PART 1: Ghana’s Energy Transition Efforts - Fuel Switch & its Implications

Ghana, in addition to climate-related policies, strategies and plans has developed a National Energy Transition Framework (2022) subsequently leading to the development of the Ghana Energy Transition and Investment Plan (GETIP, 2023). This plan comes with some critical implications, which this paper seeks to highlight with the aim of contributing or informing the decision-making processes. Part 1 of this paper will focus on the historical data/information on Ghana’s crude oil production and usage as well as an underlining controversy. 

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Assessment of African Development Bank (AfDB’s) 2022 Country Focus Report for Ghana

The AfDB’s Country Focus Report (CFR) are policies that seek to accelerate African countries' economic growth and build resilience to shocks. They provide governments and potential investors with up-to-date, accurate data to inform policy and investment decisions. This paper raises some observations from the bank’s 2022 CFR for Ghana, which primarily focuses on climate resilience (agriculture), just energy transition and climate finance. To assess the publication, please click on this LINK.

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Assessment of the Climate Chance Summits - From WORDS to ACTION!

Since its inception in 2016, Climate Chance organizes an annual summit which ends with a declaration (or an outcome document) outlining key actions, commitments and/or intentions all geared towards dealing with climate change.

Given that Climate Chance has been held consistently in the last 3 years, this paper provides an assessment of the process including some recommendations. A copy of the paper can be found HERE

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Youth-NREG 2nd Consultative Meeting Report - July 2019

The Strategic Youth Network for Development (SYND) organised it's 2nd Consultative Meeting for the  Youth in Natural Resources and Environmental Governance (Youth-NREG) Platform in July 2019 with the support of UNDP - Ghana. A copy of the Report can be found HERE.

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Youth Inclusion in the Governance of Ghana’s Natural Resources & Environmental (NRE) Sector

The Strategic Youth Network for Development (SYND) has published a paper to address the challenges of Youth participation in the governance of Ghana’s Natural Resources and Environmental (NRE) Sector. A copy of the paper can be downloaded HERE.

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Inception Meeting Report: Youth In Natural Resources & Environmental Governance (YOUTH-NREG) Platform

The Strategic Youth Network for Development (SYND) with the support of the World Bank Institute, Ghana Country office convened a Youth Consultative Meeting in May, 2019 as part of creating a Youth in Natural Resources and Environmental Governance (Youth-NREG) Platform. A copy of the Inception Report can be found HERE

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Assessing the localization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): The Case of Ghana

As part of its effort to demonstrate commitment towards the achievement of the SDGs, the government of Ghana in August 2017 inaugurated a technical committee for the execution of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Africa Agenda 2063. The formation of the committee was the first move in the localization of the SDGs and Agenda 2063. From the foregoing, the Strategic Youth Network for Development (SYND) has analyzed the 2016 Annual Progress Reports (APRs) of 4 district assemblies out of the 216 districts, in order to ascertain the level of youth inclusion in the planning and implementation of their respective local level programmes. Additionally, the exercise sought to analyse the reporting approach of local level interventions specifically on climate change, biodiversity, forestry, energy access and gender in line with SYND’s thematic areas of work. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE REPORT

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