiences such as the public

The preceding analysis will be consolidated into one national adaptation plan with sector targets and indicators (SMART), roles and responsibilities, and a process review timeline. A national validation workshop will be held to present the findings and get final feedback. The NAP will be finalised and mainstreaming manual and tools will be updated to help Ministries and Districts to implement the NAP and mainstream it into their policies, strategies and plans, including in the updating of programme-based budgeting methodologies. In line with the need to build political support for the NAP and to raise its

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PAGE 39 OF 68 | Ver. 15 June 2017 visibility the project will be provide orientation and training for policy- and decision-makers on the content of the NAP and roles and responsibilities for implementing it. The first group will be the Parliamentary select committee and selected Parliamentarians in climate vulnerable areas (2 per District and this project will develop District level adaptation plans in 10 Districts, representing a total of (2 workshops. The second group will be District & Metropolitan Municipal District Chief Executives & Regional Ministers organised in the margins of standing meetings (2 workshops). The third group are the Heads of Parastatals and Chief Directors of Ministries (3 workshops: agriculture and health, energy, infrastructure and water).

The next output under this component will be to establish a monitoring and reporting process that promotes the implementation of the NAP. A process for annual reporting on climate change adaptation actions and funding by sector entities to MESTI/EPA will established, akin to the reporting that takes place for climate change mitigation for Biennial Update Reports and other reporting under the UNFCCC. The NDPC and MoF tools for compliance with NAP priorities and targets will be adapted. These comprise policy checklists, budget guidelines, planning guidelines and the national indicator framework. Fi- nally, the project will work with the inter-ministerial coordination mechanism for climate change to produce sector level adaptation plans and to promote mainstreaming into sector policies.

A climate risk and vulnerability mapping tool will be developed to raise awareness among sectoral planners of the risks of climate change on their plans and policies. For example, the Ministry of Energy want to find out how its sector plans might be affected by climate change. The climate risk and vulnerability mapping tool would display trend analysis and projections using GIS maps for key parameters of interest e.g. biomass energy consumed by tonnes and by location overlaid with population maps, overlaid with supply areas of wood fuel; overlaid with climate change impacts on the supply of wood fuel. The focus would be on displaying changes in parameters of interest and how climate change provides a further change factor. The climate change risk in relation to baseline development risk would be distinguished. Similar analysis would be provided for other ministries such as Agriculture where risk maps could include GIS layers for crop production, surface water flows, soil erosion rates, droughts, floods and climate change impacts on these parameters. The substantive link would be to the data sets and risk analysis produced in output 3.1. Regarding sustainability of the tool, the first sustainability factor will be to use an existing shared database or data management system that can be further developed. The second sustainability factor will be to build the capacities of the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) to engage on climate change risk reporting. The GSS is required by law to collect, convert, analyse and disseminate data from different ministries and departments. The third sustainability factor will be to develop the tool from a user-perspective to ensure that the tool delivers answers relevant to policy questions across government. There would be link to the Climate Change Hub which would help to raise awareness of the risks amount different stakeholder groups. A development workshop will be held among ministries and the National Statistical Service to under needs for the tool, existing data sets that can be used, gaps and ways to fill the most important gaps. There will be links to primary data collection in Output 1.3. Memoranda Of Understandings with ministries to supply poverty, development and environmental data sets on a regular basis will have to be

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PAGE 40 OF 68 | Ver. 15 June 2017 agreed; Data cleaning and formatting will be needed in order to provide comparable data sets which can be analysed together and protocols for data sharing will need to be developed. UN Environment’s Science Division will provide technical support in assessing available data sets and methods of data sharing, recommendations on improving data quality and in the design of a protocol that collects time series data regularly from across government.

Three concepts for GCF financing will be developed that are aligned to the NAP strategy. These will be developed through three expanded CSPGs to develop outline concept notes. External expertise will be contracted to draft the concepts, together with additional policy research work needed to develop mature concepts for submission. Finally, 1 multi-stakeholder workshop will be organised to get feedback on the concepts.

The last output in this component is the preparation of a Climate Change Bill. The main activities will be to review the current draft of Climate Change Bill and align it to the prescriptions in the NAP. It should also include a prescription for Government to routinely engage in adaptation planning in order to keep the NAP up to date and relevant, including updating sectoral climate risk and vulnerability assessments. Ten regional consultations will be organised to discuss the content of the Climate Change Bill. 2 national consultation will be organised for parliamentarians to agree the content of the Climate Change Bill. The final Bill will be drafted. An analysis of legal framework to determine where harmonisation needed to support the Climate change Bill will be undertaken. The political buy-in and ownership generated from the sensitisation trainings and consultations is expected to build the cooperation of Parliamentarians and other stakeholders in developing the content of the Bill and eventually passing it into law.

Outcome 2: District level systems and processes for the development of the NAP

Component 2 focuses on adaptation planning at the District level. The project will work with 10 Districts on adaptation planning and a further 10 Districts (making a total of 20 Districts) on training for adaptation. Component 2 has four outputs. The first is to downscale the sectoral climate change risk and vulnerability scenarios developed in Component 1 to 5 climate zones. Digitisation of observed climate records in the 10 Districts where the project will work to develop adaptation plans will be needed to bring the observed climate records into usable format with which enable downscaling of GCMs and sectoral applications. The downscaled sectoral projections will be developed into risk maps.

The second output in this Component will be to develop capacities for adaptation planning at the District level and develop District level adaptation plans in 10 Districts. Training will be provided to 20 District planning officers, 20 District, budgeting officers, 20 District Agricultural officers, 20 District coordinator officers on climate risk analysis and mainstreaming of climate change adaptation into district medium-term development plans. For the 10 Districts to be supported to develop adaptation plans, 3 meetings will be held in each District with local communities to i) establish understanding on the issues to hand

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PAGE 41 OF 68 | Ver. 15 June 2017 ii) develop climate vulnerability analysis and preferences for adaptation and iii) provide feedback on the District adaptation plan. In order to further build capacities among the District officers, a community of practice will be established by organising 1 meeting for exchange of experiences between the 10 Districts. The District adaptation plans will include a financial plan for adaptation including innovative sources of financing. The results of the District adaptation plans will be transmitted to the national CSPGs (4 meetings). Finally, the template for annual reporting from Districts to the NDPC will be adapted in order to track annual progress in implementing District adaptation plans.

The adaptation data and information portal established at the national level will be replicated at the District level, choosing three Districts that have relatively good capacity. The aim is to empower Districts to spearhead the adaptation planning process through better information and thereby provide a bot- tom-up driver for adaptation action in Ghana. Sensitisation of the District officers will be undertaken similar to the trainings provided in Output 2.2. The main research questions will be established in dialogue with district officers, such as, for example, correlations between rainfall intensities and frequencies and production levels, soil run-off and production levels, land clearance and soil fertility, technologies and practices that can mitigate the effects of climatic changes and extremes. Activities will mirror the activities in Component 1 which include establishing the main data sets and information required for adaptation planning purposes at the District level and develop a budgeted plan for collecting the data, gathering the data and information and storing these in a database; develop user-friendly interface and interrogation system and develop protocols for sharing data with the Centre and between Districts to create communities of practice around common resilience problems. Existing data collection tools will be adapted to incorporate climate change vulnerability, working closely with the relevant District officers. Participatory methods of data collection will be explored including engaging schools. The output will develop experience on adaptation- focused data gathering and processing that can be taken up by other Districts and over time created into standard operating protocols.

The last output in this component is about developing political buy-in and leadership among the Chief Executives of the Districts and the Regional administrative officers. The project will provide orientation among 20 District Mayors on climate change adaptation and NAP adapting successful approaches under the Africa Adaptation Programme (AAP). The project will also enhance the engagement of regional technical officers (10 Regional economic planners/assistants, Regional Irrigation officers, Regional water officers, Regional EPA officers, to appraise individual adaptation options, including economic, ecosystem, and social costs and benefits for unintended impacts of adaptation measures in Ghana. In this way, a community of practice on adaptation will be promoted at the Regional administration level.

Outcome 3: Enabling environment to promote private sector investment in adaptation strengthened

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The rationale for including outputs focused on the private sector is around influencing the investments that are undertaken with private funds for the benefit of adaptation efforts and at a minimum in order that adaptive capacity is not undermined. The private dimension of adaptation in generally in two areas: i) minimising climate impact to business delivery and markets and ii) markets in technologies and services that are beneficial to adaptation. On the first area, the aim is to develop political constituencies for support for adaptation that will help to promote political leadership of the issue and to develop a challenge function to government for the implementation of the NAP and subsequent policy mainstreaming. Current efforts to influence and involve the private sector focus around stand-along initiatives such as the Ghana Climate Innovation Centre. This NAP proposal intends to involve the private sector in NAP processes including the mainstreaming of the NAP strategy into regulations. The project will do this through the work to mainstream adaptation into building and infrastructure codes and into land-use planning. The main mechanism will climate risk assessments carried out for two cities: one coastal and one inland with follow on work through dialogue meetings and specially convened working groups. In this way, a community of practice among the private sector will be promoted.

