Dr. Dzidzo Yirenya-Tawiah is the Principal Investigator of the C2R-CD project. She is a Public and Environmental Health Research Scientist. Dzidzo is driven by her vision to impact public health through environmental improvement. Hence, her works have been focused on water related diseases, sustainable environmental management, environmental education, and advocacy. She draws on her strong community engagement skills to promote innovative solutions to societal issues. Dzidzo has participated in several national and international collaborative research. She also serves on a number of national technical committees on environmental sanitation management. Dzidzo is a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies, University of Ghana.
Prof. Appeaning specialises in shoreline morphodynamics and vulnerability assessment of climate change impact in coastal environments. He was a technical advisor to the West African Coast Observation Mission (WACOM) project which developed a master plan for the West Africa coast. He was part of the “Deltas, vulnerability, Climate Change, Migration and Adaptation (DECCMA)” project of the Collaborative Adaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA). Kwasi is currently part of the West Africa coastal areas management program (WACA) which is helping West Africa countries manage coastal erosion and flooding problems, as well as the team working on the “integrated and sustainable port development in Ghana within an African context”. He is a member of the Expert Group of High Level Panel for Sustainable Ocean Economy providing advice to the High Level Panel of 13 Heads of Governments. He is a member of the International Pool of Experts, UN Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea. He has authored books and book chapters and several peer-reviewed journal publications.
Dr. Benjamin O. Botwe is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences, University of Ghana with over 10 years teaching and research experience. He holds a PhD in Marine Science from Wagening University and IHE Delft in the Netherlands. His scientific research has focused on the assessment of anthropogenic impacts on coastal and marine ecosystems. He has participated in several local and international oceanographic cruises. He has over 20 scientific publications. He is working on WP1 under the DANIDA project to characterize the biophysical environment and climatic conditions of identified coastal ecosystems in selected case study sites.
Dr Fidelia Ohemeng is a Sociologist with the Department of Sociology, University of Ghana. Her research interests include environmental health, gender studies, and reproductive health. She collaborated with colleagues from the Centre for African Wetlands, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK, Zoological Society of London (ZSL), and Cambridge University on the Dynamic Drivers of African Consortium project. The research examined the interaction between humans and the ecosystems. Specifically, the project aimed at examining the linkages between bat/human interaction and the risk of zoonotic diseases. She has also collaborated with Dr Deda Ogum Alangea of the School of Public Health, University of Ghana to conduct research on violence against women and girls; and the impact of COVID-19 on women and girls in Ghana. Currently, she is the WP3 team lead on the C2R-CD project.
Dr. Yaw Agyeman Boafo is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability Studies, University of Ghana. With a PhD in Sustainability Science, Yaw draws on both conceptual and practical approaches to examine the implications of human-nature interactions. His research and teaching interests centre around climate change and sustainability assessment with a specific focus on adaptation and mitigation; biodiversity and ecosystems services; disaster risk reduction and resilience; food and farming systems. He employs participatory methodologies to undertake solution-oriented research to generate outcomes, which challenge stakeholders’ including local communities and policymakers to design and apply practical transformative resilience strategies. On the C2R-CD project, Yaw contributes directly to Work Packages 3 (Community and institutional dynamics and 5 (Community Involvement, Mobilization and Education for Impact).
Dr. Barnabas Amisigo is a Principal Research Scientist at the CSIR-WRI and lectures computational hydrology at SNAS, University of Ghana. He has undertaken several integrated modeling assignments including multi-objective optimisation and water systems simulation under the 2013-2017 WISE-UP to Climate project in the Volta Basin sponsored by the BMU, Germany and integrated modeling in the Volta Delta, under the 2014 – 2018 DECCMA project of the UG. He currently leads WP4 on water systems modelling of the DFC sponsored, CSIR-WRI led CREAM project in the Pra and Densu Basins of Ghana. On C2R-CD, he is co-lead for WP4 (Integrated Assessment and Scenario Building).
