Ghana’s Second Lady and Chair of the Africa Women and Children Conference (AFRIWOCC), Samira Bawumia has highlighted the unique role African youth can play to revolutionize the continent’s approach to the challenges...
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ActionAid advocates integration of climate change education into curriculum
The ActionAid Ghana (AAG) has reiterated the need for the Ghana Education Service to incorporate climate change education into the basic school curriculum. The essence is to sensitise the younger generation to actively...
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...
Emmanuel Ameyaw
Ghana risks 2 million deaths from extreme weather conditions – World Bank report
The country risks the death of two million people in the next thirty years from extreme weather conditions like floods and drought if measures are not instituted to combat climate change, a new World Bank report on the...
Tackling climate change: Ghana to receive $850m support from Switzerland
Ghana is expecting to receive up to $850 million from Switzerland in direct investment, carbon revenues and fees by 2030 as part of the country’s efforts to fight climate change. The amount is due from eight out of 12...
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...
Ghana’s long-term low carbon emission strategy to enhance ecosystem restoration
Dr Kwaku Afriyie, Minister for Environment, Science, Technology, and Innovation (MESTI), says Ghana’s long-term low carbon emission strategy will enhance ecosystem restoration and biodiversity conservation. He said the...
Climate change adaptation action plans will cost Ghana $12.5bn — Ofori-Atta
Ghana needs to raise $12.5 billion to effectively implement its climate change adaptation action plans. Per the country’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs), $4.2 billion, representing 34 per cent, needs to be...
Akufo-Addo commissions 15MWP Kaleo Solar Power Plant
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Wednesday, 24th April 2024, in a momentous ceremony held in Kaleo, officially inaugurated phase two of the Kaleo Solar Power Plant, marking another significant stride in Ghana’s...
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...
