Tag Archive: Climate Change

Apr 26

‘Ghana Must Assess Climate Change’

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.

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 …

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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.

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