Costed Adaptation Plans completed for all five SIGRA partner districts

SIGRA has completed Costed Adaptation Plans for all five partner Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies — Akatsi North, Anloga, Kumbungu, Mion and Nanumba South. The plans are now available in the Resources section of this website.

Each plan takes the findings of the district’s Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment and turns them into something an assembly can actually act on: a prioritised set of adaptation actions, each with indicative costs, a lead institution, a delivery phase and a financing pathway. They are aligned to Ghana’s National Adaptation Plan, the Nationally Determined Contribution, and each district’s Medium-Term Development Plan, Annual Action Plan and Composite Budget.

The intent is to move districts from a general understanding of climate risk towards investment-ready proposals. A district that knows it faces drought is in a different position from one that can name the action, the sector, the cost, the responsible department and the budget line it belongs in. The second is in a position to seek financing.

What the plans cover

The priority sectors differ by district, reflecting the risks each one faces. In Anloga Municipal Assembly, where coastal and lagoon flooding, tidal waves and coastal erosion dominate, fishing accounts for the largest share of planned investment. In Mion District, in the Guinea Savannah with dry-season temperatures above 40°C, the weight falls on critical infrastructure and health. Akatsi North is strongly weighted towards water security, and Kumbungu and Nanumba South set out portfolios spanning agriculture, water, health and biodiversity.

Across all five, the plans identify the groups most exposed to climate risk — women, persons with disabilities, smallholder farmers and other vulnerable households — and set out adaptation actions that respond to their circumstances rather than treating communities as uniform.

Who they are for

The plans are working documents for District Assemblies and their sector departments, and reference material for development partners and national institutions. Each is structured to be used during planning and budgeting cycles rather than read once and shelved.

All five plans can be downloaded from the Resources section under Costed Adaptation Plans.