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Ghana’s flood victims blame the government for overflowing dam destruction, reports Climate Home News. Last month, a government-owned electricity company deliberately spilled water from its dam, displacing tens of thousands.
Climate Home cites SEI Research Fellow Nella Canales.
Akosombo Power Station supplies almost whole Ghana and half of Togo with energy, West Africa.
The risk owner should be the one who has the capacity to manage it.
Nella Canales, SEI Research Fellow
Over 26,000 people were displaced by the floods, sheltering at a local school, unsure when or how they would be able to return to their land and rebuild. Ilan Kelman, Professor of disasters and health at University College London, said that it is not enough for authorities like the VRA to be aware of a risk – they need to make potential victims aware too.
“A successful warning has to involve the people affected from the beginning, long before any hazard appears, so that they know exactly what the issue is [and] have the choices and resources to settle elsewhere,” Kelman said.
Nella Canales, Research Fellow in SEI’s Rights and Equity Team, said that it needs to be clear whose job it is to manage a risk like flooding.
There has to be communication, she said. It is not enough to just say that the person receiving the risk is now accepting part of the risk management responsibilities. The risk owner should be the one who has the capacity to manage it.
Nella Canales, SEI
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