Editing Ghana (section)

=== Climate ===
{{Main|Climate of Ghana|Climate change in Ghana}}
The [[climate of Ghana]] is [[tropical climate|tropical]], and there is [[wet season]] and [[dry season]].<ref name="UNDP Climate">{{cite web |title=UNDP Climate Change Country Profile: Ghana |url=http://ncsp.undp.org/document/undp-climate-change-country-profile-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055503/http://ncsp.undp.org/document/undp-climate-change-country-profile-11 |archive-date=21 September 2013 |access-date=24 June 2013 |work=ncsp.undp.org}}</ref> Ghana sits at the intersection of three hydro-climatic zones.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ghana |url=https://www.climatelinks.org/countries/ghana |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407044029/https://www.climatelinks.org/countries/ghana |archive-date=7 April 2022 |access-date=2020-04-22 |website=Climatelinks |language=en}}</ref> The [[Dahomey Gap|eastern coastal belt]] is warm and comparatively dry, the south-west corner of Ghana is hot and [[Humidity|humid]], and the north of Ghana is hot and dry.<ref name="Ghana high plains">{{cite web |title=Ghana high plains |url=http://www.photius.com/countries/ghana/geography/ghana_geography_the_high_plains.html |access-date=24 June 2013 |work=photius.com}}</ref>

[[Climate change in Ghana]] is having significant impacts on the people of Ghana. Increasing temperatures and changes in [[rainfall]], [[extreme weather]], [[drought]], [[Wildfire|wild fires]], [[flood]]s and [[Sea level rise|sea-level rise]]<ref>{{cite web |date=2021-01-11 |title=Ghana's coastline, swallowed by the sea |url=https://en.unesco.org/courier/2021-1/ghanas-coastline-swallowed-sea |access-date=2023-03-16 |work=UNESCO}}</ref> are expected to negatively affect the country's infrastructure, hydropower production, [[food security]], [[water supply]], and coastal and agricultural [[livelihood]]s such as farming and fisheries.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tuebner |first=Robert |date=7 June 2023 |title=Ghana Climate Change Report |url=https://apps.fas.usda.gov/newgainapi/api/Report/DownloadReportByFileName?fileName=Ghana%20Climate%20Change%20Report%20_Accra_Ghana_GH2023-0008.pdf |access-date=25 May 2024 |work=USDA Foreign Agricultural Service}}</ref><ref name="climatelinks">{{cite web |date=31 January 2017 |title=Climate Risk Profile: Ghana |url=https://www.climatelinks.org/resources/climate-risk-profile-ghana |access-date=30 December 2022 |publisher=USAID |via=climatelinks.org |archive-date=5 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005140733/https://www.climatelinks.org/resources/climate-risk-profile-ghana |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal |url=https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/ |access-date=2024-07-12 |website=climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org |language=en}}</ref> Ghana's economy will be impacted by [[climate change]], due to its dependence on [[Climate sensitivity|climate-sensitive]] sectors such as [[agriculture]], [[energy]], and [[forestry]]. Diseases like [[malaria]], [[dengue fever]] and [[cholera]] are predicted to increase due to changes in water conditions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Awuni |first1=Stephen |last2=Adarkwah |first2=Francis |last3=Ofori |first3=Benjamin D. |last4=Purwestri |first4=Ratna Chrismiari |last5=Bernal |first5=Diana Carolina Huertas |last6=Hajek |first6=Miroslav |date=2023-05-01 |title=Managing the challenges of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies in Ghana |journal=Heliyon |language=English |volume=9 |issue=5 |pages=e15491 |doi=10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e15491 |doi-access=free |issn=2405-8440 |pmc=10149250 |pmid=37131451|bibcode=2023Heliy...915491A }}</ref> Ghana signed the [[Paris Agreement]] in 2016. Ghana aims to avoid 64 million metric tons of [[greenhouse gas emissions]] by 2030, compared to a business-as-usual scenario for 2020–2030. The country has committed to [[Net-zero emissions|net zero]] by 2060.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Climate Watch |title=Ghana |url=https://www.climatewatchdata.org/countries/GHA?end_year=2021&start_year=1990 |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=www.climatewatchdata.org}}</ref>