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Occupational Health 2018 Journal of Nursing and Health Studies
ISSN: 2574-2825 Page 41
May 28-29, 2018
London, UK
4th Edition of International Conference on
Occupational Health and
Safety
T he ever-increasing frequency and magnitude of natural
and human induced disasters, urban population growth
and low coping capacities, are responsible for greater disaster
vulnerabilities, among various communities in the world. An
overwhelming research and scientific census maintains that
climate change is human induced by the use of fossil fuels,
which emits greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere and
other human activities, such as agriculture and deforestation.
These interlinked challenges promote the risk of disasters, and
threatens sustainable development. Climate change is a priority
given that almost 90% of recorded major disasters are caused
by natural and anthropogenic hazards from 1995 to 2015 were
linked to climate change back lashes. This paper examined
how the fields of Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change
Adoption have contributed to the understanding of how urban
settlements are responding to climate change risks, exposures
and hazard impacts. This article concludes that, the integration of
agreements including the Kyoto Protocol, the Hyogo and Sendai
Frameworks into Ghana’s institutional setting has been very
challenging in terms of creating a national risk reduction policy
and recommends that collaboration among the key emergency
planning institutions are upheld.
Biography
Benjamin Osafo Carlis-Paittoo was born on October 6, 1968, in the
Nkawkaw-Kwahu. He attended the St. Peter’s High school after obtaining
the ‘O’ levels in the year 1982. He was enlisted into the Ghana National Fire
Service (GNFS) in November 1992 and, subsequently, passed out in July
1993. Benjamin O. Carlis-Paittoo is lecturer for the BSc. (Fire and Disaster
Management) programmer at the Department of Environmental Manage-
ment – University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana. He
holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Occupational Safety, Health and Environ-
ment (Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration, GIMPA),
MA (Environmental Management and Policy, University of Cape-Coast),
MSc. (Economics of Technology and Development, UCC) with research the-
sis on Biotechnology and Genetically Modified Foods, also MSc. (Disaster
Management, UCC) andMPH (Public Health, Kwame Nkrumah University of
Science and Technology, KNUST) with in-depth research into Injury Control
and Disabilities. He won the prestigious Forgaty-Quartey Fellowship Award
in 2012 to pursue the Public Health programmer. He holds the Post Char-
tered Diploma in Forensic Audit from the Chartered Institute of Accountants,
Ghana.
Impact of climate change and the associated disaster risk
reduction efforts in urban communities of Ghana - a review
Benjamin Osafo Carlis-Paittoo
University of Energy and Natural Resources, Ghana
Benjamin Osafo et al., J Nurs Health Stud 2018, Volume 3
DOI: 10.21767/2574-2825-C2-005