The first output in this component will be to develop an engagement strategy for the private sector in order to develop a wider political constituency of support for adaptation, and specifically for the NAP process and the implementation thereof in the country. An assessment will be developed of the private sector groups in Ghana relevant to investments in climate adaptation, and their vulnerability or offerings relevant to adaptation. Tailored messages on the basis of the work carried out Component 1 for stakeholder engagement will be developed in order to raise awareness of the private sector on the national priorities and climate scenarios and adaptation actions and on investment opportunities to increase the resilience of businesses to climate change. Innovative engagement strategies will be developed to target networks such as ‘Club 100’, a group of private sector companies engaged on Cor- porate Social Responsibility. Another plank of the engagement strategy will be working with the Banking Sustainability Committee to develop due diligence requirements in line with adaptation priorities. This has membership with banks and non-banking financial institutions (e.g. insurance). Yet another strategy that will be explored are the options for a certification system to reward companies applying credible resilience principles to business.

The second output will be to develop for Tamale City GIS mapping and climate change risk modelling and develop recommendations for adapted land-use planning that reduces climate change risk to assets and people. The project will engage the Spatial Planning and Land-Use Authority to identify entry points for adapting land use zoning regulations. The project will develop guidance on climate resilient guidance at City/Urban level.

The third output under this component will be to develop standards and regulations that include climate change considerations for buildings and infrastructure. Activities will include Organising 1 dialogue meeting through the Ghana Architect’s Council, Ghana Institute of engineers and others on climate

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PAGE 43 OF 68 | Ver. 15 June 2017 change risks and impacts, drawing on work carried out in Component 1. Following that, a private-public sector group that is selected from the initial sensitisation meetings will be convened 3 times to review gaps and entry points for climate change mainstreaming into regulations and standards, including EIA requirements. Draft revisions of regulations and standards will be prepared for consideration of Government. Finally, an audit of key infrastructure and vulnerability to climate change will be undertaken identifying ownership (e.g government-owned or privately owned. This will help to make the case for revisions of the building and infrastructure codes.

Outcome 4 Learning about the NAP process disseminated Output 1 findings from the terminal evaluation will disseminate the findings of the Terminal Evaluation in a national workshop and to agree on next steps for the next iteration of the NAP.

Promoting gender equity in the NAP process

Women and men are likely to be affected by climate change impacts differently. This is due to gender inequalities of economic, political and social opportunities, such as formal employment, access to credit and technologies, education and public participation etc. In addition, due to different roles and responsibilities, the effects of climate change such as drought, water scarcity, floods, and extreme temperatures, will have different impact on men and women, boys and girls. In this regard, during the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) development process, women and men should be equally engaged, and their concerns fully reflected. Concrete actions include: 1) A gender analysis with sex-disaggregated data on climate vulnerabilities will be conducted; 2) A 25% target will be set for women's participation in all policy-level meetings and workshops; 3) A dedicated session on gender and adaptation will be included in the trainings and sensitisation sessions, and 4) A gender expert will be recruited to be part of the project staff. The result of these actions will be a fully gender-integrated National Adaptation Plan, which clearly describes women's and men's different climate vulnerabilities, as well as a roadmap of actions that address such gender-differentiated vulnerabilities. Gender disaggregated analysis will be undertaken through the workstreams dedicated to developing climate risk assessments, economic appraisal, district level adaptation planning exercises.

Theory of Change The Theory of Change is set out below. The rationale behind it is as follows: • Improving the evidential basis of planning (scientific, economic, policy and regulatory needs) will help to build political support for the NAP;

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• Establishing CSPGs will build ownership over the NAP process and the implementation of NAP priorities; this will be underpinned by developing better needs information for NAP action in respect of climate change projections, policy analysis gaps and successes, institutional barriers and opportunities and economic appraisal. • Dedicated support to raising awareness among all levels of government, lawmakers and private sector will provide the energy behind developing the NAP and implementing the NAP strategy. Better information on risks and opportunities will be key to generating interest and political support • Supporting Districts to develop better evidence on vulnerability to climate change will motivate them to develop adaptation plans and to implement them via their regular planning and budgeting processes; • A number of strategies will be taken to support the continuation of the NAP process and further revisions in the future. These are the i) Climate Change Bill for passing into law ii) the work undertaken after the NAP has been prepared to support the mainstreaming of the NAP into sector and District planning and budgeting, iii) the work undertaken to prepare investment proposals that bring in public and private sector sources of financing (based on the climate change adaptation investment and financing plan).

These elements of the project will achieve the objective of strengthening the political buy-in to the NAP and the strengthening of capacity of Ghana’s government at all levels to implement the NAP process, as well as the political leadership, capacity and systems in place to enable replication of the NAP process at regular intervals.

Outcome 1: Developing the methodologies for risk assessment, the improved evidence base, strengthening coordination mechanisms, strengthening capacities for adaptation planning, establishing monitoring and reporting systems for NAPs and preparing a law will deliver national level systems and processes for the NAP that can replicated in future NAP exercises. Outcome 2: Developing the methodologies for risk assessment at District level, the improved evidence base and strengthening capacities for adaptation planning can deliver District level systems and processes for the NAP.

The assumptions for both Outcomes 1 and 2 is that learning by doing is possible so that what is tried and tested in this NAP process can be replicated in future NAP exercises and that the improved evidence base will promote political leadership of the NAP systems and process for maintenance and further replication.

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Outcome 3: Establishing a relationship with private sector actors on adaptation and engaging them on the revision of building codes and land zoning reform will help to develop an enabling environment that promotes investment into adaptation regarding where infrastructure is located and how it is built. The assumption made is that the private sector will remain engaged throughout the process.

The higher-level impact that the NAP will contribute to is that Government and private sector investments mitigate climate risks on lives, livelihoods and the economy. The assumptions that would make this hold true is that a) there is political leadership to replicate the NAP process and to enforce regulation and b) that there are funds available to replicate the NAP process to keep the planning dynamics and interest high.

The risks to implementation are as follows:

Risk identified Probability of risk; H, M or Risk mitigation strategy L impact Delays in project implementation lessen M Attract qualified individuals through competitive recruitment the impact of the NAP process Lack of political leadership will lessen the L Activities have been built into the activity plan to raise the profile of the NAP process and to keep momen- impact of the NAP and create problems tum high, building on the numerous expressions of commitment by Government on climate change action. of sustainability Lack of involvement of leadership at M Leadership of EPA/MESTI will be constantly briefed about the progress of implementation and discuss key MESTI/EPA challenges of implementation for immediate remediation Low buy-in of participating/collaborating H Thorough pre-project implementation engagement by the EPA with the key line institutions and stakehold- sectors/stakeholders ers for buy-in Absence of proper flow of infor- H Conscious effort will be taken by the PMU to design a comprehensive communication strategy to aide com- mation/communication channel munication and information flow throughout the project implementation phase

Sustainability strategy The sustainability of the NAP process will come from various elements built into the proposal and these can be summarised as developing political will and buy-in.

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1 The project will promote political leadership at senior government, District and parliamentary level through various strategies: nominating Climate Ambassadors, training and awareness events, strengthening planning processes and institutionalising the NAP by means of obligatory reporting systems and a Climate Change Law. 2 The private sector will be mobilised through the urban risk assessment work done for 2 cities which will provide evidence for risks to businesses and promote their engagement in regulatory revision to incorporate adaptation in cities and infrastructure. 3 Climate risk information will be updated and expanded for the country and the results communicated in engaging written formats and other innovative ways. The climate information portal will improve the access to climate risk and vulnerability information by planners and the private sector which will enable evidence to be brought into policy-making. Currently good planning structures exist but the information feeding the planning systems is poor. With better information, the project expects to promote political buy-in to the NAP and implementation thereof. The CSPGs are a key strategy for developing communities of practice.

Stakeholder engagement Trainings and sensitisation develop political constituencies of support among parliamentarians, government and private sector leaders and Regional and District technical officers. The numbers of meetings and people involved are as follows: • 9 CSPG meetings will be held comprising four groups of 10 people identified for thematic specialism amounting to around 40 people that will participate and build a political constituency of leadership and support for the NAP, and to develop the 2-city climate risk assessments, GCF concept notes and the sector-based adaptation planning. The first CSPG will be held in the margins of the inception workshop. • For District Chief Executives, 2 sensitisations will be provided at standing annual meetings, and one dedicated sensitisation for Districts participating directly in the project. Dedicated information events will be organised for 80 technical staff in 20 Districts. • For District technical officers, dedicated training will be delivered in five different training events, on the basis of the work developed under the NAP and for the district adaptation plans; • For District adaptation planning, 3 stakeholder consultation meetings in each of 10 Districts will be held; • For Regional administrators in all 10 regions, the project will deliver training to 50 regional technical officers in two training events. • The project will organise 6 awareness raising events for 50 Parliamentarians and 90 government leaders including from parastatals along the length of the implementation timeframe of the project. • 3 consultation workshops (including the inception workshop) which will address: i) feedback on the climate risk assessments ii) feedback on the NAP and iii) feedback on the GCF investment concepts. • 10 regional consultations and 1 national workshop to update the Climate Change Bill.

