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GhanaWeb is a comprehensive resource about the country Ghana. On this website you can find lots of news, information and entertaining content and get in touch with (fellow) Ghanaian people.
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allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.
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The Ghana Hydrological Authority has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Harris County Flood Control District, Texas.
'It is important to note that, climate change poses challenges to our capacity to develop and assure the economic, social and environmental sustainability of our country. It is therefore important that we change our attitudes and acquire new skills in order to enhance our resilience to climate change challenges.' said Ag. Deputy Executive Director, in charge of Technical Services at the Environmental Protection Agency...
CARE International is supporting community based adaptation (CBA) efforts to mitigate impacts of climate change in the region, reports GhanaWeb. Their aims is, among other things, to ensure that community-based adaptation (CBA) approaches for vulnerable communities are incorporated into development policies and programmes in Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique and Niger...
Farmers are trained to adopt new and diversified agriculture and pastoralist practices that increase production and boost incomes; and to deal with extreme climate events through disaster risk reduction plans, access to financial and environmental actions...
The decision to urgently commit the resources to the project was encouraged by the need to implement effective disaster risk reduction measures so as to prevent, or reduce the effects of disasters...
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