4 d. ago IOM Backs 40 African Youth Leaders in Climate Migration Push

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/iom-backs-40-african-youth-leaders-in-climate-migration-push/The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has chosen 40 young innovators from Africa to spearhead solutions for climate-linked migration. Selected from 2,000 applicants, these changemakers will drive the agency’s new Youth Capacity Enhancement Programme, targeting grassroots action across the continent. “Youth are already leading responses to climate migration—through advocacy, research, or community projects,” said IOM’s […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, Roger A. Agana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/iom-backs-40-african-youth-leaders-in-climate-migration-push/

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4 d. ago Ghana Sets Stage for Africa’s US$40 Trillion Sustainability Push

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-sets-stage-for-africas-us40-trillion-sustainability-push/Ghana will host the first major stakeholder meeting for the Sixth Africa Sustainability Report and Think Energy SDGs Awards on August 28 in Accra. The gathering, spearheaded by the Minister of State for Climate Change and Sustainability alongside the newly formed Association of African Sustainability Practitioners (AASuP), aims to turbocharge the continent’s race against the […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghana-sets-stage-for-africas-us40-trillion-sustainability-push/

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8 d. ago Ghana’s Oil Palm Farmers Struggle Amid Climate and Price Swings

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-oil-palm-farmers-struggle-amid-climate-and-price-swings/Ghana’s oil palm sector faces mounting sustainability pressures as climate change and extreme weather destabilize farmer incomes while global price volatility threatens industry growth, development organization Solidaridad warns. The group’s 2024 Palm Oil Barometer reveals smallholders increasingly squeezed between erratic harvests and shifting market demands, often locking them out of profitable value chains. Imagine harvesting […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/ghanas-oil-palm-farmers-struggle-amid-climate-and-price-swings/

Society

1 week ago Climate Minister eyes partnership with Green Climate Fund to support gov’t projects

Government-led climate initiatives may soon receive a significant boost, following a strategic move by the Ministry of Climate Change and Sustainability to partner with the Green Climate Fund (GCF).

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1 week ago Repeal of Emission Levy Act 1112, a jolt in the fight against climate change

In what seems to me like supersonic speed, less than 48 hours after the presentation of the budget statement and Economic Policy of government for the 2025 financial year, the finance minister presented to parliament 8 bills for the abolishment of certain taxes, notably amongst them was the Carbon emission levy (Act 1112) otherwise known […]

Events

4 w. ago UN Climate Change calls for urgent action to scale up climate finance at African Ministerial Dialogue

UN Climate Change director, Cecilia Kinuthia-Njenga, has reiterated the urgency of scaling up climate finance to support Africa’s adaptation and resilience efforts. Speaking on the margins of the 20th Ordinary Session of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment (AMCEN), she underscored that “Climate finance is not just a political choice – it is a […]

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