[ad_1] Dr Sultan al-Jaber is president of the climate summit and the head of the United Arab Emirates’ state oil company The United Arab Emirates planned to use its role as the host of UN climate talks as an opportunity to strike oil and gas deals, the BBC has learned. Leaked briefing documents reveal plans…
[ad_1] Mr Osama Makkawi Khogali, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Representative in Ghana, has underscored the crucial role of children towards mitigating climate change impact in their schools and communities. He said, children can contribute significantly towards the climate change campaign by keeping their immediate surroundings clean, prioritise tree planting, while encouraging other community…
[ad_1] For the past few months, I have been conducting a social experiment both online and offline to assess people’s knowledge of Climate issues and the feedback has been that, there remains a lot of work to do regarding climate education as a lot of people out there both young and old have absolutely no…
[ad_1] The Director of the Institute of Environment and Sanitation Studies at the University of Ghana, Prof. Kwasi Appeaning Addo, has attributed the increased occurrence of coastal erosion to high rates of tidal action caused by climate change. The advent of climate change has become a topic of discussion in all parts of the world…
[ad_1] Former US vice president Al Gore is in Accra for the first time to lead the 54thClimate Reality Leadership Training. The session is one of the largest gatherings of scientists, experts and youth across the African continent providing overview of the latest climate science, existing policies, solutions and opportunities for advocates to make a…
[ad_1] Despite the undeniable signs of climate change accelerating across the globe, the gap in adaptation finance is growing at an alarming rate, reaching between US$194 billion and US$366 billion per year. This stark revelation comes from the latest edition of The Adaptation Gap Report 2023, issued by the UN Environment Programme, which provides an…
[ad_1] The resilience of Lake Bosomtwe, the biggest natural lake in West Africa, is at risk of climate change and other human activities, according to research by scientists at the University of Energy and Natural Resource (UENR). Based on a 1986 baseline study, their research discovered the lake is drying up, as it recedes 35…
[ad_1] The National Ozone Unit of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United Nations Development Project (UNDP) have organised a seminar on ozone layer depletion and its related issues for some selected students of the New Juaben Senior High School in Koforidua in the Eastern Region. The seminar on the theme, “Montreal Protocol, Fixing…
[ad_1] The world’s September temperatures were the warmest on record, breaking the previous high by a huge margin, according to the EU Climate Service. Last month was 0.93C warmer than the average September temperature between 1991-2020, and 0.5C hotter than the previous record set in 2020. Ongoing emissions of warming gases in addition to the…
[ad_1] Fifteen gender champions have been trained to support women farmers in Ghana to mitigate climate risks and impact at a workshop organised in Kumasi. The training was organised by the Accelerating Impacts of CGIAR Climate Research for Africa (AICCRA), in partnership with Crops Research Institute of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR-CRI)…
