“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...
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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...
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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...
Gold Rush: Illegal mining fuelled by Chinese Nationals in Ghana.
At the heart of Ghana’s gold rush is Wassa Akropong – a farming community in the Western North region of Ghana dominated by Chinese nationals who are milking the country’s most precious natural...
Ghana launches Youth Climate Council
Ghana has officially launched the Youth Climate Council (YCC), a unified climate youth movement to amplify youth voices and create opportunities for young climate activists in Ghana. The Youth Climate Council’s...
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...
Climate Change Could Force 216 Million People to Migrate Within Their Own Countries by 2050
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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...
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...
How climate change impact on fisheries is pushing artisanal fishers into IUU fishing in Ghana
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center It was 10:00 hours on a Saturday morning and artisanal fishers in the coastal town of Abandze, on the West coast of Ghana are seated patiently under their sheds waiting...
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...