Stakeholder Engagement on Climate Justice
PRESED held a two-day multi-stakeholder engagement workshop on climate justice to outline strategies for achieving higher climate ambitions. Key stakeholders from Academia, the Local Government, NGOs, CSOs, FBOs, and other Relief Agencies were engaged in dialogue sessions to strategize for increasing Ghana’s resilience to climate change impacts now and in the future. The discussions were centered on pollution in the city and its impact on climate change as well as on how to influence policies to drive community-based actions. Traditional Authorities and opinion leaders from four communities in the Greater Accra region were engaged for action. These are James Town, one of the oldest Accra communities; Agbogbloshie, a commercial community that generates the city’s largest e-waste dump, Chorkor, a coastal community and Korle Gonno, a suburb of Accra which has the biggest Lagoon. The outcomes of the discussions will inform the Presbyterian Relief Services and Development to implement strategies that will:- Contribute to the identification of air pollutants in the capital city of Ghana and assess their impacts on human health and the environment.
- Promote greening/reforestation by the Church and communities as a means of mitigating climate change and its effects on the city
- Promote the use of gas and other methods of singeing/smoking meat and fish to reduce the health risk of the citizens.