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• 8 workshops between public and private sector on issues of reform of land use planning and revision of building codes.

Section 5 details the roles of each stakeholder group in the NAP process.

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SECTION 4: BUDGET, PROCUREMENT, IMPLEMENTATION AND DISBURSEMENT

4.1. Budget Plan

EXPENDITURE AND IMPLEMENTATION SCHEDULE OUTCOMES TOTAL COST CATEGORIES ACTIVITIES (add columns if >24 months) (same as in COST (same as in section 2) Workshops/ 30m 36 M section 2) (per activity) Consultants Travel Others 6m 12m 18m 24m Trainings

1.1 Inception phase 1. Central level 128,778 89,236 2,667 36,875 110,381 18,397 - - - systems and processes for the de- 1.2 MESTI and EPA establish technical working velopment of the groups to develop NAP 46,250 34,861 2,667 6,000 2,722 - 46,250 - - - NAP developed 1.3 Update and expand the coverage of Ghana’s downscaled sectoral climate change risk and vulnerability scenario analysis including socio-economic modelling developed; 321,415 292,111 6,557 13,125 9,622 - 120,531 200,884 - -

1.4 TWGs develop adaptation options analysis

and investment plan 323,600 237,611 16,667 64,200 5,122 - 97,080 129,440 97,080 -

1.5. National costed adaptation plan developed. 148,000 89,236 2,667 53,475 2,622 - - - 92,500 55,500

1.6. Monitoring and reporting on the NAP process 147,900 91,111 2,667 51,500 2,622 - - - - 147,900

1.7 Climate data sharing portal developed 173,125 117,836 6,667 6,000 42,622 - - 57,708 115,417 -

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1.8 3 GCF concept notes developed 132,150 109,111 10,667 9,750 2,622 - - - 44,050 88,100

1.9 Prepare Climate change Bill 99,400 46,111 2,667 48,000 2,622 - - - 62,125 37,275

Sub-total 1,520,618 1,107,225 53,890 288,925 70,578 110,381 282,257 388,033 411,172 328,775

2.1 Downscale sectoral climate change risk and 2. District level vulnerability scenario analysis including socio- systems and pro- economic modelling developed in 5 Climate cesses for the de- zones; velopment of the 188,296 172,396 10,000 5,900 - 80,698 107,598 - - NAP 2.2 Develop District level adaptation plans in 10 Districts and develop capacities at the Dis- trict level 171,096 118,646 15,000 31,450 6,000 - - 57,032 114,064 -

2.3 Establish District level vulnerability and adaptation information systems in 3 Districts that can link up to the Climate change Hub. 91,296 72,896 5,000 7,500 5,900 - - - 30,432 60,864

2.4 Ownership for the NAP process developed through sensitisation and training at the sub- national level 67,896 36,146 5,000 20,850 5,900 - - - 22,632 45,264

Sub-total 518,583 400,083 35,000 59,800 23,700 - 80,698 164,630 167,128 106,128

3.1. Engagement strategy for the private sec- 3. Enabling envi- tor developed 121,450 93,333 6,667 20,000 1,450 67,472 53,978 - - ronment to promote private sec- 3.2 Climate change impact considerations fed tor investment in into the land zoning regulation reform process. 148,825 124,958 10,667 12,000 1,200 - 33,072 99,217 16,536 adaptation strengthened.. 3.3 Standards and regulations developed to include climate change considerations for buildings and infrastructure. 85,575 57,708 6,667 20,000 1,200 - 85,575

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Sub-total 355,850 276,000 24,000 52,000 3,850 67,472 87,050 99,217 102,111 -

4. Learning about the NAP process 4.1 Terminal evaluation disseminated 62,500 59,000 3,500 62,500

Sub-total 62,500 59,000 3,500 62,500

TOTAL 2,457,551 1,842,308 112,890 404,225 98,128 110,381 430,428 639,712 677,516 537,014 62,500

PMC PROJECT MAN- Admin and finance assistant 120,000 156,000 AGEMENT COST Audits 30,000 (<7.5%) Telecommunications and office supplies cost 6,000 Total 156,000 21,000 31,000 21,000 31,000 21,000 31,000

CONTINGENCY (UP TO 5% OF TOTAL ACTIVITIES) 122,878 5,519 21,521 31,986 33,876 26,851 3,125

TOTAL ACTIVITIES +

PMC +

CONTINGENCY 2,736,429 136,900 482,949 692,698 742,392 584,865 96,625

DELIVERY PART- NER FEE (8.5% OF TOTAL ACTIVITIES 232,596 11,637 41,051 58,879 63,103 49,713 8,213

TOTAL 2,969,025 148,537 524,000 751,577 805,495 634,578 104,838

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4.2. Procurement Plan Overall financial management and procurement of goods and services under this readiness and preparatory support proposal will be guided by UN Environment’s regulations, rules, policies and procedures, as well as its programme manual. Further, procurement of goods and services will follow the general principles stated under clause 7 of Framework Readiness and Preparatory Support Grant Agreement (Framework Agreement) between Green Climate Fund (GCF) and UN Environ- ment. UN Environment will comply with its obligation under clause 7(a) of the Framework Agreement, which states “The procurement of Goods and Services for Approved Readiness Support Proposals, whether by the Delivery Partner or by a third party, shall be done in accordance with the rules, policies and procedures of the Delivery Partner.”

For this readiness and preparatory support proposal, services of an international technical nature will be recruited, or acquired, and directly managed by UN Environ- ment, in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency and GCF’s National Designated Authority (NDA) of Ghana. Recruitment and management of consultants will be in accordance with UN Environment rules, policies and procedures. UN Environment will coordinate with Ministry of Water and Environment to procure goods and services in delivering activities at national level [for example meetings, workshops, etc.] in accordance with the agreed procurement management plan and will be in accordance with UN Environment rules, policies and procedures. THRESHOLDS (Min-Max monetary ESTIMATED COST PROCUREMENT ESTIMATED START PROJECTED CONTRACTING ITEM ITEM DESCRIPTION value for which indicated (US $) METHOD DATE DATE procurement method must be used)

Goods and Non-Consulting Services Office equipment for three project staff (3 x com- Shopping/Low Value puter, 3 x monitor, 1 printer/photocopier, 1 projec- 9000 <10,000 USD Y1 Q1-Q3 Y1 Q1-Q3 Procurement tor, AC machine) Shopping/Low Value Office supplies 6000 <10,000 USD Y1 Q1-Q3 Y1 Q1-Q3 Procurement Shopping/Low Value Printing services 9950 <10,000 USD Y1 Q1-Q3 Y1 Q1-Q3 Procurement

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9 working group meetings for 4 x Cross Sectoral Pol- Request for Quota- icy Groups, urban/private sector work; concept 173,450 10,000-40,000 USD Y 1 Q3 Y1 -Y3 tions note development and sector mainstreaming 3 x national consultation workshops 85625 Invitation to Bid >40,000 USD Y1 Q1-Q3 Y1 Q1-Q3 Regional and District training workshops and consultations for the Climate Change Bill (17 events) & Dis- Shopping/Low Value 86,500 <10,000 USD Y1 Q1-Q3 Y1 Q1-Q3 trict level meetings for adaptation planning (30 Procurement meetings) 6 awareness events for each of parliamentarians Request for Quota- 35,150 10,000-40,000 USD Y 1 Q3 Y1 -Y3 and senior government leaders tions Request for Quota- 8 public-private sector workshops 40,000 10,000-40,000 USD Y 1 Q3 Y1 -Y3 tions Software purchase for climate vulnerability infor- Request for Quota- 40,000 10,000-40,000 USD Y 1 Q3 Y1 -Y3 mation portal tions Ticketing purchase No threshold, procure- through UN Environ- Travel for international staff 16,000 ment done as per UN Y 1 Q3 Y1 -Y3 ment appointed rules and regulations travel agent SUB-TOTAL (US $) 501,675 Consultancy Services National Information Technology 41,250 Recruitment n/a Yr 1 Q3 Yr 1-3 Communications 46,875 Recruitment n/a Yr 1 Q3 Yr 1-3 Theatre group: Department of Theatre studies, Uni- 15,000 Recruitment n/a Yr 1 Q3 Yr 1-3 versity of Ghana. Climate change projections modelling 91,875 Recruitment n/a Yr 1 Q2 Yr 1-2 Meteorological junior researchers 45,000 Recruitment n/a Yr 1 Q2 Yr 1-2 Impact assessment modelling 251,250 Recruitment n/a Yr 1 Q4 Yr 1-2

