GhanaWeb CEO discusses climate action with Minister of Climate Change and Sustainability

In a bid to combat the pressing issue of climate change, the Chief Executive Officer of GhanaWeb, David Antwi, met with Issifu Seidu, Minister of State in charge of Climate Change and Sustainability, on Monday, February 17, 2025, at his office in Accra.

The meeting highlighted GhanaWeb's commitment to supporting climate action through enhanced media coverage.

Mr. Antwi announced that GhanaWeb would dedicate a new section of its platform to climate change reporting, ensuring that climate-related content is easily accessible to a wide audience.

The platform will also produce video content in English and local dialects to help demystify climate issues for all Ghanaians, particularly in rural areas.

"We will make sure we do our reporting geared towards the local communities so they can understand. We'll also ensure that we dedicate a page on GhanaWeb to climate change issues," he said.

"GhanaWeb will also ensure that we are not doing only text. We'll do texts, videos and even cartoons to break it down to the local level," Mr Antwi stated.

The sector minister, Issifu Seidu, emphasised the media's vital role in raising awareness about climate change.

He stressed the importance of using local languages to sensitise rural communities on the impact of climate change and the steps they can take to adapt.

Ghana’s climate commitment

Ghana is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change through its Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement.

This aligns with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 13 on Climate Action.

To meet these goals, Ghana is seeking between US$9.3 billion and US$15.5 billion in investment, which will be mobilised from domestic and international sources.

The country is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including rising sea levels, droughts, erratic rainfall, and increasing temperatures, which are causing infrastructure damage, displacement, and food insecurity.

These challenges severely affect key sectors, such as agriculture, energy, and forestry, which strain the economy.

Ghana aims to enhance climate resilience and contribute to global sustainability efforts through collaboration between the government, media, and private sector.



About the Sustainable Development Goal 13 which talks about Climate Action:

13.1 Strengthen resilience and adaptive capacity to climate-related hazards and natural disasters in all countries

13.2 Integrate climate change measures into national policies, strategies and planning

13.3 Improve education, awareness-raising and human and institutional capacity on climate change mitigation, adaptation, impact reduction and early warning

13.A Implement the commitment undertaken by developed-country parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, to a goal of mobilizing jointly $100 billion annually, by 2020, from all sources to address the needs of developing countries, in the context of meaningful mitigation actions and transparency on implementation, and fully operationalize the Green Climate Fund through its capitalization as soon as possible.

13.B Promote mechanisms for raising capacity for effective climate change-related planning and management in least developed countries and small island developing States, including focusing on women, youth and local and marginalized communities.



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