The achievement of the 17 United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is critical to Africa’s future development, which will be a major turning point for the Continent, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. He said achieving the SDG’s would be an investment in the future of the youth and children of Africa and serve … Read more
Cape Town is in the unenviable situation of being the first major city in the modern era to face the threat of running out of drinking water. However, the plight of the drought-hit South African city is just one extreme example of a problem that experts have long been warning about – water scarcity. Despite … Read more
The achievement of the 17 United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is critical to Africa’s future development, which will be a major turning point for the Continent, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has said. He said achieving the SDG’s would be an investment in the future of the youth and children of Africa and serve … Read more
Dr Charity Osei Amponsah, Research Scientist at Agriculture, Medicine and Environment Division of CSIR-STEPRI, has called on government to put measures in place to help implement the sustainability intensification agriculture programmes at the district level. Presenting a paper at the Africa Research in Sustainable Intensification for the Next Generation (Africa RISING) workshop in Accra, Dr … Read more
The Accra Metropolitan Assembly in partnership 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) has officially announced the appointment of Desmond Appiah as Chief Resilience Officer (CRO) of Accra. The appointment of a Chief Resilience Officer is an essential step of Accra’s resilience-building effort and its partnership with 100 Resilient Cities – Pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation. The 100 … Read more
Government will partner the private sector to achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and make the life of the ordinary Ghanaian better, Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has stated. According to Dr Bawumia, achieving the SDGs would benefit both the private sector, who would have a healthy, skilled work force, and Government which … Read more
Sustain Lives International (SLI), a non-profit organization passionate about environmental, societal and economic problems challenging the 21st century will support the individuals in the Agbogbloshie scrapyard community from December 9th to 15th, 2017, by providing them with solutions for their daily lives. As part of SLI’s support for the community, individuals working in the Agbogbloshie … Read more
Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, undersored the need to employ more staff for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enable it to effectively perform its role. He has thus charged the soon to be inaugurated Board of the EPA to work with management within the earliest possible time, to employ … Read more
A Volkswagen executive charged with fraud and conspiracy for his part in covering up the “dieselgate” emissions-cheating scandal has agreed to plead guilty, US officials said Tuesday. Oliver Schmidt, who led the German automaker’s US regulatory compliance office from 2012 to March 2015, will plead guilty at an August 4 hearing at a US federal … Read more
Volkswagen must pay an additional $154 million to California to settle state environmental charges in the latest penalty in the scandal over its use of emissions “defeat devices,” regulators announced Thursday. The sum is on top of $533 million VW already paid to California in the so-called dieselgate conspiracy, in which software allowed cars to … Read more
A kind of Japanese seaweed that is considered an invasive species in the United States is actually serving an important role in restoring barren and vulnerable coastlines, US researchers said Monday. In many lagoons and estuaries of the North Atlantic, native seagrasses and oyster beds have been “severely reduced,” due to global warming, pollution, disease … Read more
US officials announced charges against a former manager with Audi — a high-end brand in the Volkswagen group — who directed employees to design software to cheat US emission tests. Giovanni Pamio, 60, an Italian citizen, is charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud, and violation of the Clean Air Act, the … Read more
Ms Heather Troutman, a research fellow, Urban Planning, UN Development and Programme, says Ghana produces 1.7 million tonnes of plastic waste annually, which could be recycled to produce affordable and sustainable building materials. She said Accra, the capital city also produced 300 tonnes of plastic waste in a day. Ms Troutman said it was estimated … Read more
The quest for climate justice is a global campaign but failing to act local by taking action, as a matter of urgency, will be at the peril of lives and livelihoods. Africa and other developing countries, which contributed least to the phenomenon of climate change, are unfortunately most vulnerable to its impacts. Local people and … Read more
As part of activities marking the 70th birthday of former President Jerry John Rawlings, a public symposium on the environment will take place at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences Auditorium on Wednesday June 21, 2017. Dr. Peter C. Acquah, former Executive Director of Ghana’s Environmental Protection Agency, will deliver the main address on the theme … Read more
Ghana on Friday joined the rest of the world to commemorate the Day of the African Child. The Day, which was initiated by the Organisation of African Unity, now the African Union, had been commemorated since 1991 to among other things, honour the memory of the gallant children who were killed by security forces in … Read more
Mr John Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources on Thursday expressed government’s commitment to institute measures to reverse the ascendancy of forest degradation to ensure sustainable cocoa production. He said the Government would adopt holistic and multifaceted approaches in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders to reduce the rate of deforestation. The Minister … Read more
A new study from MoneySuperMarket reveals how people impact their environment, from different countries around the world. The new research highlights the individual contribution to the world’s climate – as well as highlighting areas for improvement for each country. The study helps identify the biggest contributors to negative environmental impact, but the results are also … Read more
The Water Resources Commission (WRC) is to establish a Dam Safety Unit that will inspect and ensure that dams and bridges are constructed in the country to meet contemporary standards. The establishment of the unit, according to the commission, is in line with the new Legislative Instrument – Dam Safety Legislation (LI 2236) passed by … Read more
Peat bogs in tropical forests, long key outlets for greenhouse gases, could dry up due to farming and global warming, further accelerating climate change and putting more pressure on wetlands, a study out Monday found. The vast swamplands, located largely in southeast Asia, have long helped store atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) and put a brake … Read more