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GHANA, DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD CELEBRATION, 2010

For the past 8 years, Abibimman Foundation through its Green-Life Clubs in collaboration with IDAY Ghana and the MDGs/GCAP Campaign Secretariat has been celebrating the Day of the African Child in a special way to highlight the strengths and struggles of the Ghanaian child.

Video: AfricaAdapt interview Kenneth Amoateng, Ghana National Youth Coalition on Climate Change and GCAP Ghana

"...time is running out, we need to act now. We're calling on our leaders to be bold. Civil society, millions of people are supporting them to be bold. We are with them."

COP adjourned today

Yesterday, at the COP session, developing countries differed on one procedural issue - as Tuvalu proposed to form a new contact group to discuss their proposal on two Protocols (one with new commitments for rich countries under the Kyoto Protocol, and a new 'Copenhagen Protocol' to cover US emissions cuts and finance), some members of the G77 and China expressed concern that this would endanger the survival of the Kyoto Protocol.

Climate Justice Week - Update 1

Activists from around the world have arrived in Copenhagen in trains and bikes, ready to put pressure their governments to agree a fair, ambitious and binding deal which recognises the challenges posed by climate change to those most vulnerable to its effects -- men and women living in poverty and the socially excluded -- and puts people at the heart of climate change solutions.

Watch videos from the Climate Justice Hearings

Climate Justice hearings are taking place around the world, videos, photos and other documentation will be posted online as it comes in.

Climate Justice Poverty Hearings gathering pace around the world

Climate Justice Poverty Hearings and Women's Tribunals on Climate Justice have been taking place for the last month from Peru to Ghana to the Seychelles, with more scheduled to take place in the run up to next month's UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen.

The Road to Copenhagen Climate Justice Hearing in Ghana

"All the faces we have captured in the video, the over 10,000 real signatures we have stored, the thousands of youth and students we have inspired and the honourable chiefs and Elders we have engaged with, are all looking forward to only one ACTION, which is to end poverty and climate change NOW!"

GHANA - SUMMARY REPORT ON CLIMATE POVERTY HEARING.pdf

 

Stand Up and Take Action Works!

This year Stand Up and Take Action Against Poverty and Inequality mobilised an incredible 173,045,325 million people during over 3,000 events in more than 120 countries. In addition to the increase in numbers and the breaking of a new Guinness World record for the largest mobilization of human beings in recorded history, Stand Up 2009 was characterised by even stronger political messages than other years, as the 2015 deadline for the fulfillment of the MDGs looms and the devastating combined affects of the climate, financial, food and gender crises have begun to manifest in increased poverty and inequality.

The Road to Copenhagen – Climate Change Caravan sets off from Accra for a 10 day Stand Up and Take Action campaign

Children and Youth all over Ghana send a clear message to leaders “We Can’t Wait; Stand Up, Take Action, End Climate Change and Poverty Now.’

GCAP Ghana International Youth Day, 12th August 2009

Government Must Show Greater Commitment for Youth Development

PACJA STATEMENT ON THE OCCASION OF THE VISIT BY PRESDENT BARRACK OBAMA IN GHANA

The Pan African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) and the Pan African Parliamentary Network on Climate Change (PAPNCC) wish to extend their heartfelt congratulations and warm welcome to HE President Barrack Hussein Obama, the President of the United States of America, during his stop in Accra from L’Aquilla, where he had joined other great men and women in the globe to discuss how to take the world forward. In his maiden visit to Africa since he was elected the forty-fourth American president, Obama will certainly want to pick his priority from the wish list awaiting his attention from the African continent, among them good governance, corruption, global security, food security, and of course, climate change, which, incidentally, is the most urgent problem to be addressed by global leadership.

WELCOME ADDRESS ON THE DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD CELEBRATION - 2009 (INAUGURATION OF NAYLOR SDA GREEN-LIFE CLUB EXECUTIVES)

WELCOME ADDRESS ON THE DAY OF THE AFRICAN CHILD CELEBRATION - 2009 (INAUGURATION OF NAYLOR SDA GREEN-LIFE CLUB EXECUTIVES) BY SHIEL BROBBEY BONNA (MRS.) HEAD TEACHER – NAYLOR S.D.A JSS – TEMA (0243 359831) Theme : ‘Addressing the challenges of child rural-urban migration, child labour and irregular migration: a collective responsibility’

LEAP Will Not Address Poverty & MDGs - Local Views: Ghana

The government of Ghana has started the implementation of its Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) scheme nationwide.

Results from Accra mostly disappointing

Last week ministers and senior officials from over 150 countries including heads of multilateral institutions and civil society organisations concluded their High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness in Accra, Ghana. At the forum they discussed a limited number of key issues around the subject of Aid Effectiveness. The result was the negotiation and endorsement of the Accra Action Agenda (AAA), or as we wanted to call it... the Accra IN-Action Agenda.

The Accra Women's Forum (Accra, Ghana, from 2008-08-30 00:00 to 2008-08-30 00:00)

SAVE THE DATE! The Accra Women's Forum will take place on August 30th of 2008. It will be held at the Ellking Hotel, East legon, Accra (Ghana).

GCAP Ghana - Events 2007

 

African govts. should shun EPAs but double up efforts for MDGs

 

Campaigners urge AU to address economic integration, trade issues

 

Global cry for release of Ethiopian civil society leaders