First CLEWs workshop in Ghana

During the week of 7 to 11 May, UNDP and UNDESA conducted the first training workshop on the Climate, Land, Energy and Water Systems (CLEWs) integrated analysis framework in Accra, Ghana. The workshop was organized by UNDESA, UNDP, KTH and the University of Ghana, with participation from the Energy Commission, the Northern Development Authority, the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority, and the University of Ghana. This was the first in a series of three planned workshops on the CLEW modelling framework. KTH-dESA PhD student  collaborated in the training efforts. Participants were engaged in hands-on exercises focusing on the energy dimension of the CLEWs analysis tool. The scenario exercises explored key policy areas of interest to the Government, namely; i) vulnerability of hydropower generation to droughts – in particular in relation to climate change; ii) promotion of renewable energy; iii) prospects and viability of waste to energy projects; and iv) energy efficiency. On the final day, the preliminary results from the scenario modelling exercises were presented. Meetings with the UNDP country office and country counterparts were also held to plan project implementation. Two additional CLEWs workshops are foreseen to be organised this year to complete the training program.