Assessing The Resilience of Adaptation Measures: Conceptual Frameworks for A Case Study of Ghana’s Keta Sea Defense System

The consequences of rising sea levels caused by climate change have been detrimental to the residents living along the coast of Keta in Ghana. The construction of the Keta Sea defense system as an adaptation measure designed to alleviate the situation appears to have had little impact. Despite the development of various climate change adaptation frameworks to help enhance the resilience of adaptation measures, the outcome of these adaptation measures remain uncertain until another climate change related event occurs that may disrupt socio-economic life. To mitigate this, adaptation measures ought to be assessed using a rigorous assessment-based adaptation framework. This study proposed two of such frameworks, that is, conceptual adaptation framework of interaction and conceptual adaptation framework of outcomes. The two conceptual frameworks are to be used concurrently and can be applied in assessing and implementing other environmental measures within a specific environmental context