Empowering local communities through co-design

Show notes

The fifth episode of Season 3 is dedicated to Nature-based Solutions (NbS) and how they can empower local communities to build resilience to coastal hazards and climate change. We’re visiting Ghana where the MeerWissen MANCOGA project (“Mangroves as Nature-based Solutions to Coastal Hazards in Eastern Ghana”) is developing a robust and participatory NbS to help communities deal with flooding, erosion, and pollution while also building livelihoods. To achieve its objectives, MANCOGA is using a co-design approach, meaning close collaboration of multiple stakeholders from the very beginning. Listen to Dr Edem Mahu, marine scientist at the University of Ghana and co-lead of the MANCOGA project, and Togbui Kumassah, the spokesperson for the Paramount Chief of the Anlo State, explain the added value of mangroves as an NbS and how collaboration, awareness-raising and sharing knowledge is making a real difference to communities in eastern Ghana. Most of all, learn about the importance of co-design and how this has led to a real sense of ownership among the various stakeholders. So dive right in and hear MANCOGA's key messages on successful co-design.Making a