Yaw Agyeman
University of Ghana Research Fellow
As a sustainability scientist, Yaw draws on both conceptual and theoretical approaches to examine the implications of human-nature interactions. His research and teaching interests centre around climate change and sustainability assessment with a specific focus on biodiversity and ecosystems services; adaptation and mitigation; disaster risk reduction and resilience; food and farming systems. Over the past 5 years, Yaw has been actively involved in global biodiversity and ecosystem research network and serving as a Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) Global Assessment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (Deliverable 2c).
