期刊名称：International Journal of Development and Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2186-8662
出版年度：2013
卷号：2
期号：2
页码：1052-1066
出版社：International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
摘要：Climate change tends to negatively affect the energy sector globally. Fossil fuel energy production has been accepted globally by scientist and the public as a major contributor to climate change. However,the impact of precipitation variations and increasing temperatures on major energy (electricity) production in developing countries are underestimated. The annual growth in the demand for biomass, electricity, and petroleum products estimated at 3%, 6 ¨C7% and 5% per annum respectively calls for an assessment of its CO2emissions and contribution to global warming and the place of energy sector strategyand development plan in reducing these emissions as well as meeting energy demand for economic development. The nations total energy consumption of 8162.6 KTOE in 2012 emitted 30.71 Million tonnes of CO2. Ghana's Energy Sector vision of achieving access to modern energy forms by 2020 will cut down CO2emissions from Biomass by 20% which is approximately 6.14 Million tonnes with 16% (¡Ö0.8 Million tonnes of CO2) and 7.5% (¡Ö0.8 Million tonnes of CO2) increase in electricity and petroleum products respectively. These strategies and development plans are however vulnerable to climate change due to the high dependence on hydropower energy generation and high cost of renewable energy in Ghana.
关键词：Climate Change; CO2emissions; Hydropower; Energy Reforms; Vulnerability
