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By Lydia Kukua Asamoah, RNG
Accra, March 17, GNA – Ghana is looking for a
total $ 22.6 billion as its budget to implement its 31 national
actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change from 2020 to 2030.
The country would therefore use the platform
of the African Climate Week, held in Accra from Monday March
18 to Friday, March 22, to seek more partnerships to enable it to implement its
Nationally Determined Contributions (GH-NDC), Dr. Emanuel Techie Obeng, a
Program Manager, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a
I said.
The theme of the ACW is: "Action for the climate in
Africa: a race we can win ", while the NDCs are the national action of each country
plans to face the challenges of climate change and help put the world down
carbon pathway and a climate resilient future.
Dr. Techie Obeng, who also plays the role of United
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). National Focal Point
Education, training and public awareness of climate in Ghana, said 10 billion
dollars of budgeted amount would be needed for climate change mitigation
actions in the country, while $ 12 billion would be used for adaptation
acts.
Address to a media of the African Climate Week
Program of meetings, organized by the Climate Action Network-Ghana in
Dr. Obeng Techie said that Ghana was a preferred partner of the EPA. mobilize six billion dollars from the
amount of national sources while the $ 16 billion would be mobilized
from international sources.
He added that Gh-NDCs also cover seven economic goals.
sectors with 20 mitigation measures and 11 adaptation measures, involving water, agriculture,
forestry, energy, gender, among others.
Dr. Obeng urged the media to take notice
themselves with climate change issues so that they can badociate with the government and
other stakeholders in the mobilization of actions threatening human activities.
survival.
Mr. Samuel Dotse, Country Coordinator,
Climate Action Network-Ghana, a network of civil society organizations from
Ghana, said that the African Climate Week would be held in the country following the
The international negotiations of COP24, which resulted in the successful finalization
of the Katowice climate package on December 15, 2018 in Poland.
He said that it was necessary for Ghana to take the lead.
the opportunity to host the ACW to mobilize the necessary support and networks
to enable it to implement national actions.
Mr. Dotse stated that the ACW would focus on the
six areas of transformation of the energy transition, based on nature
Local Actions and Cities, Actions for Climate, Carbon Pricing and
Reduce emissions from industry and build resilience.
He said that the AWC event would attract more than
2,000 delegates including UN staff,
scientists, ministers, policy makers, youth delegates and non-partisans
companies, community initiatives, financial institutions and
city municipalities around the world.
Mr. Dotse called on the media to join the
campaign for ambitious climate actions for equity and social justice
between peoples, the sustainable development of all communities and the protection of
from the environment.
"Because if we fail in the implementation of
the NDCs, it is likely that this will retard our development progress and hamper our pursuit
become a full-fledged middle-income country, "he said.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, would
open the high-level segment of the ACW on Wednesday, March 20th.
Mr. Michal Kurtyka, President of COP24, would like
Also attend the ACW.
The Climate Action Network-Ghana is a network
civil society organizations in Ghana, admitted by the UNFCCC and engaged
the protection of the earth against harmful climate change caused by the
and the rapid growth of greenhouse gases by humans.
GNA
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