Young Voices From Global South; The Loudest At COP 27
By Oforiwa Darko SHARON RINGO MOWO, TANZANIA “We are terrified and anxious about climate change, yet we did not cause it. Why should children suffer from the effects of Climate change?” says twelve-year-old climate activist and tourism ambassador in Tanzania, Sharon Ringo Mowo. Within the maze at COP 27 which was held in Sharm El […]
COP 27; Loss and damage dominates discussions at Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF)
By: Oforiwa Darko IRREVERSIBLE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE Climate change loss and damage is all too familiar to African countries. Climate-fuelled cyclones in Mozambique and Madagascar, prolonged drought in Somalia and the floods in Ghana, South Africa and Nigeria, have been some of the recent, stark, reminders of the economic and social destruction that climate […]
COP 27; Ghana to cash in $50 million for carbon emissions reduction
By: Oforiwa Darko Ghana will soon receive fifty Million US Dollars for reducing carbon dioxide emission, under its premier Reductions Program, the Ghana Cocoa Forest REDD+ Program which began in 2019. The result-based payment is for some ten million tons of carbon dioxide emissions expected to be reduced by 2024. The program which was accepted […]
COP 27: Funding is critical for Ghana’s Nature-Based Climate Solutions – Lands And Natural Resources Minister
By: Oforiwa Darko SAVING FORESTS AND ENHANCING LIVES From several accounts of the current state of many forests globally, they are under increasing threat because of human activities and climate change. Although the pace of deforestation has slowed in some regions, the world still loses about 14.5 million hectares of forests each year. In Ghana, […]
COP 27: More action needed now – UN Secretary-General
By Oforiwa Darko COP27, comes as leaders and experts have raised increasing alarm that time is running out to avert catastrophic rises in temperature. The fire and brimstone warnings were quite expectant due to increasing impact of Climate Change especially in developing countries. In Ghana, draughts and floods are destroying especially the crops and harvest […]
COP 27: Ghana committed to increasing share of renewable energy- Prez. Akufo-Addo
By: Bright Ntramah The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured the global community of Ghana’s full commitment to increasing the country’s share of renewable energy in the energy mix. Speaking at a High-Level Event on Sustainable Energy for All, organised by Bloomberg Philanthropies, on the sidelines of COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, […]
COP 27: Prioritize loss and damage to support women and girls in climate-affected communities – gender activists
By: Oforiwa Darko A number of key ministerial and side meetings around current climate change efforts have begun to help push the agenda of climate financing, especially the big issue on “loss and damage”, inclusion and renewable and safe energy for all. These meetings are also being held for stakeholders to collectively make progress towards […]
