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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EPA halts mining activities of AQ Ghana Gold
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has halted the mining-related activities of African Queen Ghana Gold Company (AQ Ghana Gold) in Apragya in the Ashanti Region for lack of a mining lease. The
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KNUST tackles environmental pollution
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) College of Engineering is working on a collaborative multi-disciplinary research to come out with effective ways in dealing with environmental
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Parliament to pass National Sanitation Bill – Minister
Mr. Edwin Nii Lantey Vanderpuye, Deputy Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, has hinted that Parliament would soon pass the National Sanitation Bill into Law. He said the Bill when passed
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UNICEF, Netherlands Embassy launch sanitation project
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has launched a € 5.9 million Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) project on the theme “Improving sanitation access in urban Ghana” at Ashaiman near, Accra.
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Gov't to receive over $400m to boost power production
Government is to receive a 498.2 million Dollar grant under the Millennium Challenge Compact 2. The grant is to support Ghana transform the power sector to meet the power needs of industries and households
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Trial of new cotton variety positive in northern Ghana
A scientist at the Yam and Cotton Breeding Programme of the Savanna Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), Dr Emmanuel Chamba, has confirmed that Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) cotton trials in the three
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Chinese miners invade River Tano Basin
Life in the Brong-Ahafo Region can now be described as very dangerous for inhabitants, because their major source of drinking water, the Tano River, is under serious attack by activities of illegal miners.
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Ghana destroys hundreds of homes in capital in bid to prevent floods
Bulldozers razed hundreds of homes and businesses in the poor Sodom and Gomorrah neighborhood of Ghana's capital on Saturday so the authorities can start widening a lagoon to prevent a repeat of this month's
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Ghana wins FAO award for reducing hunger
Ghana has received an award from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) for reducing the number of undernourished people from more than seven million in the early 1990s to less than a million now.
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Ghana Approves Trial of Ebola Vaccine
Accra — Despite protests from civil society, the Ghanaian Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) have given the nod for the commencement of Ebola vaccine trial in the country. The regulatory body in an official