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Climate Finance

Ghana’s Climate Finance: Headway, Challenges and the Way forward

Climate finance is the flows of funds to confront climate change by reducing emissions and protecting communities from its consequences is central to the country response as Ghana faces worsening climate risks affecting agriculture, water resources, coastal livelihoods, and public health. Even with a gradual progress in mainstreaming climate finance, Ghana still attracts considerable funding gaps for […]

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Climate Finance

Northern Ghana Climate Finance: Building Resilience in a Changing Climate

Northern Ghana which includes the Northern, North East, Upper East, and Upper West regions -faces some of the worst extremities of these climate impacts in the country. Recent long droughts and unreliable patterns of rainfall, rising temperatures, and recurrent floods have had dramatic negative impacts on food security, water availability and the livelihoods of farmers practicing

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Climate Finance in Africa: Mobilising Resources for a Resilient Future

Climate Finance in Africa: Mobilising Resources for a Resilient Future

Climate finance is financial resources that are being allocated to activities which reduce the level of greenhouse gas emissions or enhance resilience against climate impacts and disaster risks, known respectively as mitigation and adaptation. These resources may be in the form of grants, loans, budget appropriations, public taxes or private sector investment; or they can also come

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