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1 in 4 Children Worldwide Facing Extremely Scarce Water By 2040

 Warning that as many as 600 million children – one in four worldwide – will be living in areas with extremely scarce water by 2040, the United Nations children’s agency has called on governments to take immediate measures to curb … Continue reading

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Six African Countries Switch to Green Business Development for Sustainable Growth

Stakeholders from six African countries are meeting in Accra, Ghana on March 23-24 at a Regional Policy Dialogue of the Switch Africa Green project. The objective of this dialogue is to create a common understanding of policy landscape to enable … Continue reading

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Why waste water?

Paying closer attention to the way Ghanaians treat and dispose wastewater in their homes, farms and industries, can move the country a step farther in reaching all the targets of the Sustainable Development Goal on Water, says UNICEF. Wastewater simply … Continue reading

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Kofi Annan Urge Governments to Close Africa’s Energy Deficit

The Chair of the Africa Progress Panel and former UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, and the President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina, have called on African governments and their partners to do everything possible to close the continent’s huge … Continue reading

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Turning farming into business through agricultural skills and entrepreneurship development

The Government of Ghana has identified agricultural growth and transformation as a driver of jobs and industrialisation. Along with meeting needs in infrastructure, technology, water management, and the business environment, success will hinge on the availability of vocational and entrepreneurship … Continue reading

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Ghana’s largest Landfill- Agbogloshie dumpsite

Agbogloshie landfill is the largest Land fill in Ghana. Rubber and plastic products are the most common materials found on the dumpsite.This explains the siting of a rubber and plastic recycling industry on the dumspsite. What this means is that … Continue reading

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Gov’t bans export of rosewood

John-Peter Amewu, the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, has revealed a ban has been placed on the export of rosewood across the country as part of efforts to bring sanity in the forestry sector. He said the ban also … Continue reading

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3 Predictions for Solar Energy in 2017

Non-hydropower renewables are estimated to grow to 9% of generation by 2018, according to the Department of Energy. So how big of a part will solar energy play in that total? The solar industry is coming off a record-breaking year, … Continue reading

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The True State of Ghana’s Environment

As the President of the Republic of Ghana read his maiden state of the nation’s address, many Ghanaians looked up to major changes in two main sectors ,the financial and the power sector as those were the  main campaign messages that … Continue reading

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Deforestation helping animal-human disease transmission

Deforestation is creating “disease reservoirs” in west and central Africa that resulted in the deadly Ebola outbreak and could cause other possible epidemics, a New Zealand veterinary scientist said Monday. In order to avoid future outbreaks of Ebola and other … Continue reading

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