Ghana has become the second country in Africa after Mozambique to receive payments from a World Bank trust fund for reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, commonly known as REDD+. The World Bank’s...
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The Minister for Lands and Natural Resources, Samuel Abu Jinapor, says forest and nature-based solutions have proven to be very impactful and verifiable, and Ghana, as a respected member of the international community...
Ghana launches Green Climate Fund for Civil Society partnership in climate action
Ghana has launched a Green Climate Fund (GCF) to build the capacities of Civil Society Organisations to assist national efforts at developing low carbon and climate compatible projects and programmes. This follows...
District Climate Vulnerability Assessments begins across Ghana
A district-specific climate change vulnerability assessments programme has been initiated across Ghana as part of Ghana’s National Adaptation Planning (NAP) programme. The initiative is part of climate action activities...
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INSIDE STORY: Ghana’s unending battle with electronic waste
At the heart of Ghana’s Environmental concern is the illegal dumping and burning of electronic waste. Agbogbloshie represents a thriving e-waste industry surviving on the back of vulnerable young men. A tale of...
World Bank Group Increases Support for Climate Action in Developing Countries
New Climate Change Action Plan will increase high-impact support to deliver climate results, targeted towards reducing the trajectory of emissions and strengthening adaptation and resilience in developing countries. The...
Climate Change Could Force 216 Million People to Migrate Within Their Own Countries by 2050
Climate Change Could Force 216 Million People to Migrate Within Their Own Countries by 2050The report includes new projections from three regions: East Asia and the Pacific, North Africa, and Eastern Europe and Central...
Ghanaian farmers reeling from the impact of climate change
Farmers in Ghana are among the hardest hit by climate change. The unpredictability of the weather coupled with climate variability has made it almost impossible for farmers to determine when to plant or harvest their...
COP26: Ghana and Sweden signs agreement for climate cooperation under the Paris Agreement
During COP26 Ghana and Sweden signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Article 6 of the Paris agreement. During COP26 in Glasgow, the rulebook for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement is being negotiated. Although the...
Tackling Ghana’s e-waste problem – Awuah-Darko’s story
22-year-old Joseph Awuah-Darko is determined to tackle Ghana’s electronic waste problem head-on. The young Awuah-Darko is spearheading an innovative approach to environmentally sound management of electronic waste in...
No mercy for illegal fishers – Hawa Koomson
Minister for Fisheries and Aquaculture Development (MoFAD), Mavis Hawa Koomson has warned that her Ministry would not countenance illegal fishing practices on Ghana’s waters. She asked artisanal fishers, tuna...
Ghana To Reverse Land Degradation with World Bank Support
The World Bank today approved $103.4 million for Ghana to reverse land degradation and strengthen integrated natural resource management in about 3 million hectares of degraded landscapes, working with communities of...
Ghana, Switzerland sign two climate agreements
Ghana and Switzerland signed two landmark agreements to boost the bilateral and economic development cooperation between the two countries in the fight against climate change for the years 2021-2024. The first agreement...
Trucks loaded with rosewoods impounded at Damongo
Two trucks loaded with rosewood have been seized on Sunday, June 27, 2021. The drivers of trucks with registration GE-6517-X and GX-8801-X were arrested in a swift operation conducted by the Anti-rosewood task force.The...
