Stakeholder-guided, model-based scenarios for a climate- and water-smart electricity transition in Ghana and Burkina Faso

Mbeo Ogeya

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2023.101149

Aerial view of Cape Coast, Central, Ghana, West Africa, Africa

Quantifying air pollution and public health benefits from Ghana’s Nationally Determined Contribution

Project / Using international tools, this project models Ghana’s NDC actions to quantify health and economic benefits, helping prioritize policies with the highest impact

2025 - 2026 / About Cities, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Two people sitting on the deck of a boat, looking towards a hazy city skyline across calm water.

Tackling methane

Feature / Over the past 15 years SEI has successfully put methane on the agenda of many country governments.

25 June 2025 / About Cities, Pollution and Short lived climate pollutants

Examining the role of risk mitigation and transfer for renewable energy investments: case studies in West and Central Africa

SEI report / This report explores the financial landscape of renewable energy projects in West and Central Africa, with recommendations on how to maximize success.

19 December 2024 / About Energy access, Finance, Public policy and Renewables

How agricultural commercialization impacts migrants’ land tenure: unpacking displacement and tenurial adaptations in Ghana’s agricultural landscape

Journal article / The article explores how agricultural commercialization is changing migrants' land tenure rights and traditional labor relations in Ghana's Nkoranza area.

30 August 2024 / About Food and agriculture

Cocoa beans being transported on a conveyor belt in a processing facility.

EU27 countries in the spotlight for deforestation exposure

Feature / EU imports of cocoa and palm oil drive major global deforestation, new Trase research shows.

27 June 2024 / About Ecosystems, Food and agriculture, Forests, Public policy and Supply chains

A solar panel on a traditional thatched house

Webinar: Harnessing the potential of smart microgrid systems in African countries

Past event / The webinar is an overview of smart microgrids, technologies, business models and enabling policy environment for efficient energy systems in Africa.

14 March 2024 / About Energy access and Household energy

Young African woman cooks a meal over a wood-burning fire outside a brick house in Malawi

The quiet triumph of COP28: clean cooking

Feature / We speak with SEI US clean cooking expert Rob Bailis on how COP28 delivered for an issue that affects climate and development alike.

7 February 2024 / About Energy access, Finance, Forests, Household energy, Pollution, Short lived climate pollutants and Wellbeing

Gendered dynamics of state-led smallholder commercialisation in Ghana. The case of Nkoranza traditional area

Journal article / The paper examines whether and how new policies for Ghana's agricultural development deal with critical gendered challenges around land tenure.

4 January 2024 / About Behaviour and choice, Food and agriculture and Participation

Group of workshop participants posing for a photo in Accra, Ghana.

Examining risk mitigation for renewable energy investment in West and Central Africa

Feature / A recent SEI workshop in Ghana revealed insights into overcoming investment barriers in African renewable energy.

22 November 2023 / About Finance, Public policy and Renewables