ABSTRACT

Climate change remains a serious threat to climate sensitive pro-poor development interventions in the Pru District of Ghana. This study examined how climate change impacts on Local Economic Development (LED) interventions, the extent to which climate change adaptation (CCA) initiatives are integrated into LED and the challenges associated with the mainstreaming process. Qualitative research design and purposive sampling was used to collect data from 28 respondents at the Pru District Assembly with an interview guide. The results show that climate change adversely affects the following LED programmes; beekeeping, micro-credit for agricultural development programme, and fishing net and outboard motor programmes. The findings further indicate that climate-smart Agriculture, aquaculture (Fish Cage Culture) and Sustainable natural resource utilization and management the CCA initiatives mainstreamed into pro-poor LED in the Pru District to reduce the inevitable impacts of climate change. The study identified multifaceted challenges militating against CCA mainstreaming in the District to include inadequate resources for CCA, inactive stakeholder and institutional collaboration, and lack of continuity of CCA programmes. This paper recommends strong government support for CCA programmes, commitment of adequate resources and effective stakeholder and institutional collaboration. The paper concludes that effective integration of CCA into pro-poor LED is a panacea to achieving sustainable local development.

摘要

气候变化仍然是对加纳普鲁区气候敏感的扶贫发展干预措施的严重威胁。本研究考察了气候变化如何影响地方经济发展 (LED) 干预措施、气候变化适应 (CCA) 举措在多大程度上融入 LED 以及与主流化进程相关的挑战。定性研究设计和有目的的抽样用于在 Pru 地区议会收集 28 名受访者的数据，并附有采访指南。结果表明，气候变化对以下 LED 计划产生不利影响；养蜂、农业发展小额信贷计划以及渔网和舷外机计划。调查结果进一步表明，气候智能型农业、水产养殖（鱼笼养殖）和可持续自然资源利用和管理 CCA 举措已成为 Pru 区扶贫 LED 的主流，以减少气候变化不可避免的影响。该研究确定了阻碍 CCA 在学区主流化的多方面挑战，包括 CCA 资源不足、不活跃的利益相关者和机构合作以及 CCA 计划缺乏连续性。本文建议政府大力支持 CCA 计划，承诺提供足够的资源以及有效的利益相关者和机构合作。论文得出结论，CCA 有效融入扶贫 LED 是实现地方可持续发展的灵丹妙药。