**5. Conclusions**

This chapter discussed the relationship between woodland and forest ecosystems, climate change adaptation, and mitigation in northern Ghana. The Savannah woodland and forest ecosystems have the *potential* to support adaptation activities and serve climate change mitigation needs. However, the need to adapt was over-emphasised, yet the capacity to adapt and mitigate climate change was downplayed. There is the need to understand that for every adaptation activity, there must be a corresponding mitigation strategy if the gap between adaptation and mitigation effects on the Savannah woodland and forest ecosystems in the rural areas of the country.
