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3 days Climate Chance Summit underway
A 3-day Climate Chance Summit, aimed at creating synergies between the diversity of actors to help champion climate action at the local level is currently ongoing in Ghana.

Date Created : 10/18/2019 4:56:30 AM : Story Author : Emmanuel Frimpong/Ghanadistricts.com

The summit, which is being held at the Accra International Conference Center (AICC) is under the theme: “Stepping up Local Climate Action in Africa.”

This year’s event is to ensure the continuity of mobilizing local governments, businesses, nongovernmental organizations, trade unions, scientists, representatives from agricultural, youth, women and indigenous organizations and citizens to show interest in the fight against climate change in Africa.

The event is expected to create the platform for key stakeholders to deliberate on issues that seek to deepen the analysis of successes and difficulties, promote the pooling of experiences and innovation, point out more significant scale and highlight the opportunities for new initiatives emerging from climate action on the African continent.



Speaking at the event, President of the Climate Chance Association and French Senator, Ronan DANTEC, called on the Government of Ghana and its Local Authorities to consciously plan and address the issues of climate holistically, since the country is aiming at becoming a more industrialized economy and also promoting agribusiness through flagship programmes like the “Planting For Food and Jobs and Planting For Export and Development.”

Temperatures, he said, are projected to rise faster than the global average increase over the 21st century, adding that the global average near surface air temperature will move beyond 2.5C of global warming in Africa by mid-century.

He noted that, it was therefore the need to strengthen institutional capacities and governance mechanisms to enhance the ability of national, local governments and non-state actors in Africa to implement effective climate initiatives.



The President, also called on the National Association of Local Authorities of Ghana (NALAG), the mother Association and mouthpiece of all Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies to promote and ensure a enabling environment to enhance performance of local authorities and all stakeholders to step up climate action in Ghana, Africa and the globe.

He rallied for a positive response to the challenges that climate change poses to communities, with a call on MMDAs to champion the call for a more elaborate and proactive measures in addressing the issues, since climate related issues are driven in localities.