Improved Resilience of Coastal Communities in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana

About this project

The Governments of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire have requested UN-Habitat to support coastal (including riverine/delta) cities and communities to better adapt to climate change. Therefore, this project proposal aims to address main challenges linked to climate change in these coastal areas i.e.: coastal flooding, excess of run-off and drought due to altered rain patterns, salinization and coastal erosion due to sea level rise, and the related impact on livelihoods. According to IPCC, climate change adaptation is about reducing exposure and vulnerability. This definition was used to assess the current situation in the targeted areas, select the types of interventions and design the project itself. To successfully support coastal settlements of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire to adapt to the mentioned climate hazards, it is necessary to implement concrete interventions but also to act on issues related to governance, coordination and collaboration, as well as strategic planning and increased capacity. All these measures are complementary and necessary, as “adaptation is place- and context-specific”, and no single action can effectively reduce climate risk across all its dimensions. In addition, adaptation planning deals not only with “natural assets”, but societal values, objectives, and risk perceptions. For this reason, to be effectively enhanced, it needs to be addressed by parallel and complementary actions across institutional levels and scales, from communities to governments. Last b…

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UN-Habitat · Multilateral

Countries

Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana

Sectors

Environmental policy and administrative management

Funded by

Adaptation Fund Board (AFB)

Accountable

UN-Habitat

Published by UN-Habitat to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 13 Nov 2025 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: 41120-161560.

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