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General News on Thursday, June 6, 2019
Source: ghananewsagency.org
2019-06-06
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), in collaboration with the German Embbady in Ghana and the Green Republic Project, has launched a tree planting campaign in some elementary schools in Accra and Tamale.
The exercise, which started at Akporman Elementary School near Abokobi in Accra; and Dapkema M / A, in Tamale, in primary schools A and B, was undertaken to commemorate World Environment Day with the aim of encouraging children to grow trees to protect the environment. 39; environment.
World Environment Day is celebrated on the 5th of June every year and is the main UN vehicle to promote awareness and action for the protection of the environment.
On a global scale, UNICEF is committed to increasing its contribution to environmental sustainability, given both the importance of the issue to children and the importance of the environment. global commitment to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
In line with the greening policy issued in June 2015, UNICEF is intensifying its efforts to systematically green the organization, including reporting on its activities and investing in sustainable facilities and operations using a variety of technologies. energy and sustainable resources; this includes the management of water, paper and waste.
In Ghana, UNICEF introduced waste recycling, carpooling and the use of less fuel-efficient vehicles, the installation of energy-saving air conditioning and lighting systems and the disposal of disposable plastic cups.
Ms. Anne-Claire Dufay, UNICEF Representative in Ghana Ghana, stressed the need to protect the planet because it is the present and the future of children. highlighting the pollution of the air as a concern.
Ms. Dufay said that UNICEF had seen severe deforestation in Ghana and had also noted the use of plastics and that all of this did not contribute to creating a clean and safe environment for children in Ghana.
She added that the tree planting initiative was based in part on the daily consumption of paper in its offices in Accra and Tamale, and to compensate for the fact that UNICEF was planting 20 trees at Akporman's core school, adding that "in total we will plant 200 trees in Accra and Tamale".
She reiterated that it was to show her commitment to environmental sustainability and to encourage institutions and other offices to do the same. Ms. Dufay told GNA that UNICEF also organized sensitization sessions in children's schools so that they are aware of environmental protection issues and also contribute to the protection of the environment. planet.
Mr. Helge Sander, German Deputy Ambbadador to Ghana, said the theme of this year's celebration was "Fighting Air Pollution". stating that it was easier to defeat air pollution if people stopped deforestation.
He said fighting deforestation meant including afforestation to protect the planet; reduce the levels of carbon dioxide in the air and this has been done by planting trees.
Mr. Sander said the trees develop a large network of roots, which help to maintain the water in the soil and also maintain the soil where it should be, thus preventing erosion caused by wind and rain. # 39; water.
He said that in Ghana, many civil society organizations understood that actively fighting climate change meant actively struggling to get more trees in Ghana.
Mr. Nana Yaw Osei-Darkwa, Project Manager Green Republic, said that trees offered a natural solution to the climate challenge because climate change was mainly caused by greenhouse gas emissions into the atmosphere.
He said it was a known fact in the world that trees were absorbing carbon and that these same carbons were causing climate change, so they decided to plant 20 million trees over the next ten years to contribute to the fight against climate change.
Mr Osei-Darkwa, who said he was enthusiastic about the collaboration with UNICEF and the Embbady of Germany, said that the best way to fight against the pollution of 39 Air was to saturate the environment with many trees, which are the best carbon extractors in the atmosphere. .
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