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Economist 97,500 Recruitment n/a Yr 1 Q4 Yr 2-3 Policy and Institutional Specialist 63,750 Recruitment n/a Yr 1 Q4 Yr 2-3 Policy evaluation specialist 37,500 Recruitment n/a Yr 1 Q4 Yr 2-3 Field researcher time (Concept Note development) 18,750 Recruitment n/a Yr 2 Q3 Yr 2-3 Legal specialist 63,750 Recruitment n/a Y2 Q3 Yr 2-3 Adaptation Planning Specialist 256,875 Recruitment n/a Yr 1 Q4 Yr 2-3 Data Scientist, Senior 45,000 Recruitment n/a Y2 Q2 Yr 2-31 Data Scientist Junior 48,000 Recruitment n/a Y2 Q2 Yr 2-3 Facilitator for development of climate risk and vul- 9.375 Recruitment n/a Y2 Q2 Yr 2-31 nerability mapping tool Private Sector specialist (coordination and 37,500 Recruitment n/a Y1 Q2 Yr 1-3 engagement Private sector specialist (content development) 26,250 Recruitment n/a Y2 Q2 Yr 2-3 International Climate change projections 26,000 Recruitment n/a Yr 1 Q4 Yr 2-3 Impact assessment modelling – urban 58,500 Recruitment n/a Y2 Q2 Yr 2-3 Concept note development 78,000 Recruitment n/a Y2 Q3 Yr 2-3 Adaptation planning specialist 26,000 Recruitment n/a Yr 1 Q4 Yr 2-3 Data scientist 28,600 Recruitment Y2 Q2 Yr 2-3 1,409,350 SUB-TOTAL (US $)

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4.3. Disbursement schedule UN Environment, as the Delivery Partner for this Readiness and Preparatory Support Proposal, will submit requests for disbursement for approved proposals to the GCF in accordance with the Framework Readi- ness and Preparatory Support Grant Agreement between the GCF and UN Environment. Disbursement requests will be signed by the authorised representative of the UN Environment and will include details of the bank account into which the grant will be deposited. UN Environment, the Delivery Partner for this R&P Support Proposal for Ghana, will administer the grant disbursed by the GCF in accordance with UN Envi- ronment’s regulations, rules, and procedures including maintenance of records of grant, disbursements and expenditure. UN Environment will follow the disbursement schedule as per the Framework Readiness and Preparatory Support Grant Agreement between the GCF and UN Environment.

UN Environment will allocate the grant proceeds as appropriate, in accordance with its obligations under clause 5 (Use of Grant Proceeds by the Delivery Partner) of Framework Readiness and Preparatory Support Grant Agreement between Green Climate Fund (GCF) and UN Environment. The disbursements requested will be bi-annual tranche starting 1 January 2019. The tranches will be as follows:

Disbursement period USD 672,536.47 1 2 751,577.21 3 805,495.23 4 634,578.07 5 104,838.13 2,969,025.10 Total The monthly work plan is projected to be as follows in Table 1.

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34

1.1 Inception phase 1,2,3

1.2 MESTI and EPA establish technical working groups to develop NAP 4

1.3 Sectoral climate change risk and vulnerability scenario analysis including socio- economic modelling developed; 5 6

1.4 TWGs develop adaptation options analysis and investment plan 10,1 7 8 9 1,12 13

1.5.National costed adaptation plan developed. 14

1.6 Monitoring and reporting on the NAP process 15 16

1.7 Climate data sharing portal developed 17

1.8 3 GCF concept notes developed 18

1.9 Prepare Climate Change Bill 19

2.1 Downscale sectoral climate change risk and vulnerability scenario analysis including socio- economic modelling developed in xx Districts; 20

2.2 Develop District level adaptation plans in 10 Districts and develop capacities at the District level 21 22

2.3 Establish District level vulnerability and adaptation information systems in 10 Districts that can link up to the Climate change Hub. 23

2.4 Ownership for the NAP process developed through sensitisation and training at the sub- national level 24

3.1. Engagement strategy for the private sector developed 25 26 27,28

3.2 Climate change impact considerations fed into the land zoning regulation reform process. 29 30,31

3.3 Standards and regulations developed 32

4.1 Terminal evaluation 33

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The deliverables are numbered, corresponding to the following outputs and disbursements: # on Deliverables GANTT chart Disbursement Adaptation web platform 1 Communication materials 2 Awareness materials for leaders 3 Training materials for the CSPGs 4 Policy and programme analysis 7 Assessment of private sector in Ghana 25 Develop messaging for private sector 26 Engagement strategy 27 Options for certification system 28 672,536.47 6 sectoral climate risk assessments 5 Summary for policy makers report 6 2 Policy evaluations 8 Economic appraisals 9 5 Climate zone risk assessments 20 751,577.21 Policy harmonisation gap report 10 Institutional mapping report 11 Adaptation investment and financial plan 12 Policy briefs 13 Climate vulnerability information sharing portal 17 10 District adaptation plans 21 Adaptation reporting template 22 Urban climate risk assessment 29 805,495.23 NAP 14 Adapt mainstreaming tools 15 4 sectoral adaptation plans 16 3 GCF concepts 18 Climate change Bill 19 3 District level climate vulnerability information portals 23 Trainig package for regional technical officers 24 Guidance on land-use zoning 30 Audit of key infrastructure for CC vulnerability 31 Revisions of infrastructure standards 32 634,578.07 Terminal evaluation 33 104,838.13 4.4. Additional information

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The following unit costs were used to build the budget:

Budget assumptions

UNIT Cost per UNIT 1 large workshop Accra (20- 40 people) 2000 1 small workshop Accra (<20 people) 1000

1 conference Accra: <40 people 5000 1 conference for high level representation 16000

District level meeting 250

TWG meeting (10 people) 1000

NC 375

IC day rate 650 DSA for nationals (overnight hotel costs) 135

DSA when hotel provided 100

Fuel allowance 50

International travel and DSA 4000

junior researcher time 150

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SECTION 5: IMPLEMENTATION ARRANGEMENTS AND OTHER INFORMATION 5.1 Please attach an “implementation map” or describe how funds will be managed by the NDA/FP or delivery partner If the entity implementing the readiness support is not an accredited entity of the GCF, please complete the Financial Manage- ment Capacity Assessment (FMCA) questionnaire and submit it with this proposal. The United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) has been selected as Ghana’s Delivery Partner for the GCF Readiness and Preparatory Support Programme. UN Environment has considerable experience in helping countries access climate finance and in providing execution oversight of projects. To date, UN Environment has facilitated the completion of 15 NAPAs and has assisted 38 countries in developing National Communications for Climate Change. It has also implemented or is in the process of implementing approximately 80 adaptation projects at global, regional and national levels. UN Environment will manage the funds for the activities under this readiness agreement and will agree on a plan with the Ministry of Natural Resources, Energy and Mining through Environmental Affairs Department to monitor the implementation of the activities using the grant proceeds. However, UN Environment will be responsible for the implementation of the activities under this readiness and preparatory support proposal. UN Environment Programme Officer (PO) will be responsible for project oversight and supervision, and to ensure consistency with GCF and UN Environment policies and procedures. The functions of the PO will include, but will not be limited to the following: i) participating in the Annual Project Steering Committee (PSC) meetings; ii) facilitating the final evaluation; iii) clearing the Progress Reports and Project Implemen- tation Reviews; and iv) undertaking the technical review of project deliverables v) providing input to periodic readiness portfolio reporting to GCF; vi) preparing requests for disbursements etc. UN Environment will submit semi-annual progress reports to the GCF in accordance with the terms of the Framework R&P Sup- port Grant Agreement between GCF and UN Environment. Overall financial management and procurement of goods and services under this readiness and preparatory support proposal will be guided by UN Environ- ment’s regulations, rules, policies and procedures, as well as its programme manual. Further, procurement of goods and services will follow the general principles stated under clause 7 of Framework Readiness and Preparatory Support Grant Agreement (Framework Agreement) between Green Climate Fund (GCF) and UN Environment1” For this readiness and preparatory support proposal, services of a technical nature will be recruited, or acquired, and directly managed by UN Environment, in consultation with the National Des- ignated Authority (NDA). Recruitment and management of consultants will be in accordance with UN Envi- ronment rules, policies and procedures. UN Environment will coordinate with the NDA to procure goods and services in delivering activities at national level, for example meetings, workshops, etc. in accordance with the agreed procurement management plan and will be in accordance with UN Environment rules, policies and procedures. To provide effectiveness and coherence, the project will establish a steering committee made up of relevant institutions from Government, private sector, CSOs, Academia etc such as MESTI, EPA, Ministry of Finance (MoF)-National Designated Authority (NDA), Water Resources Commission (WRC) Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MGCASP) , National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA). The PSC will be co-chaired by the MESTI and MoF. The PSC will meet at least twice a year – with ad hoc meetings held as and when necessary – to discuss

