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 billion — highlighting the pressing need to bolster climate finance to achieve Ghana’s …
In June 2015, about 53,000 people were affected by unusually severe floods in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area, Ghana. The real impact of such a disaster is a product of exposure ("Who was affected?"), vulnerability ("How much did the affected households lose?"), and socioeconomic resilience ("What was their ability to …
The Ghanaian President, has launched the Ghana Zero Hunger Strategic Review Report, which aims at charting a sustainable path to end hunger, food insecurity, and all forms of malnutrition in Ghana by 2030. The report was initiated by the World Food Programme in collaboration with the John Kuffour Foundation, to …
A new study report, dubbed “Addressing Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2: The Ghana Zero Hunger Strategic Review”, has identified gaps and proposed a roadmap to ensure Ghana achieves Zero Hunger by 2030. The report said everyone living in Ghana could have adequate and nutritious food throughout the year, if there …
The Center for Climate Change and Gender Studies of the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR) is implementing US$3,880 project to mitigate the impact of climate change and improve on food productivity in the Sunyani West District. The four-year project- “building and appreciating farmers knowledge and innovative strategies towards …
Ghanaian President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Tuesday launched the Ghana Zero Hunger Strategic Review Report. The review is an independent, analytical and consultative exercise which the World Food Programme has initiated globally to identify the key challenges to achieving zero hunger in countries where it operates. The report aims …
The Ghana Heath Service (GHS) to introduce a new vaccine into the routine immunization throughout the country at every health facility on June 1, 2018. Dr Kwasi Yeboah-Awudzi, the Ashanti Regional Deputy Director of Public Health who gave the hint said the Inactivated Polio Vaccine (IPV) would be given to …
A free maternal health policy was implemented under Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme to promote the use of maternal health services. Under the policy, women are entitled to free services throughout pregnancy and at childbirth. A mixed methods study involving women, providers and insurance managers was carried out in the …
The Centre of Indigenous Knowledge and Organisational Development (CIKOD) has initiated a project “Seed, Soil, and Culture Project” to enhance and promote the cultivation and consumption of indigenous seeds and foodstuff. The scheme is expected to catalyze the Agro-ecology and Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR) project planned to be implemented …
Salt producers in the Greater Accra Region are up in arms against encroachers they accuse of destroying wetlands and making salt production difficult. Panbros Salt Industries Limited is located at Mendskrom, near Weija in the Ga South Municipality of Greater Accra. Michael Odartey-Wellington, its Managing Director, told the media that …
The Ministry of Finance has allocated GH¢144million over the next two-years to fund the ‘Greening Ghana’ initiative aimed at engaging 15,000 youth for the tree planting project under the Youth in Agriculture and Afforestation Module. The Greening Ghana programme is an initiative being spearheaded by Forestry Commission and is targetted …
The World Bank is to support the implementation of the Multi-Sectorial Integrated Mining Project (MSIMP) of the government with US$ 50 million, with US$ 30 million as a loan and US$ 20 million as a grant. Dr Isaac Bonsu Karikari, the Acting National Project Coordinator for the MSIMP disclosed this …
Government is working to get parliamentary approval for the finalised draft of the Ghana Seed Regulations, Seth Osei Akoto, the Director of Crop Services Directorate of Ministry of Food Agriculture, has said. Speaking on behalf of the Minister of Food and Agriculture at the 2018 National Seed Value Chain Business …
Environmental protection organisations on Thursday reiterated their call on government to urgently stop all mining and prospecting activities in the Atiwa Forest Reserve. The organisations, led by Friends of the Earth-Ghana (FoE), in collaboration with ARocha Ghana and Tropenbos Ghana, forest research organisations under the auspices of the Green Livelihood …
An initiative geared towards the planting of about 20 million trees across Ghana by the year 2028 is to be launched in Tamale, Northern Region. Dubbed the Green Republic Project (GRP), the initiative, according to the initiators, Youth Icons Ghana, is a creative response to the challenge of climate crisis …
The Greater Accra and Ashanti Regions are currently having the highest HIV rates in the country, according to a recent report. This means that the two regions have taken over from the Brong Ahafo and Volta Regions which topped in 2016. The revelation was contained in the 2017 HIV Sentinel …
Following the announcement on a ban on drumming and noise making in Accra between May 14 and June 14, 2018, the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) has drawn some guidelines to ensure peace and security within the city. In a statement signed by the Head of Public Affairs of the AMA, …
Tens of angry residents in the Keta Municipality have hit the streets in protest over oil exploration in the region. The residents, most of whom are vegetable and fish farmers say oil exploration will not be in their interest. According to them, the Keta basin for years has been their …
The World Bank (WB) is to establish up Climate Venture Facility (CVF) to facilitate and support Ghana’s National Climate Change Policy by mitigating up to 660,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions in the next ten years. The facility, which is at the design phase, is an investment facility that is …
Deputy Minister of Water Resources and Sanitation, Patrick Boamah, has revealed that government has secured a grant of $42 million to provide water to about 150,000 homes and also build 20,000 household latrines. The grant, he said, was provided by the World Bank, to ensure that water and toilets are …
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has supported three health facilities with non-incineration waste management technologies (autoclaves) and other equipmentto improve healthcare waste management and reduce the release of toxic substances into the environment. The beneficiary hospitals are the Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, the Koforidua Regional Hospital, and the Tegbi …
