Climate variability and mining sustainability: exploring operations’ perspectives on local effects and the willingness to adapt in Ghana
Salamatu J. Tannor,
Christian Borgemeister,
Shalom D. Addo–Danso
et al.
Abstract:The mining industry is susceptible to the effects of local climatic changes just as the surrounding socioecological systems are exposed to both mining and changing climate impacts. Adaptation deficit in mining is a worldwide problem but given the double exposure of surrounding systems, which has emergent outcomes on the industry, operations must adapt to coexist with surrounding rural communities. To understand this susceptibility, the study employed mixed methods to assess the implications of local climatic c… Show more
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