Prof. Nana Ama Browne Klutse is a senior lecturer at the Department of Physics, University of Ghana. She is also a Lead Author in Working Group 1 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Sixth Assessment Report. She holds a PhD in Climatology from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. Her research focuses on climate modelling and impacts. She mentors young men and women for education pursuits and self-confidence. She is working on Work Package 1 to establish an in-depth study of the complex relationship of climate and environmental factors as well as the diarrhoea disease.
Dr. Benedicta Yayra Fosu-Mensah is an Ecology and Natural Resources Management scientist. She is technically competent in applying the latest research methods and tools in modelling environmental issues, food crops production and environmental quality analysis (pollution). She holds PhD degree in Ecology and natural Resources Management (Soil Science) from University of Bonn, Germany and KNUST. She has over 15 years’ experience in research, teaching at the graduate level, workshop facilitation, student supervision and mentoring. Dr. Fosu-Mensah is a Senior Research Fellow with the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies, University of Ghana. She has authored several peer-reviewed journal articles and co-authored a number of book chapters. Her research interest areas are climate change impact assessment and adaptation, environmental quality assessment (environmental pollution), site specific nutrient management, Land-use/land-cover change, and sanitation and public health. She has worked on several community based and regional research projects, some with local and International Institutions.
Dr. Dan Nukpezah is an Environmental Scientist and a Senior Research Fellow with the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS), University of Ghana (UG). His teaching and research interests are in freshwater protection at the catchment scale; climate change adaptation; environmental governance; ecosystem-based disaster risk assessment and management; and large dams’ impacts on ecosystems functioning and community livelihoods. He supervises graduate students and also teaches several courses at the graduate level including Environmental Law, Sustainability and Industrial Ecology and Water Governance for Sustainability. Dan is a team member of Work Package 1: Biophysical and Climate Related Studies for the Coastal Community Resilience to Climate and Diarrhoea (C2RCD) project. He is leading investigations on understanding the different coastal ecosystem types (mangroves etc.) and how they impact climate resilience and diarrhoea risk reduction.
Prof. Gordon is an Environmental Scientist with interests in biodiversity and functioning of coastal and freshwater systems; an academic consultant (limnologist and aquatic resource management advisor) with in-depth and extensive knowledge of conservation in various ecosystems including the Volta River Basin. He has considerable experience working with international bodies including GEF, UNEP, FAO, UNDP, DFID, IDRC, DGIS and serves as expert on several institutional, project review and think tank boards such as the UNEP Foresight Expert Group, World Climate Science Programme, the Scientific and Technical Review Panel of the Ramsar Convention, Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) Technical Committee, International Standards Organisation (ISO) Working Group for the revision of ISO 14015 and the Earth Commission. He has over 100 scientific publications including Journal articles, Book Chapters and Commissioned Research reports. He is the recipient of the Order of the Star of Volta Medal for his services to Ghana's development in 2016.
Dr. Adelina Mensah is a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies, University of Ghana (UG), with over 10 years’ experience as a lecturer at the Department of Marine and Fisheries Sciences (UG). She has an interdisciplinary background in environmental sciences with a focus on ecosystems and the human dimensions that impact on its management and sustainability. Dr. Mensah has worked extensively with a number of local, national and international agencies on a range of climate change and environment related projects that have involved transdisciplinary approaches with various sectors and stakeholders. Many of these projects have prioritized research for impact processes that transform knowledge into appropriate and sustainable applications at both local and national levels.
Dr. Ted Yemoh Annang is a member of the management committee of the C2RCD project responsible for Academic issues, and a Work Package 2 member. Dr. Annang is a Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Environment and sanitation Studies (IESS) of the University of Ghana. He holds a Ph.D degree in Botany from the University of Ghana, with a thesis titled ‘Ecology of Freshwater Algae in the Densu River Basin’. He studied courses in Ecology, and Microbiology/Plant Pathology at the MPhil level, and Botany with Zoology at the Bachelor’s. His expertise is in managing waste, sanitation, and sustainability. Dr Annang has undertaken several surveys/research projects, and conducted environmental/social impact studies on waste management/sanitation, and terrestrial and aquatic plant ecology projects.