1 UN Environment will comply with its obligation under clause 7(a) of the Framework Agreement, which states “The procurement of Goods and Services for Approved Readiness Support Proposals, whether by the Delivery Partner or by a third party, shall be done in accordance with the rules, policies and procedures of the Delivery Partner

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Establishing a fully staffed PMU means that project outputs can be delivered faster and with higher quality. A relatively short NAP project time of 30 months is possible with proper sequencing of activities. The PMU will coordinate activities between the project’s various partners to oversee the implementation of the project’s activities and delivery of outputs. EPA will co-finance the project team with office space at the EPA and provision of driver when travelling to the Districts The NAP execution modality is as follows in Figure 1:

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Minister, Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation (MESTI)

Executive Director, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

UN Environment

Project Steering Committee (PSC)

Multi-sectoral committee

Project Management Unit (PMU) Driver

UNFCCC Focal Point Chief technical advisor

Project Coordinator National administration & Finance Officer

National M & E and Gender Officer EPA project team

NAP Technical teams

Water Health

Land/Energy/Agriculture nexus Infrastructure

Thematic teams

The project PSC reports to the NCCC through the Executive Director of the EPA. The Minister of Environ- ment chairs the NCCC.

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The NCCC is currently dormant. The Ministry of Environment is trying to align its mandate to the NDCs to provide a challenge function to ministries through reporting requirements from sectors to the NCCC. The NAP will help in this process of developing reporting requirements on NDC by developing NAP targets and compliance tools which can be taken up by the NDC process.

1.1. Other relevant information This box provides an opportunity to include any important information you wish to bring to the attention of the GCF Secretariat, but did not have an opportunity to provide in the sections above.

The structure of the government profile for the coordination, planning and implementation of climate change in Ghana is provided in Figure 2. The structure reflects the current roles various institutions are playing in the planning and implementation of climate change in Ghana. The project’s use of CSPGs will be under the framework of the National Committee of Climate change. The NAP will therefore be con- nected to wider planning and budgetary processes in the country.

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Office of President/Cabinet Parliamentary Select Committee

Environment & Natural Resource Advisory Council (ENRAC)

Strategic level institutions

Core (development authorities) - NDPC

Sector policy formulation and coordination Core budgeting coordination i n s t i t u t ions - MESTI institutions - MoF

Planning, Budgeting and Overall Coordination

Research & Knowledge (Re)formulation Development M & E (NDPC) Generation and Planning

GHG, Mitigation, Adaptation and Support MRV institutions Relevant Private sector institutions & Monitoring & Coordination Institutions Civil Society Organizations International reporting extensive Evaluation (NCCC) Development Partners Stakeholders Public Institution National Communications consultation Knowledge community Biennial Update reports

Monitoring and Evaluation Institutions Budgeting & Implementation

Ministries, Department and Agencies Institutions. Municipal, Metropolitan, District Private sector and E.g. Energy, Transport, Waste, Environment, Housing & Assemblies Businesses Infrastructure, Forestry, Industry and Agriculture (Local Government Authorities)

Institutions for mobilizing investments for Climate Change Institutions for sectoral coordination and harmonization of climate change actions

Implementation Institutions

Figure 2: Institutional arrangement for the coordination and implementation of climate change activities

Ghana has undertaken a coordinated approach to the NAP, with a number of stakeholders having different roles to play. The following list of stakeholders will be invited to participate in the CSPGs and in the trainings, sensitisations and planning processes under the NAP.

Stakeholder Role in the project EPA/MESTI Will Chair the PSC. Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Water Re- Technical officers will be invited to participate in the sources Commission, Ministry of Gender CSPGs and to engage in sectoral adaptation plan- and Social Protection, National Develop- ning exercises and in policy revisions in order to im- ment Planning Commission, Ministry Fi- plement the NAP; senior government officers will be nance and Ministry of Local Government invited to information events. and Rural Development

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Parliamentarians Invited to information events Civil Society and academia. Invited to participate in the CSPGs Chief Executives of Districts Invited to participate in information and training events. For 10 District where adaptation planning will take place the Chief Executives will be supported to provide leadership in the exercise. Regional administrators Invited to participate in training events Project beneficiaries at national district and com- The assessments leading to the NAP will involve data munity level collection and consultations with communities espe- cially in vulnerable districts to impacts of climate change, so that the NAP is relevant, up to date and responds to the context of the vulnerable people.

Avoiding conflict of interest To avoid any possible conflicts of interest deriving from the Delivery Partner’s role as an Accredited Entity, the prioritization of investments and projects in the context of this readiness grant, will be made through a broad consultation process with relevant stakeholders, including other potential implementing entities for Ghana. The final validation of these priorities will be carried out through the countries’ own relevant coordination mechanism and institutional arrangements, with the participation of other government agencies, as well as representatives from civil society and private sector as the NDA and designated focal point deem relevant, to ensure chosen priorities are fully aligned with national plans and strategies and adequately includes inputs from consulted stakeholders. Reporting on the project implementation Quarterly and half yearly reports will be produced. Portfolio report: UN Environment will submit a half-yearly progress report for the period January - June, within 1 month of the end of reporting period, i.e. on or before 30 July, using the format to be provided by UN Environment; Annual Performance Report: Within 60 days of the end of the reporting period for the Green Climate Fund fiscal year of 31 December, UN Environment will submit the Annual Performance Report using the format to be provided by UN Environment. The Annual Performance Report shall be accepted as the progress report in the abovementioned paragraph of this Agreement for the period July to December; Final report: Within 3 months of the project completion, UN Environment will submit a final report and a list of outputs detailing the activities taken under the project, lessons learned and any recommendations to improve the efficiency of similar activities in the future, using the format to be provided by UN Environment. Annual audits are expected that specific the following: a) Green Climate Fund proceeds were covered by the scope of the audit; b) Proper books of account have been maintained; c) All project expenditures are supported by vouchers and adequate documentation; d) Expenditures have been incurred in accordance with the objectives outlined in the project document; e) The expenditure reports provide a true and fair view of the financial condition and performance of the project.

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A signed final statement of accounts within 3 months of completion of project activities should also be submitted. Project Evaluation The Technical Coordinator will facilitate a final Evaluation at the end of the project.

Stakeholder consultations in preparation of the NAP

The first stakeholder meeting on the GCF NAPs Readiness proposal in Ghana was held from 5-8 June, 2017 in Aburi, just outside Accra. The overall objective of undertaken this exercise was to enhance Ghana’s opportunity to access the GCF NAPs readiness facility to support adaptation planning and implementation Ghana.

The specific objectives of the meeting included:

Review relevant documents to help in understanding the task of developing a NAPs proposal Agree on the activities to be covered in the proposal for the NAP Populate and complete the GCF NAPs template for submission (initial draft)

The stakeholder meeting in Aburi resulted in the following output: a completed (zero draft) GCF NAPs readiness template with the necessary attachments.

The second stakeholder meeting to finalise the concept was undertaken with facilitation of a senior programme manager from UN Environment, held 19-21 September 2017. Participants lists have been included at the end of this section for the first and second stakeholder planning meetings for the NAP proposal.

With respect to the development of the climate change Masterplan which provides priority actions both on planning and concrete adaptation measures, the consultations were very wide. In all about 25 different stakeholder meetings/workshops were held across Ghana to solicit stakeholder views and to also ensure buy-in. There were pre-meetings, workshops during the masterplan development phase itself and there three validation workshops for the Northern, Middle and Southern Zones of the country. The stakeholder constituency included: research and academia, CSOs; the private sector; gender constituencies; ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs); municipal, metropolitan and district assemblies (MMDAs). The consultations were held between 2012 and 2014.

