Dr Zanetor Agyemang-Rawlings,
Ghana is preparing to push for increased climate finance, protected funding for climate adaptation and dedicated resources to address loss and damage at the 31st United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP31), as the government seeks to strengthen the country’s negotiating position ahead of the global climate talks.
Minister for Environment, Science and Technology, Dr Zanetor Agyemang-Rawlings, outlined the priorities during Ghana’s National Pre-COP31 Meeting held on Friday (November 6) in Accra.
She said Ghana’s participation in COP31 would focus on securing increased climate finance, ensuring that adaptation funding is adequate and protected, and mobilising dedicated resources to address climate-related loss and damage.
Dr Zanetor also identified carbon markets that deliver meaningful benefits to Africa as a priority, stressing the need for climate financing arrangements that respond to the continent’s development needs.
Her remarks come as Ghana confronts the effects of climate change, including flooding, drought, rising temperatures, food insecurity and biodiversity loss.