Dennis Trolle is Professor at Aarhus University, and has 15 years of experience with assessing the impacts of climate change on freshwater resources. He has built a world leading research lab within hydrological and water quality modelling at Aarhus University. He has 10 years of experience with Danida funded projects in both Ghana and Tanzania, where he has applied models and also taught use of models and advanced data analysis for environmental impact assessments. On the C2R-CD project, Dennis is the main contact for the Danish team, and he leads WP4 on Integrated Assessment and Scenario Building.
Project manager of science and development projects for the Danish Environmental Protection Agency regarding utilization of model tools for decision making in the national environmental management. Work package co-leader of several international projects, where a recent example include: RELAB (Danida funded FFU south-driven project). Moreover, involvement in BSU1 and BSU2 (Building Stronger Universities program) projects with Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) in Tanzania as lecturer on courses at SUA.
Role in C2RCD is acquisition of ERA5 reanalysis data, blue-spot mapping via MALSTROEM and development of python-based interactive visualizations of scenario simulations of diarrhoea under future climate change and climate extremes.
Christian Damgaard, Dr. Scient., Professor at the Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University.
CD’s interests cover plant population and community ecology, where he has developed empirical ecological models that have been applied to ecological data using advanced statistical methodology. The integration of mathematical models and ecological data has been imperative for testing compound ecological hypotheses and generating quantitative ecological predictions. He has used structural equation models for examining the causal relationships in ecosystems. Recently, he has explored new methods for quantifying uncertainties when making ecological predictions.
He has participated in many international research projects, and is currently involved in teaching statistics in China through SDC (Sino-Danish Center).
He is involved in WP3 and the teaching of spatial statistical models.
He has a general profile of environmental science and applied mathematics including deterministic-, statistical modelling and multi-criterion methods for risk assessment and environmental indicators, having priority to uncertainty analysis and quality assurance of scientific predictions for decision support. Recent years, a focus have been on ecological effects on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems and spin off to human health. This also includes another Danida project of local contamination of metals and xenobiotic from ASM mining activities and electronic e-waste in Ghana. On this project he will support the data analysis and interpretation.
Mr. Ebenezer Appah-Sampong, is the Deputy Executive Director/Technical Services, at Environmental Protection Agency. He has twenty-seven years working experience at the Agency. He supported the development and implementation of Environmental Impact Assessment System in Ghana, provided technical support for development of environmental legislation. He offers technical support and advice for environmental policy formulation, research, implementation, monitoring, evaluation and ratification of international environmental agreements on climate change, chemicals management, coastal zone management, drought and desertification among others. He is the representative from EPA (a partner institution), working on work package 3 and member of the Steering Committee on C2R-CD Project.
Peace Dziedzom Gbeckor-Kove is a Principal Programme Officer in the Natural Resources Department of Environmental Protection Agency – Ghana. She has about 10 years’ experience in Environmental Impact Assessment, Integrated Coastal Zone Management, and Strategic Environmental Assessment. Her research areas are biodiversity conservation, coastal erosion, climate change, environmental governance and policy, invasive species, & marine spatial planning. She has collaborated with stakeholders both locally and internationally on research projects, educational campaigns and policy formulation in the environmental sector. She is a representative from EPA (a partner institution), working on work package 3 and member of the Publication Committee on C2R-CD Project.
Mr. Farouk Braimah is a Social Development Scientist and Executive Director of People’s Dialogue on Human Settlements, Ghana. He has a proven track record in building capacities of over 15,000 slum dweller households in over 150 communities to engage in the provision of water, sanitation, housing, health and supported the creation of participation mechanisms in the implementation of national urban development policies and programmes in Ghana. Mr. Braimah facilitated the building of organised community networks and enhancing their voices, representation and participation in community development, service provision, and local governance. As part of the C2R-CD project, Mr. Braimah effectively guided and strategically advised in the selection of the project communities and the implementation of the project on achieving holistic community stakeholder participation.