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FIRST EXPERT MEETING FOR THE GREEN CLIMATE FUND READINESS PRO- GRAMME FOR THE FORMULATION OF NATIONAL ADAPTATION PLANS LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

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NO NAME INSTITUTION POSITION TEL. NUMBER EMAIL 1 Dr. Raymond Kasei University for Senior Lecturer 0208388164 [email protected] Development Studies, Tamale 2. Dr. Albert Ahenkan University of Senior Lecturer 0246955818 [email protected] Ghana, Accra 3. Mr. Kingsley Amoako MOFA, Accra Director [email protected] 4. Mr. Samuel Dotse HATOF (CSO), Executive 0207360517 [email protected] Accra Director 5. Mr. Robert Mensah MoF , Accra NDA 0573341533 [email protected] 6. Mr. Kyekyeku Yaw EPA, Accra UNFCCC Focal 0501301417 [email protected] Oppong-Boadi Person 7. Antwi-Boasiako Amoah EPA (Climate Principal 0243987871 [email protected] Change), Accra Programme Officer 8. Mr. Daniel Tutu-Benefoh EPA (Climate Principal 0246114652 [email protected] Change), Accra Programme Officer 9. Mr. Joseph Baffoe EPA (Climate Principal 0501301478 [email protected] Change), Accra Programme Officer 10 Dr. Emmanuel Tachie- EPA (Climate Principal 0240973625 [email protected] Obeng Change, Accra) Programme Officer 11. Dr. Bob Alfa WRC, Accra Head, Surface 0243210645 [email protected] Water 12 Mr. Peter Dery MESTI, Accra Deputy Director 0243646749 [email protected] 13. Mrs. Angelina Tutuah- EPA (Climate Chief 0244379159 Mensah Change and Programme [email protected] Gender), Accra Officer 14. Ms. Stella Okoh EPA Rapporteur 0501301491 [email protected]

SECOND EXPERT MEETING FOR THE GREEN CLIMATE FUND READINESS PRO- GRAMME FOR THE FORMULATION OF NATIONAL ADAPTATION PLANS LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

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NO NAME INSTITUTION POSITION TEL. NUMBER EMAIL 1 Mr. Robert Mensah MoF , Accra 0573341533 [email protected] 2 Mr. Kyekyeku Yaw EPA, Accra UNFCCC Focal Oppong-Boadi Person 0501301417 [email protected] 3 EPA (Climate Principal Antwi-Boasiako Amoah Change), Accra Programme 0243987871 [email protected] Officer 4 EPA (Climate Principal [email protected] Mr. Daniel Tutu-Benefoh Change), Accra Programme 0246114652 Officer 5 EPA (Climate Principal [email protected] Mr. Joseph Baffoe Change), Accra Programme 0501301478 Officer 6 Dr. Emmanuel Tachie- EPA (Climate Principal Obeng Change, Accra) Programme 0240973625 [email protected] Officer 7 Ms. Stella Okoh EPA Rapporteur 0501301491 [email protected] 8 Mr. Ayirebi Frimpong UNDP/MESTI 9 Caleb Yakubu UNDP/MESTI 10 Principal Mr. Winfred Nelson NDPC Planning Officer 0244482407 [email protected] 11 Peter Dery MESTI Deputy Director 0243646749

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Cost categories Expenditure and implementation schedule Budget notes Budget assumptions Equipment Workshops/ Printing Procurement plan Total (USD) Consultants Travel trainings Supplies Budget notes 6m 12 m 18m 24m 30 m 36m total UNIT Cost per UNIT Technical coordinator: (6000*12*2.5): 180,000 CTA: 650*30*3: 48,750 + travel: 4000 M&E and gender officer: 3500*12*2.5: 105,000 1. Central level systems and processes for the 1 x vehicle - rental costs + fuel (60,000) divided by 3 development of the NAP developed years. office equipment, IT(3xcomputer, 3xmonitor, 1 1 large workshop Accra (20- 111,250 24,000 23,600 printer/photocopier, 1 projector, AC machine): 9000 40 people) 2000 Consultants Days/units USD Days Fee

Activity 1.1.2: 1 day Conference, 25 people with full DSA and 25 people with fuel allowance, plus one follow-up day for a smaller technical group of people (40 people), half of whom need full DSA and half need fuel allowance. 1.1 Inception phase Activity 1.1.5: 50 days NC time. Activity 1.1.6: 5 parliamentary groups: 4 people each =20 people + 10support staff; Ministers: 20. High level conference and 50 participants of half DSA. Materials: 1)Prepare policy briefs and fact sheets 30 days), ii) posters, flyers (15 days); iii) prepare audio visuals (20 Dys). Iv) Develop story for skits (10 days); vi) theatre group (6 people x 4 days preparation and 1 day 128,778 89,236 2,667 36,875 performance = 30 days). NC for change process: 50 days. 110,381 18,397 - - - 128,778 - 1 small workshop Accra (<20 p 1000 IT Nat Con. 110 41250 IC 254 165,100

1.2 MESTI and EPA establish technical working groups to develop NAP 4 x TWGs small workshop + 40 x fuel allowance. $100 is for the daily cost of producing reading materials for 46,250 34,861 2,667 6,000 2,722 consideration of the TWGs. - 46,250 - - - 46,250 1 conference Accra: <40 5000 NC Communication/ 125 46875 NC 3325 1,246,875

Activity 1.3.1: 40 days of NC time for projections analysis. Activity 1.3.2. 30 people in meeting: 1 large workshop. 30 1.3 Update and expand the coverage of Ghana’s downscaled days of NC time. 30* fuel allowance. sectoral climate change risk and vulnerability scenario analysis Activity 1.3.3 : 80 days per sector impact assessment including socio-economic modelling developed; which includes some primary data collecion. Travel budget of 4100 which includes 14 days of DSA for researchers. IC time for training and mentoring: 30 x 3 sectors (water, agriculture, coastal): 90 days. Activity 1.3.5 A conference with 25 people receiving full DSA and 25 receiving fuel allowance. 1 conference for high 321,415 292,111 6,557 13,125 9,622 Activity 1.3.6: 40 days of NC time; printing costs of $7000 - 120,531 200,884 - - 321,415 level representation 16000 theatre group 40 15000

Activity 1.4.1: 50 days of NC time; Activity 1.4.2: 50 days of NC time Activity 1.4.3: convening of 3 x 4 TWGs to discuss findings of 1.4.2/1.4.1 & 1.4.3 & 1.4.10; 100 days of NC time plus travel costs of $5000. Activity 1.4.4. 4 TWGs meet for 3 days outside Accra. Includes DSA for 40 people x 3 days. Activity 1.4.5 160 days for 6 sectors, with a travel budget 1.4 TWGs develop adaptation options analysis and investment plan of 5000 for field level research Activity 1.4.6: 4 x TWG meetings Activity 1.4.7: 4 x TWG meetings; 30 days of NC time. 35day of IC time. 1 international travel Activity 1.4.8: 40 days of NC time Acivity 1.4.9: 30 days of NC time, 4 x TWG meetings; $2000 for graphic design and printing, including infographics: of which 3 days is for graphic design NC and the rest are printing costs. Activity 1.4.10: 40 days of NC time 323,600 237,611 16,667 64,200 5,122 - 97,080 129,440 97,080 - 323,600 161,800 District level meeting 250 CC projections mode 245 91875

Activity 1.5.1 50 days of NC time Activity 1.5.2: Conference with 25 people receiving full DSA and 25 people receiving fuel allowance. Activity 1.5.3: 10 days of NC time Activity 1.5.4: 80 days of an NC time 1.5.National costed adaptation plan developed. Activity 1.5.5.High level conference with 50 Parliamentarians at full DSA; 1 large workshop for 20 District officers with full DSA; 3 x large workshops for senior government people, 90 people in total with full DSA. Activity 1.5.6 Develop sustainability strategy for all 148,000 89,236 2,667 53,475 2,622 activities across the 3 components: 65 days NC time. - - - 92,500 55,500 148,000 TWG meeting (10 people) 1000 Meteorological junio 300 45000 Activity 1.6.2: 10 days of NC time Activity 1.6.3 Costs of holding 2 small workshops for the CC Committee plus fuel allowance for 15 people x 2. NC 1.6. Monitoring and reporting on the NAP process time to help 4 sectors mainstream the NAP: Agric, Water, Energy and Infrastructure:50 days per sector: 200 days. 2 147,900 91,111 2,667 51,500 2,622 x 4 TWG at Ministry level - - - - 147,900 147,900 NC 375 CC projections Int co 40 26000 50 days for an IT consultant, and 200 days of junior data scientist researcher time to bring the data sets together (data cleaning and formatting) with 50 days of NC statistician input; $40K software costs + 1 large 1.7 Climate vulnerability portal developed workshop, 20 participants with full DSA and 20 people with fuel allowance. IC data scientist time: 44 days x 650 plus one international travel + 25 days of NC facilitation time 173,125 117,836 6,667 6,000 42,622 - - 57,708 115,417 - 173,125 IC day rate 650 Impact assessment 670 251250

Activity 1.8.1: 3 large workshops, 15 people in each workshop and fuel allowance for 45 people. 1.8 3 GCF concept notes developed Activity 1.8.2: Costs of hiring IC to develop each concept note plus travel: $26K each concept (40 days each concept). 50 days of NC time to develop supporting information for each concept. Activity 1.8.3: 1 large workshop, 20 participants with full DSA for nationals (overnight 132,150 109,111 10,667 9,750 2,622 DSA and 20 people with fuel allowance. - - - 44,050 88,100 132,150 hotel costs) 135 Impact assessment 90 58500

