Ghana's climate vulnerability profile (English)

Climate change is expected to exacerbate poverty across the globe, particularly for the poorestcountries. Extreme weather events are expected to become more frequent and more harmful.There is limited evidence suggesting that richer countries cope or adapt to warming conditions(Burke, Hsiang, and Miguel 2015). Additionally, despite technological progress and increasedexposure to warmer conditions the global response to climate change has not notably improved(ibid). Wealthier economies may be less vulnerable to the severe impacts of climate change,potentially impeding proactive adaptation efforts (ibid). As a result, projections indicate thatrising temperatures will disproportionately affect the world's poorest countries, whichcoincidentally tend to be the warmest countries as well. This underscores the urgent need toaddress climate change impacts, particularly in regions with limited resources to cope with itseffects.