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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Ghana's presidency and parliament to run on solar energy
Ghana’s presidency, Flagstaff House and its lawmaking chamber will soon be depending on solar energy as a source of power. Local media portal, Starrfm quotes the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, as
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Disempowering democracy: Local representation in community and carbon forestry in Africa
<p>All major agencies intervening in community-based and carbon forestry – such as international development agencies, conservation institutions, and national governments – state that their
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Facipulation and elite formation: Community resource management in Southwestern Ghana
<p>Despite their stated commitment to democratic processes, the Government of Ghana and international authorities presume the accountability and ability of NGOs to represent local interests in forest resource
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Tackling deforestation through a jurisdictional approach: lessons from the field- executive summary
WWF Forest and Climate is pleased to share preliminary materials from a forthcoming report on lessons learned from Jurisdictional Approaches to Zero-Deforestation, including the executive summary and a
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Chocolate industry drives rainforest disaster in Ivory Coast
The world’s chocolate industry is driving deforestation on a devastating scale in West Africa, the Guardian can reveal. Cocoa traders who sell to Mars, Nestlé, Mondelez and other big brands buy beans
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The economy in the toilet
<p>Entrepreneurs are finding profits turning human waste into fertiliser, fuel and even food.</p> <p><strong><a href="https://www.nature.com/news/the-new-economy-of-excrement-1.22591" target="_blank">Original
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Ghana signs MOU with Equatorial Guinea towards agricultural development
The two countries have agreed to exchange ideas as well as resources in agro processing Ghana Government and her Equatorial Guinean counterpart have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help
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Budgeting for NDC action: initial lessons from four climate-vulnerable countries
This working paper addresses the following question: are climate change-related expenditures starting to appear in national budgets to secure the early implementation of countries’ Nationally Determined
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More effort needed to curb malnutrition in Ghana- Report
More efforts are needed, particularly by the government to curb the spate of malnutrition in Ghana and other parts of Africa, an international report has recommended. The report launched on Monday by
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ICRISAT introduces new groundnut varieties in northern Ghana
Groundnut farmers in the Northern, Upper East and Upper West regions now have the opportunity to select from three newly improved varieties to boost production and improve income. The three new