Activity 1.9.1: 50 days of NC time Activity 1.9.2: 10 large workshops and 40 people on full DSA 1.9 Prepare Climate Change Bill Activity 1.9.3: High level conference for 50 people x 2, 50 people on half DSA Activity 1.9.4: 10 days of NC time 99,400 46,111 2,667 48,000 2,622 Activity 1.9.5: 30 days of NC time - - - 62,125 37,275 99,400 DSA when hotel provided 100 Economist NC 260 97500

Private sector specialist SUB-TOTAL (coordination and stakeholder 1,520,618 1,107,225 53,890 288,925 70,578 110,381 282,257 388,033 411,172 328,775 1,520,618 Fuel allowance 50 engagement) 100 37500

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Policy and 2 . District level systems and processes for the institutional development of the NAP 114,583 20,000 23,600 International travel and DSA 4000 specialist (NC) 170 63750

Activity 2.1.1: 20 days of NC time per climate zone (5), 2.1 Downscale sectoral climate change risk and vulnerability downscaling the projections developed in Component 1. scenario analysis including socio-economic modelling developed in Activity 2.1.2: 30 days of researcher time per District 5 Climate zones; (30x 10 = 300 days) plus 5.33 days of NC time to digitise climate records, for use in downscaling. Activity 2.1.3: 30 days of NC time per climatezone x 5 = Policy evaluation 188,296 172,396 10,000 5,900 150 days, plus travel cost of $5000. - 80,698 107,598 - - 188,296 junior researcher time 150 specialist 100 37500

Activity 2.2.1: 60 days of NC time to develop the training materials and to give the trainings in 2 workshops; 2 large 2.2 Develop District level adaptation plans in 10 Districts and workshops, District officers participating at full DSA, develop capacities at the District level Activity 2.2.2: 17 days of NC time per District (for 3 meetings) x 10 = 170 days + add 1 more day per District to provide guidance in developing financing plans. Total 180 days. Travel cost of $10K. Activity 2.2.4: 3 TWGs (unit cost for 1 day meeting: CN development 171,096 118,646 15,000 31,450 6,000 $6K), plus administrative cost of $100. - - 57,032 114,064 - 171,096 (IC) 120 78000

Pilot test in 3 Districts with high capacities. 70 days of NC 2.3 Establish District level vulnerability and adaptation information time, 120 days of junior researcher time, plus small systems in 3 Districts that can link up to the Climate change Hub. meetings at District level during the development CCA planning 91,296 72,896 5,000 7,500 5,900 process. - - - 30,432 60,864 91,296 specialist (IC) 35 22750

Activity 2.4.1: 1 small workshop plus 20 participants with 2.4 Ownership for the NAP process developed through full DSA sensitisation and training at the sub-national level Activity 2.4.2: 2 large workshops with 50 participants each workshop on full DSA. 20 days of NC (economist) NC time (CN 67,896 36,146 5,000 20,850 5,900 time to develop the training. - - - 22,632 45,264 67,896 development) 50 18750

SUB-TOTAL

518,583 400,083 35,000 59,800 23,700 - 80,698 164,630 167,128 106,128 518,583 Legal expert 170 63750

80,698 331,757 106,128 518,583

3. Private sector finance mobilised for investment in climate risk management.

111,250 20,000 3,600 Adaptation planning 685 256875

Over the output, technical advisory support to the output/for the private sector component: 50 days 3.1. Engagement strategy for the private sector developed Activity 3.1.1: 30 days of NC time Activity 3.1.2: 30 days of NC time, printing costs of $250. Activity 3.1.3: 2 x $5000 meetings Activity 3.1.4: 40 days of NC time; 2 x $5000 meetings Data scientist 121,450 93,333 6,667 20,000 1,450 Activity 3.1.5: 40 days of NC time. 67,472 53,978 - - 121,450 senior 120 45000 Over the output, technical advisory support to the output/for the private sector component: 25 days To do impact modelling in two cities and to develop recommendations for adapted land zoning regulations on 3.2 Climate change impact considerations fed into the land zoning the basis of this evidence. Modelling time: 80 days of NC regulation reform process. time; infrastructure audit: 20 days of NC time. + IC time of 40 days + 1 international travel+40 days of NC time (legal); 2 TWG meetings to discuss the proposals and Data scientist 148,825 124,958 10,667 12,000 1,200 recommendations. - 33,072 99,217 16,536 148,825 Junior 320 48000 Over the output, technical advisory support to the 3.3 Standards and regulations developed to include climate change output/for the private sector component: 25 days considerations for buildings and infrastructure. Activity .3.3.1: 1 x $5000 meeting 85,575 57,708 6,667 20,000 1,200 Activity 3.3.2: 3 x $5000 meetings - 85,575 85,575 Data scientist IC 44 28600 Facilitator for cilmate risk and Sub-total vulnerability 355,850 276,000 24,000 52,000 3,850 67,472 87,050 99,217 102,111 - 355,850 mapping tool 25 9375

67,472 186,267 102,111 355,850

Private sector 4. Learning about the NAP process disseminated specialist (content development) 70 26250 0.573477

4.1 Terminal evaluation 4.1 cost of Terminal evaluation 62,500 59,000 3,500 Cost of workshop for 30 people plus fuel allowance. 62,500 62,500 1,409,350 0.171197 SUB-TOTAL 62,500 59,000 3,500 - - 62,500 62,500 Workshop venues and catering 420,725 Office supplies (mobile communication, TOTAL ACTIVITIES internet line, paper, ink and 2,457,551 1,842,308 112,890 404,225 98,128 110,381 430,428 639,712 677,516 537,014 62,500 2,457,551 printer) 6000 PROJECT MANAGEMENT COST (<7.5%) 156,000 6.35% 21,000 31,000 21,000 31,000 21,000 31,000 156,000 Office equipement 9000

Software purchase for climate vulnerability CONTINGENCY (5%) 122,878 5.00% 5,519 21,521 31,986 33,876 26,851 3,125 122,878 information portal 40000 TOTAL ACTIVITIES + PMC + CONTINGENCY 2,736,429 136,900 482,949 692,698 742,392 584,865 96,625 Printing costs 9950 DELIVERY PARTNER FEE (8.5%) 232,596 0 - - - 11,637 41,051 58,879 63,103 49,713 8,213 232,596 International travel 16000 GRAND TOTAL 2,969,025 148,537 524,000 751,577 805,495 634,578 104,838 2,969,025 AZ 1,911,025

7.83% 501,675

Disbursement period PMC USD 672,536.47 Admin and finance assistant 120,000 1 Audits 30,000 2 751,577.21 Telecommunications and office supplies cost 6,000 3 805,495.23 Total 156,000 4 634,578.07 5 104,838.13 2,969,025.10 Total

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9 workshops for 4 x CSPGs for NAP development & urban climate risk assessment (x2 workshops)& CN development (x4) & Sector mainstreaming (x 4 workshops) 173,450

3 x national consultation workshops for NAP development 85,625 Regional and District training workshops & consultations for the CC Bill (17 events) & District level meetings to develop adaptation plans (30 meetings) 86,500

3 awareness events for each of Parliamentarians and gove 35,150

Government-private sector meetings (x8) 40,000

international travel for Ics 16,000 420,725

printing costs 9,950

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6 m 12m 18m 24m 30m 36 m total Output 1.1 110381 18397 128778 1.2 46250 46250 1.3 120531 200884 321415 1.4 97080 129440 97080 323600 1.5 92500 55500 148000 1.6 147900 147900 1.7 57708 115417 173125 57031.944 105000 1.8 44050 88100 132150 1.9 62125 37275 99400 2.1 80698 107598 188296 2.2 57032 114064 171096 2.3 30432 60864 91296 2.4 22632 45264 67896 3.1 67472 53978 121450 3.2 33072 99217 16536 148825 3.3 85575 85575 4.1 62500 62500 2457551 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36

1.1 Inception phase

1.1.1 Recruit project staff 18396.8254 18396.825 18396.825 18396.825 18396.825 18396.8254 1.1.2 Hold inception workshop to launch the NAP process 18396.825 1.1.3 Agree the NAP workplan and process 1.1.4 Appoint and engage services of high level Climate A b d /h i 1.1.5 Develop the NAP website