I am the programmes coordinator of People’s Dialogue on Human Settlements, Ghana, with over 15 years’ experience in community entry, mobilization and organization ensuring effective community engagement. I have experience in participatory learning, monitoring and evaluation, policy research and advocacy in social development projects and programmes
With my experience, I have supported the C2R-CD project in enhancing citizen participation, through community entry and contributing to the project implementation strategies at steering community meetings to ensure PD’s role as co-lead is effectively managed.
Mr. John Annan is a Programme Officer with People’s Dialogue on Human Settlements, an affiliate of Slum Dwellers International. Mr. Annan is skilled in project management and community engagement with close to 6 years proven track record of community engagement, training, education and participation technics including citizen’s scorecards, community report cards, social audit, budget tracking and citizen forum. Mr. Annan is a co-lead of the WP2 C2R-CD project. He has been contributing in creating the enabling platform including community mobilization and organization to ensure effective community involvement and stakeholder participation. He will be contributing at steering committee meeting levels to spearhead the implementation of the project.
Dr. Ama Kwansima Essel (MBCHB, MSc, MWACP) is a dedicated Community Health Physician Specialist (West African College of Physicians) with a Masters in Public Health (MPH), from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and over 20 years of work experience at national, regional and international levels, over 15 years working in Ghana. She is a member of the West African College of Physicians. She has over 20 years of clinical and public health experience. She has been managing Global Fund grants in over six countries (including Ghana and Nigeria) as the Senior Public Health and Monitoring and Evaluation (Malaria, HIV, TB and Resilient and sustainable systems for health, RSSH programs) specialist for the Local Fund Agents for over 12 years. She has managed grants running into billions of dollars. She understands the gaps in the health systems in Sub-Saharan Africa including challenges in procurement of health products and logistics management systems. Dr. Ama Essel is results-oriented supporting the teams and countries she has worked in to perform to meet the set targets for results-based funding.
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Ama worked for over 10 years in the National Teaching Hospital in Ghana. She has authored articles and books on public health as well as climate change and has been instrumental in Ghana’s development of the national agenda for climate change and health. She has served on the National Climate Change Committee, the University of Ghana Council, and many ministerial committees of various ministries in Ghana
A versatile professional determined to make a difference she has worked in many new areas of health. Internationally, she has consulted for many UN agencies including WHO. She is also a key player in the area of Climate change and health, adaptation, and gender. She has contributed to many national and international policies and publications on health and climate change and served on various international committees, including the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the Executive Committee of the Warsaw International Mechanism of Loss and Damage. She is also one of the Lead negotiators for the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change under the United Framework Convention of Climate Change since 2008 having successfully helped the group to achieve success in many international negotiations.
Mr. Victus Kwabla Sabutey is an experienced Public Health, Environment, and Communication for Development specialist. He is also an Independent Consultant to the UNFPA Ghana and other international agencies. With over 13 years of experience working in health programming, environment, and media landscape, he was in 2009, commissioned as Climate Change Master Trainer in the world by the World Bank Institute. His current innovation in combating climate change and improving health outcomes has been Sack Farming, “Sack Revolution”, which has been profiled by international media and academia. He has had to his credit, several publications within the health and environment landscape.
He currently serves as an Ex-Officio Member of the Steering Committee of the C2R-CD project, provide strategic direction to project implementation as well as developing external partnerships and expanding networks.
Kwame-Biney Michael is a PhD student in the Marine Science department, University of Ghana. He is currently involved in monitoring coastal ecosystems using drones, satellite images and Digital Elevation Model Data (DEMs); assessing the impact of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise on coastal communities and modelling coastal dynamics using MIKE 3 model. His other area of interest includes Flood Risk Assessment, hydrographic surveys (singlebeam and multibeam survey) modelling single point mooring systems and Tailing Storage Facilities.
Public Health Nutritionist with experience in epidemiology, monitoring and evaluation and scientific communication. She has proven competencies in strategic coordination, planning, administration, management of public health project activities and implementing monitoring and evaluation programmes.
She played a key role in designing strategic plans for international organisations such as African Network of Field Epidemiologists (AFENET) and West African Health Organisation (WAHO).
She has offered technical assistances to both local and international scientific writing workshops and other public health research projects in Ghana, Liberia and Uganda.
