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Ghana

Nationally determined contribution (NDC) Analysis

Ghana - 2030

Summary
Reference to Women/Gender
Context of Gender Reference
Adaptation
Gender Tags
B
WVG
Submitted Language
English
Submitted Translation
No
Type of Support
Conditional
Unconditional
Monitoring and/or Implementation
Monitoring
Implementation
NDC Commitments
Mitigation
Adaptation
Participatory Process for NDC Development Mentioned
Yes
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Timeframe 
2020-2030
Relevant Context 

Developing country vulnerable to climate change impacts.

Process for Developing NDC 

Prepared through a comprehensive and participatory process with high-level cabinet approval.

Description of Monitoring and/or Implementation Mechanism 

Ghana’s MRV system for the NDC will be an integral part of the existing national development monitoring and evaluation structures which incorporates sector-based periodic information review through Annual Progress Report system. The MRV for the INDC will build on the existing APR system by enhancing the technical functionalities and with proper institutional coordination. The MRV system will be deployed to track progress towards achieving NDC goals as well as any modifications in the priority policy actions that will be implemented to attain the NDC goals that have been put forward.

Summary of Gender Reference 

"Resilience for Gender and the Vulnerable" as an NDC Policy Action. The Programme of Actions is ‘Implementation of community-led adaptation and livelihood diversification for vulnerable groups’. The supporting national policy is identified as the National climate change policy. The Investment need is estimated at $1,023 million and the status of the commitment is unconditional.

Ghana - Updated NDC Analysis

Summary
Reference to Women/Gender
Submitted Language
English
Submitted Translation
No
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Related Resources

Training handbook for climate adaptive, resilient livelihoods. Empowering women and transforming gender relations in the Volta delta, Ghana.

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Author 

  • Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana

Year 

2021

Country 

Citation 

Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS), University of Ghana. (2021). Training handbook for climateadaptive, resilient livelihoods. Empowering women and transforming gender relations in the Volta delta, Ghana. Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana College of Humanities, Post Office Box LG 96, Legon - Accra
Community-Centered Solutions Disasters & Disaster Risk Reduction Training

Realizing Women’s Rights to Land and Other Productive Resources (second edition)

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Author 

  • UN Women and OHCHR

Year 

2020

Country 

Citation 

United Nations (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights), & United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women). (2020). Realizing women’s rights to land and other productive resources (second edition) (2nd ed., Publication No. HR/PUB/13/04/Rev. 1). Geneva, Switzerland: OHCHR and New York, New York: UN Women
Agriculture & Land Gender Analysis & Assessment Policy

Women’s Land Rights as a Pathway to Poverty Reduction: A Framework and Review of Available Evidence

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Author 

  • Ruth Suseela Meinzen-Dick, Agnes R. Quisumbing, Cheryl R. Doss, Sophie Theis

Year 

2017

Country 

Citation 

Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela; Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Doss, Cheryl R.; and Theis, Sophie. 2017. Women’s land rights as a pathway to poverty reduction: A framework and review of available evidence. IFPRI Discussion Paper 1663. Washington, D.C. http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/131359
Conflict, Displacement, and/or Migration Women’s Participation and Leadership
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