Dr Delali Dovie of the Regional Institute of Population Studies, University of Ghana has called for financial assessment of the impact of climate change in the country to identify how much the nation is losing to the phenomenon.
Tag Archive: Climate Change
Mar 27
Nine Ghanaian Parliamentarians exchange climate change ideas in London
A delegation of nine Ghanaian Parliamentarians has returned from an exchange programme to discuss climate change and development with Westminster colleagues and experts in London.
Feb 13
Washington: Researchers outline food security-climate change road map in Science
“Agriculture worldwide is being impacted by climate change and in less than 15 years global population will rise by one billion people,” a statement issued by the Consultative Group on International Agrocultural Research (CGIAR) Friday quoted Sir John Beddington, lead author of the article ‘What Next for Agriculture After Durban?’, as saying.
Jan 30
NASA Study Shows Health, Food Security Benefits From Climate Change Actions
A new study led by a NASA scientist highlights 14 key air pollution control measures that, if implemented, could slow the pace of global warming, improve health and boost agricultural production.
Jan 07
What Durban summit really delivered
Canada’s announcement before Christmas that it will formally withdraw from the Kyoto Protocol could not have been better timed to puncture the sense of progress generated by the UN climate change conference in Durban just two days earlier. There, delegates had celebrated a dramatic and unexpected conclusion that saw all 194 countries (including Canada) agree …
Nov 15
Ghana needs local solution to the climate change menance-Nsenkyire
Accra , Nov 09, GNA -Ghana needs collaborative efforts from all stakeholders to find local solutions to the climate change menace to ensure that the country was food secure, Mr Edward Nsenkyire, Chairman of the National Climate Change Committee, said on Wednesday.
Oct 12
Ghana: Climate Change Threatens Country’s Food Security
An increased body of evidence shows that climatic variability is adversely affecting Ghana’s natural resources such as land, water, forests and vegetation, as well as human capital.
Oct 05
Durban Conference – Time for Africa to Raise Alarm
This December, activists and world leaders are meeting in Durban, South Africa for the United Nations climate conference.
Jun 30
Global Warming And Global Food Security
Almost every major American daily newspaper picked up an article published earlier this month by New York Times scribe Justin Gillis entitled “A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself.”
Jun 30
A Warming Planet Struggles to Feed Itself
CIUDAD OBREGÓN, Mexico — The dun wheat field spreading out at Ravi P. Singh’s feet offered a possible clue to human destiny. Baked by a desert sun and deliberately starved of water, the plants were parched and nearly dead.