The impact of climate change on water availability and distribution is causing water scarcity in arid regions across sub-Saharan Africa. As many rural communities depend on rain-fed agriculture as well as streams and rivers as a source of drinking water, increasing temperatures are knocking millions of people into poverty (water, [...]
According the newly published 2019 Brand Audit Report, Coca Cola, Colgate-Palmolive, and Unilever ranked as the top regional polluters in Africa. Green Africa Youth Organization and the Let's Do It Ghana team were among over 200 organisations around the world that organized over 480 brand audits. [...]
It is urgent for governments to commence action on climate change adaptation and increase youth involvement in climate action processes from national to the community level. We have seen and heard of diverse strategies, it is about time we see an effective and accountable implementation of climate policies. [...]
The regional meeting on Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) took place in Abidjan with the following objectives; to review the progress of implementation of the Strategic Approach within the region, to enable technical and strategic discussions and exchange of information to take place, to discuss the emerging policy [...]
HIT by the complete change in color of the Pra River along the way to Cape Coast from Kumasi, we decided to take a stroll into the communities to see how galamsey is affecting education. At the district assembly, we were stroked by an awful photograph on the notice with [...]
Professor Frimpong Boateng, minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, at a media briefing on responsible and regulated mining methods made known that the government of Ghana is currently strategizing to place a ban on the import of mercury by the end of the year. Mercury, which is a primary [...]
In 2015, we launched the Environmental Sanitation Series for children living in vulnerable areas prone to flooding and cholera outbreaks due to poor waste management practices such as dumping of refuse in drainage systems. The project was implemented in Amamoma and Apewosika communities in the Cape Coast Metropolis. As children [...]
On Earth Day, Ghana Youth Environmental Movement – led by Gideon Commey, and Green Africa Youth Organization – led by Tunza ambassador, Joshua Amponsem held a street press conference to educate the public on coal-fired power plants, their associated health implications, and ecological impacts. For the first time, an environmental [...]
United Nation’s Environment Programme (UNEP) and Interpol has revealed through a report on Environmental Crime that inability to prevent and halt wildlife/environmental crime will make it impossible to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). During this year’s World Environmental Day, all strength and vigor was headed towards Angola – Africa’s [...]