“You can’t have climate justice without gender equality.” These words, spoken by Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate, echo a truth we can no longer afford to ignore. In Africa, where the impacts of climate change...
African Women’s Climate Assembly forges a new pathway to climate action NOW
This October, the coastal town of Saly, Senegal played host to two critical African climate justice convergences – the 2024 Women’s Climate Assembly (WCA) alongside the African People’s...
Women’s Climate Assembly Unites West and Central Africa for Climate Justice
The third Women’s Climate Assembly (WCA) is set to take place in Saly, Senegal, from October 7 to 11, 2024. This crucial African gathering will bring together over 120 women activists and community leaders...
Advancing Climate Storytelling: Reflections on the Climate Journalism Workshop
The University of Ghana Business School recently hosted a Climate Journalism Workshop organized by The Climate Insight, with support from UMI Fund and the Climate Journalists Network Ghana. The event brought together 40...
UNIYIA to Host Local Conference of Youth on Climate Change at the University of Ghana
The University of Ghana is set to become a hub of climate action and youth activism as the United Youth Initiative for Africa (UNIYIA) prepares to host the Local Conference of Youth on Climate Change 2024 – LCOY...
Climate adaptation fund needed to fight climate change in North
A three-day conference on climate change has ended in Tamale with a call on the Northern Development Authority (NDA) to establish a climate adaptation fund to promote climate adaptation efforts and mitigate its impact...
370KM coastline at risk of destruction
The Ghana Hydrological Authority (GHA) has revealed that 370 kilometres (km) of the country’s coastline are at risk of destruction due to sea waves and human activities.The at-risk coastline forms two-thirds of the...
Accra to Host Inaugural Green Film Festival
Accra is set to host the inaugural Green Film Festival (GFF) from October 11th to 12th, 2024, across multiple locations in the city. The two-day event aims to merge the evocative power of storytelling with key...
Clean cookstoves are saving lives but industry says a lack of government support is stopping uptake
AMANASE, Eastern Region – On a busy morning Suzzy Klemefe, drops pieces of cut yam in hot cooking oil watching as they sizzle and sputter. Two customers are waiting on the fried yams and fish for which she has become...
Ghana Finalizes Climate Change Agreements with Singapore and Sweden
Ghana today signed bilateral agreements with Singapore and Sweden on the cooperative approaches of the Paris Agreement -a legally binding international treaty on climate change to life. The bilateral agreements, which...
Global Carbon Pricing Revenues Top a Record $100 Billion
Emissions trading schemes generate majority of this revenue, over half of which funds climate and nature programs. In 2023, carbon pricing revenues reached a record $104 billion, according to the World Bank’s annual...
Destruction of Protected Forests – CSOs threaten legal action against government
A group of civil society organizations have threatened to sue the government of Ghana over what they describe as deliberate failure to protect forest reserves in the country. The CSOs – Arocha Ghana, Tropenbos...