Currently a PhD student of the University of Ghana with full scholarship from C2R-CD Project, working within work package 2
Mr. Joseph Ayitiah is an International Development graduate with interests in climate change, waste management and hydropower development. He played a supporting role in the organization and planning of the proposal that won the Danida project (C2R CD). Mr. Ayitiah contributed to the Commonwealth Blue Charter Capacity Audit and currently on a research project for GRID-Arendal. He has also presented at the Planetary Health Conference held in the Republic of Gambia. On C2R CD project under WP3 as a PhD student, he is researching on understanding how climate change and health impacts are affecting coastal communities’ social resilience efforts.
Mr. Prosper Adiku is a Project Support Staff at the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS), University of Ghana. With his undergraduate and graduate degrees in Oceanography and Fisheries, and Oceanography respectively, he has a strong background in climate change issues, particularly, coastal risks, vulnerabilities and impacts. He has worked for several years with international, national and local organisations, carrying out environmental and climate change research and related stakeholder engagements and communications. He also specialized in climate change, science communication, and the application of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) in understanding and providing solutions to climate and environmental impacts on climate hotspots, including coastal areas. Mr. Adiku is a PhD student under WP 4 of the C2R CD project.
Ms. Amekugee Naomi Elikplim is an M.Phil. Entomology student of the University of Ghana. Under WP 2 of the C2R-CD project, she will identify vectors of diarrhoea and their corresponding transmitted pathogens within the project areas.
Ms. Selom Esi Kumedzro is an MPhil student with the Institute for Environmental and Sanitation Studies (IESS). Assigned to WP 2 of the C2R-CD project, Ms. Kumedzro will assess the quality of drinking water sources in the project areas. She will further explore the linkages between the quality of the communities’ drinking waters has on the incidence of Diarrhea.
Ms.Matute Ndolo Ewenye is an MPhil student of the University of Ghana specializing in Environmental Sciences. Assigned to WP 2 of the C2R-CD project with focus on Opetekwe community, she will be assessing how climatic changes affect the health of the people. This she will execute by evaluating the quality of food and conditions under which food is prepared or bought, eaten, and preserved. She will additionally highlight on the quality of drinking water (how and where it is stored) before usage. Ms. Ewenye will further explore hygiene and sanitation conditions within the community and adopted adaptation strategies.
Adom, Lois Eyram is a young and dynamic Ghanaian female with an MPhil in Environmental
Science, and a BSc (Hons) in Earth Science, respectively from the University of Ghana, Legon.
She is currently a Project Coordinator/Senior Research Assistant with the Coastal Community
Resilience to Climate and Diarrhoea (C2R-CD) project of the Institute for Environment and
Sanitation Studies (IESS), University of Ghana. Lois has extensive experience in the area of
research with a particular focus on environmental sanitation having worked on projects such as the
“integration of waste segregation into solid waste management practices in markets”, and the
“utilisation of organic waste in improving agricultural productivity (UOWIAP)” respectively
within the Ga West municipality of the Greater Accra Region in Ghana. Her excellent command
of the English Language is one of the greatest currencies in effective research and science
communication skills, translating into her ability to contribute to high-impact sanitation-related
documentation, including policy briefs and book chapters such as the Emergency Sanitation
Outlook in Africa (In. Sanitation and Wastewater in Africa Atlas). Leveraging her project
conception and execution expertise, Lois aims to develop her deep interest in waste management,
environmental health and education into a long-term career in the research and academic space so
as to contribute effectively to the achievement of a sustainable future
Dr. Dzidzo Yirenya-Tawiah is the Principal Investigator of the C2R-CD project. She is a Public and Environmental Health Research Scientist. Dzidzo is driven by her vision to impact public health through environmental improvement. Hence, her works have been focused on water related diseases, sustainable environmental management, environmental education, and advocacy. She draws on her strong community engagement skills to promote innovative solutions to societal issues. Dzidzo has participated in several national and international collaborative research. She also serves on a number of national technical committees on environmental sanitation management. Dzidzo is a Senior Research Fellow of the Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies, University of Ghana.