1.1.6High level orientation on CCA and NAP

1.2 MESTI and EPA establish technical working groups to develop NAP

1.2.1 Seek nominations for participation in TWGs;

1.2.2 Develop ToRs for the TWGs 9250

1.2.3 Develop training programme for TWGs 9250 9250 9250

1.2.4 Provide the training to the groups. 9250

1.3 Sectoral climate change risk and vulnerability scenario analysis including socio-economic modelling developed;

1.3.1 Develop CC scenarios 40176.875

1.3.2 Update socio-economic scenarios 40176.875 40176.875 1.3.3 Develop sectoral climate risk and vulnerability assessments 40176.875 40176.875 40176.875 1.3.4 A national multi-stakeholder workshop to discuss results 40176.875 1.3.6 user friendly ‘Summary for policy makers’ for the synthesis of results 40176.875

1.4 TWGs develop adaptation options analysis and investment plan

1.4.1 Policy analysis to identify vulnerability and to identify entry points for adaptation 32360 1.4.1 Policy review to learn from experience in implementing CCA- relevant interventions. 32360 1.4.3 Presentation of results to the TWG for i) policy evaluations and ii) investment plan preparation 32360

1.4.3 Policy evaluations through NDPC

1.4.4 TWGs deliberate on adaptation strategies based on CRA 32360 1.4.5 Carry out economic appraisals (financial and economic costs and benefits) 1.4.6 TWG to consider economic analysis and District level CCA plans (from Component 2) and agree 32360 32360 32360 d i h f Gh 1.4.8 Policy harmonisation analysis;

1.49 Institutional mapping;

1.4.10 Develop CCA investment and financing plan and agree through the TWG 32360

1.4.11 Develop policy briefs and other publications 32360 32360

1.5.National costed adaptation plan developed.

1.5.1 Develop NAP. 18500 18500 1.652 Hold national validation workshop to present the findings and get final feedback 18500 1.5.3 Finalise the NAP 18500

1.5.4 Update mainstreaming manual and tools. 18500 1.5.5 Training for policy- and decision-makers on the content of the NAP 18500

1.5.6 Develop sustainabiity strategy 18500 18500

1.6 Monitoring and reporting on the NAP process

1.6.1 Develop process with stakeholders for annual reporting on CCA actions 36975 1.6.2 Adapt NDPC and MoF tools for compliance with NAP 36975

1.6.3 Maintain climate change adaptation data system

1.6.4 Develop sector level adaptation plans and to promote mainstreaming into sector policies. 36975 36975

1.7 Climate data sharing portal developed

1.7.1 Develop IT capability in the climate change hub for vulnerability mapping. 28854.167

1.7.2 Data supply MOUs with ministries 28854.16667

1.7.3 Data cleaning and formatting 28854.167

1.7.4 Creating networked, automated system for data sharing. 28854.167 28854.167 28854.167

1.8 3 GCF concept notes developed

1.8.1 Convene expanded 3 TWGs twice to develop outline concept notes 44050

1.8.2 Draft 2-3 GCF concepts 44050

1.8.3 1 multi-stakeholder workshop to get feedback on the concepts. 44050 DocuSign Envelope ID: 3EBBD945-9474-4755-9556-68F3C90A0098

1.9 Prepare Climate Change Bill

1.9.1 Review current draft of CC Bill and align it to the requirements of the NAP; 12425 1.9.2 Ten regional consultations organised to discuss the content of the CC Bill; 12425 12425 12425 1.9.3 2 national consultation, for parliamentarians organised to agree the content of the CC Bill; 12425 1.9.4 Bill drafted. 12425

1.9.5 Analysis of legal harmonisation needed 12425 12425

2.1 Downscale sectoral climate change risk and vulnerability scenario analysis including socio-economic modelling developed in xx Districts;

2.1 Downscale climate change projections in 5 climate Zones;

2.1.2 Develop District level risk assessments; 26899.405 26899.405 26899.405 26899.405

2.1.3 Digitise observed climate records 26899.405 26899.40476 26899.40476 2.1.5 Develop District/ecozone/climate zones level climate change risk maps

2.2 Develop District level adaptation plans in 10 Districts and develop capacities at the District level

2.2.1 Build capacity by training District technical officers 28515.972 28515.97222

2.2.2 Develop District level CCA plans 28515.972 28515.972 2.2.3 1 meeting for exchange of experiences between the 10 Districts 28515.972 2.2.4 Transmit results of adaptation plans to the national TWGs (3 meetings).

2.2.5 Help District Officers develop financing plan for adapation 28515.972 2.2.6 Adapt template for annual progress reporting in implementing District Adaptation plans.

2.3 Establish District level vulnerability and adaptation information systems in 10 Districts that can link up to the Climate change Hub.

2.3.1 Establish the data gathering plan 15215.972 15215.97222 2.3.2 Gather the data and information and store in a database; 15215.972 15215.97222 2.3.3 Develop user-friendly interface and interrogation system 15215.972 2.3.4 Develop protocols for sharing data with the Centre and between Districts 15215.972

2.4 Ownership for the NAP process developed through sensitisation and training at the sub-national level

2.4.1 Sensitise District Mayors on CCA and NAP 22631.94444

2.4.2 Enhance the engagement of regional technical officers 22631.944 22631.94444

3.1. Engagement strategy for the private sector developed

3.1.1. Engagement strategy for the private sector developed 13494.444 13494.444 13494.444 13494.44444 3.1.2.Develop assessment of the private sector groups in Ghana relevant to investments in climate adaptation

3.1.3 Develop tailored messages for private sector engagement 13494.44444 13494.444 13494.444 3.1.4 Engage with banks and non-banking financial institutions

3.1.5 Explore options for a certification system 13494.444 13494.444

3.2 Climate change impact considerations fed into the land zoning regulation reform process.

3.2.1 Identify entry points for adapting land use zoning regulations.

3.2.2 Develop city level climate change risk modelling 16536.111 16536.11111 16536.111 16536.111 16536.111 16536.111 3.2.3 Develop guidance on climate resilient guidance at City/Urban level 16536.111 16536.11111 16536.111 3.3 Standards and regulations developed to include climate change considerations for buildings and infrastructure.

3.3.1.Organise 1 dialogue meeting with professional groups. 28525 3.3.2.Technical work to mainstream CCA into regulations and standards 28525 3.3.3 Draft revisions of regulations and standards for consideration of Government 28525

4.1 Terminal evaluation 20833.333 20833.333 20833.33333

SUBTOTAL - ACTIVITIES 18,397 18,397 18,397 18,397 18,397 18,397 36,897 31,994 22,744 112,931 112,931 112,931 112,931 80,571 67,076 112,931 159,938 106,266 106,266 137,191 137,191 104,831 62,677 129,359 166,334 159,823 93,141 120,049 39,333 20833.33333 2457551.111

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 36

1.1 Inception phase 1,2,3

1.2 MESTI and EPA establish technical working groups to develop NAP 4

1.3 Sectoral climate change risk and vulnerability scenario analysis including socio-economic modelling developed; 5 6

1.4 TWGs develop adaptation options analysis and investment plan 10,1 7 8 9 1,12 13

1.5.National costed adaptation plan developed. 14

1.6 Monitoring and reporting on the NAP process 15 16

1.7 Climate data sharing portal developed 17

1.8 3 GCF concept notes developed 18

1.9 Prepare Climate Change Bill 19

2.1 Downscale sectoral climate change risk and vulnerability scenario analysis including socio- economic modelling developed in xx Districts; 20

2.2 Develop District level adaptation plans in 10 Districts and develop capacities at the District level 21 22

2.3 Establish District level vulnerability and adaptation information systems in 10 Districts that can link up to the Climate change Hub. 23

2.4 Ownership for the NAP process developed through sensitisation and training at the sub- national level 24

3.1. Engagement strategy for the private sector developed 25 26 27,28

3.2 Climate change impact considerations fed into the land zoning regulation reform process. 29 30,31

3.3 Standards and regulations developed 32

4.1 Terminal evaluation 33

# on Deliverables GANTT chart Disbursement Adaptation web platform 1 Communication materials 2 Awareness materials for leaders 3 Training materials for the CSPGs 4 Policy and programme analysis 7

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Assessment of private sector in Ghana 25 Develop messaging for private sector 26 Engagement strategy 27 Options for certification system 28 672,536.47 6 sectoral climate risk assessments 5 Summary for policy makers report 6 2 Policy evaluations 8 Economic appraisals 9 5 Climate zone risk assessments 20 751,577.21 Policy harmonisation gap report 10 Institutional mapping report 11 Adaptation investment and financial plan 12 Policy briefs 13 Climate vulnerability information sharing portal 17 10 District adaptation plans 21 Adaptation reporting template 22 Urban climate risk assessment 29 805,495.23 NAP 14 Adapt mainstreaming tools 15 4 sectoral adaptation plans 16 3 GCF concepts 18 Climate change Bill 19 3 District level climate vulnerability information portals 23 Trainig package for regional technical officers 24 Guidance on land-use zoning 30 Audit of key infrastructure for CC vulnerability 31 Revisions of infrastructure standards 32 634,578.07 Terminal evaluation 33 104,838.13

2,969,025.10