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
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Weather-index based crop insurance as a social adaptation to climate change and variability in the Upper West Region of Ghana: developing a participatory approach
Climate change and variability are major challenges to rain-fed crop production in Africa. This paper presents a report on a pilot project to test a concept for operationalizing weatherindex crop insurance
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Strengthening and harmonizing food policy systems to achieve food security: a case study and lessons from Ghana
Understanding how various entities in a policy system at the national level can contribute to improved use of evidence in policy making. Yet little research has focused in developing countries on how various
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Standardization of Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review Implementation
The objective of the integrated nuclear infrastructure review is to assist Member States in determining the status of development of their nuclear power infrastructure compared to the relevant Milestone.
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Galamsey threatens cocoa production- Group
The Oxford Business Group (OBG) has warned that Ghana risks losing a substantial part of its agriculture land due to the activities of illegal miners popularly called ‘Galamsey’. According to the group,
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National Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) Inventories: a summary of key findings from the first tranche of studies
The use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) is expected to rapidly rise in the coming decades unless more is done to curb their growth. This according to a new report by the Climate and Clean Air Coalition to
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Twenty African eco-enterprises to receive prestigious SEED Awards
Shoes made from old tires by disabled artisans in Ghana, roads built from recycled plastic in Kenya, natural fertilizers made from water hyacinths in Burkina Faso. Those are just some of the 20 African
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Casablanca Sixth Most Polluted City in the World
Rabat – While Morocco is preparing to host the biggest environmental gathering in the world next November, COP22, an American website, “Numbeo,” ranked Casablanca the sixth city in terms of the Global
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World nears 2020 goal of restoring degraded forests
HONOLULU: The world edged closer to a 2020 goal to repair vast areas of damaged natural lands and forests, officials announced Saturday at the world´s largest conservation meeting. Malawi and Guatemala
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Virtuous Circle: How the circular economy can create jobs and save lives in low and middle-income countries
This paper highlights a significant opportunity to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals. Case studies from Brazil, Ghana, Kenya and India demonstrate how supporting (and removing
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A tale of clean cities: insights for planning urban sanitation from Ghana, India and the Philippines- synthesis report
Uncontrolled urbanisation and proliferation of slums makes development of urban sanitation a big challenge. To contribute to the efforts towards the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target of universal