4.4 The purpose of this CRM screening is to identify high-level climate related risks regarding West Africa Trade activities covered in this IEE. The main purpose of a CRM screening is make this project more resilient to future and current climate variability and change. This screening is part of implementing the Reference for ADS Risks Management for USAID Projects and Activities. Chapter 201, ‘Climate 5. 1.1: Tasks / Defined or 6.2: How Climate 1.2: 1.3: 4: Climate 5: 6.1: Climate Risk 7: Next Steps for 3: Adaptive Risks are 8: Accepted 2: Climate Risks* Risk Management Activity Tasks Capacity Addressed in the Climate Risks* Rating* Options Implementation* or Activity* 2 years Moderate Accra, climate Existing Introduce Introduce [Enter selected [Enter next steps This risk is Ghana’s Ghana risk profile (Dec appropriate appropriate management for addressing ACCEPTED. It Training of was not technology or technology or options for each risks in activity was identified ’16) indicates trainees in steadily built to investment to investment to climate risk, if implementation, if during the apparel increasing improve improve (cool) the relevant] relevant] design stage, temperatures and an apparel (cool) the operating and DTRT plans an increase in the operating environment on to introduce number of hot company environment the factory floor cooling days. Coupled on the factory technology on with an inherently floor the factory floor. warm physical This has already working been environment incorporated in the program heat) description. the result could be declines in industrial output as workers struggle with excessively high temperatures on the factory floor.
4.4 The purpose of this CRM screening is to identify high-level climate related risks regarding West Africa Trade activities covered in this IEE. The main purpose of a CRM screening is make this project more resilient to future and current climate variability and change. This screening is part of implementing the Reference for ADS Chapter 201, ‘Climate Risks Management for USAID Projects and Activities. 5. 1.1: Tasks / Defined or Tasks or 1.2: 1.3: 2: Climate Risks* 3: Adaptive Capacity 4: Climate Risk Rating* 5: 6.1: Climate Risk Management Options 6.2: How Climate Risks are Addressed in the Activity* 7: Next Steps for Activity Implementation* 8: Accepted Climate Risks* Training of trainees in apparel 2 years Accra, Ghana Ghana’s climate risk profile (Dec ’16) indicates steadily increasing temperatures and an increase in the number of hot days. Coupled with an inherently warm physical working environment heat) the result could be declines in industrial output as workers struggle with excessively high temperatures on the factory floor. Existing was not built to an apparel company Moderate Introduce appropriate technology or investment to improve (cool) the operating environment on the factory floor Introduce appropriate technology or investment to improve (cool) the operating environment on the factory floor [Enter selected management options for each climate risk, if relevant] [Enter next steps for addressing risks in activity implementation, if relevant] This risk is ACCEPTED. It was identified during the design stage, and DTRT plans to introduce cooling technology on the factory floor. This has already been incorporated in the program description.
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