Climate change is no longer a distant problem for Africa. It is a daily reality. Across the continent, communities are already experiencing its effects, from prolonged and extreme droughts affecting farmers, to floods displacing families, to rising temperatures making cities hotter and more difficult to live in.
In Ghana, coastal communities are losing land to erosion, floods continue to affect parts of Accra every year, and illegal mining is destroying forests and polluting rivers that communities depend on for their livelihoods.
These environmental disruptions are not just ecological problems. They are economic, social, and development challenges that affect Livelihoods, food security, water availability, health, jobs and overall living standards.