GAYO has pioneered Africa’s first comprehensive short course on CDR and SRM. This climate intervention aims to democratize knowledge [...]
To celebrate World Cities Day 2021, the Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) in partnership with the La Dade Kotopon Municipal Assembly (LaDMA), Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources (MSWR), Ministry of Local government and Rural Development (MLGRD), with support from Joy News, GHOne TV, and CitiNews, [...]
Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) in an effort to increase youth participation in climate action and adaptation, partnered with Earthbeat to roll out the Earthbeat Project; a global initiative aimed at engaging young people worldwide to develop their digital and storytelling skills to help advance the global conversation on tackling [...]
The Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO) in partnership with the National Disaster Management Organization, the Africa Youth Advisory Board on Disaster Risk Reduction (AYAB DRR), and Accra office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) present the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction (IDDR) quiz competition. IDDRR [...]
GAYO in partnership with Ghana’s National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) is collaborating with the Africa Youth Advisory Board for Disaster Risk Reduction (AfYAB DRR) under the Africa Union Commission (AUC), to organize a Quiz competition among four Senior High Schools in Ghana. [...]
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 central goal of the Paris Agreement is to keep the average global temperature rise well below 2 degrees Celsius and as close as possible to 1.5 degrees. About one degree of that rise has already happened, underlining the urgency to progress much further and faster with the global clean [...]
Green Africa Youth Organization took the World Climate Simulation to Cape Coast. The event in the University of Cape Coast brought together exceptional environmental science students, scientists, and also visiting students from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark who were under Kultierstudier programme in the university. The event commenced with a brief [...]
The World Climate simulation event gives people a taste of what it is like to be a negotiator at the UN climate change negotiations. World Climate was developed by Climate Interactive, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Sloan School of Management, and the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UML) Climate change Initiative. [...]