By Rahinatu Sidiki Alare (ASSAR)
''What is the role of the youth in the global climate change discourse?''
''How can our voice be heard in climate change negotiations and decision making processes?''
''How can the youth leapfrog over the opportunities that climate change presents to contribute in achieving the SDGs in Ghana?”
Prof. Chris Gordon |
The Adaptation at Scale in the
Semi-Arid Regions (ASSAR) Ghana team
led by Prof Chris Gordon, the Director of the
Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS) and ASSAR Ghana Country Lead (who presented on the Background and Evidence of Climate Change in
Ghana) shared their research experiences in climate change related issues in the semi-arid regions of Ghana.
Prince
Ansah, a Technical Officer on the ASSAR Ghana project was also a guest speaker
and he presented on ASSAR Ghana’s research activities and ways of making
research findings impactful and useful-Research into-Use (RiU). Representatives from Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) also presented on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
and practical initiatives that could be carried out by the youth.
Key personalities at the Conference included Ms Christine Evans –Klock, UN Residence Coordinator in Ghana, Mr.
Seth Osafo, a climate change expert and a Legal Advisor to the African Group of
Negotiators in the ongoing United Nation Negotiation on climate change, the
spokesperson to the former president of Ghana and also the UN Envoy on climate
change (His Excellency John Agyekum Kuffuor), Mr. Frank Agyekum and Kasim Gawusu-Toure, the Director of
Greener Impact International as well as the West Africa Regional coordinator on
African Youth Initiative on Climate Change.
A youth position paper was developed and a Ghana National Youth
Alliance on Agenda 2030 was also launched with the youth motivated and challenged to take up
initiatives to contribute to the successful implementation of the SDGs for the benefit of their
communities and the nation at large.
The Conference was co-moderated by Miss Rahinatu Sidiki Alare who is also a Technical officer of the ASSAR project.
Group Photograph of Conference Participants |
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