Climate finance in Ghana
An analysis of climate finance flows in Ghana shows that an annual average of USD 830 million was tracked in 2019 and 2020. This is a meagre 5-9% of its required investment — estimated between USD 9.3-15.5
Ghana
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Poor mining regulation deprives Ghanaian communities of potable water
But for Regina Fabile, 29, a native of Bonsaso within the Tarkwa-Nsuaem Municipal Area in the Western Region, 301 km from the national capital, Accra, it is not easy to find fresh drinking water despite
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Ghana: 23 Communities in Bongo Declared Open-Defecation Free
Twenty three communities across the Bongo District have been declared Open-Defecation Free (ODF) within the year, Mr Peter Ayinbisa Ayamga, District Chief Executive (DCE) for Bongo in the Upper East Region,
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Forest- and climate-smart cocoa in Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana: aligning stakeholders to support smallholders in deforestation-free cocoa
The World Bank, together with the World Cocoa Foundation and Climate Focus, has released a new report to help guide the work of these governments and companies to operationalize the Frameworks for Action
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Forest- and climate-smart cocoa in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana: aligning stakeholders to support smallholders in deforestation-free cocoa
Global cocoa production faces mounting environmental and economic challenges. Despite long-term global demand, cocoa producers are confronting the triple challenge of increasing productivity on limited
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KUMACA swine flu: 11 students on admission out of 85 cases recorded
The outbreak of H1N1 viral influenza has killed four students with over 80 recorded cases Eleven students of Kumasi Academy SHS are still on admission at four hospitals in the Ashanti region after being
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Ghana Health Service intensifies surveillance of 22 SECTECH students as one dies of meningitis
The Eastern Regional Director of the Ghana Health Service has stated that the facility has intensified surveillance on the spread of meningitis after the disease claimed the life of a second year student
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Danger looms in Bowire over quarry dynamite explosion
Danger is looming in Bowire in the Afigya Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region following the recent quarry dynamite explosion by K.K. Quarries Limited, a multi-national stone quarry company in the area,
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Court fines three soap makers
The women pleaded guilty to the charge of illegally manufacturing harmful product The Tuobodom Magistrate Court in the Techiman North District of Brong-Ahafo Region has fined three women GHC660.00 for
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Forestry Commission impounds 19 trucks with Illegal sawn timber
Officials of the Forestry Commission have intensified their fight against illegal logging in efforts to stem the tide of deforestation and ensure sustainable forest resource exploitation. In this direction,
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HIV/AIDS killed 15,000 Ghanaians in 2016- Report
AIDS has become leading causes of death in Africa with a total of 15,116 Ghanaians killed by the disease in 2016, while 20,418 new infections were recorded, the Ghana AIDS Commission (GAC) has said.