Ghana

Region: Ghana

Ghana:

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6th August 2026
Amplifying the voices of African early-career researchers for global and regional climate leadership In this blog, Prince Ansah, Zelda Gadegbeku and Valerie Nutakor highlight the importance of strengthening African leadership in climate research through the CDKN Africa Early-Career Researchers (ECR) Fellowship. Despite being disproportionately affected by climate change, African researchers remain underrepresented in global climate science and policy spaces. The fellowship responds to this challenge by equipping emerging researchers with skills, networks and platforms to amplify their voices, influence policy, and generate locally grounded climate solutions. Through capacity strengthening, knowledge co-creation, science-policy engagement and peer learning, the programme demonstrates how investing in African ECRs can help build a new generation of climate leaders capable of shaping Africa's climate future on their own terms.
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Climate Activist Programme in Ghana

Young people across Africa are emerging as powerful drivers of climate innovation, advocacy, and community mobilisation, yet many still face barriers such as limited access to technical knowledge, mentorship, financial literacy, institutional support, and practical pathways to scale their impact. The Climate Activist Programme (CAP) was launched in 2024 to close these gaps, and its current edition, CAP 3.0: Skills to Scale for Resilience, builds on the lessons of CAP24 and CAP25 with a multidisciplinary, experiential approach spanning climate science, policy, leadership, project management, climate finance, entrepreneurship, storytelling, and creative advocacy. 

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27th July 2026
Singing as climate action: Amplifying women’s voices in Ghana’s Upper West Region In Ghana's Upper West Region, women play a critical role in managing climate risks through their responsibilities in farming, seed preservation, water management and household food security. The following inside story, written by Shelta Gatsey and Patricia Bamanyaki, explores how women's climate knowledge can be amplified through culturally familiar communication channels.
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23rd July 2026
Africa Early Career Fellowship Podcast Series: Amplifying African climate researchers voices The Africa Early Career Fellowship Podcast Series is a flagship initiative of CDKN’s Amplifying Voices of African Researchers (AVAR) project, designed to elevate African-led climate research and strengthen links between science, policy and practice.
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19th January 2026
Building a circular economy: Transforming Ghana's e-waste crisis This blog by Khiddir Iddris, a fellow collaborating with CDKN, explores Ghana's urgent e-waste crisis, highlighting both the environmental dangers and the untapped economic potential within its informal recycling sector. The article is based on the author’s ongoing research conducted across Ghana's major e-waste processing sites. It presents a compelling case for building a sustainable, circular economy that empowers local workers and positions Ghana as a regional leader in climate-resilient waste management.
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19th March 2025
Connecting early-career researchers with creatives for climate knowledge brokering in Ghana As climate change continues to pose unprecedented challenges across different sectors in Africa, the role of evidence-based research has never been more critical, as it provides the basis to diagnose and contextualise these challenges and design appropriate place-based solutions.However, there is limited capacity among researchers in Africa to connect  evidence-based research to place-based solutions that can address Africa’s unique challenges, especially for researchers who are aspiring or starting their professional research journeys.
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13th March 2025
Voices of resilience: Amplifying women's voices through songs for locally-led action and inclusion in Northern Ghana This video from CDKN's Ghana programme highlights the power and impact of creative tools for knowledge brokering. To be truly effective, knowledge brokering must respond to the context in which it is being carried out. This means considering the diverse ways in which meaning is created and shared.
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Policy engagement for sustainable and integrated climate action in Ghana

This project strengthens Ghana’s climate adaptation policies by engaging diverse stakeholders, including youth and regional leaders, to ensure inclusive and sustainable action.

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Community engagement through innovative knowledge brokering tools in Ghana

This project leverages innovative tools, such as traditional songs, local media (TV and radio), virtual reality, games, and podcasts, to promote inclusive and accessible climate knowledge dissemination across Ghanaian communities.

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Youth empowerment for climate action in Ghana

This project empowers young people to lead climate-resilient solutions within their communities through capacity building, innovation, and advocacy to facilitate a generation of climate-conscious leaders and eco-entrepreneurs across Ghana.

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Amplifying Voices of African Researchers

This regional action area seeks to strengthen the science-policy-practice interface through knowledge brokering and supporting African researchers.

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22nd October 2024
Democratising knowledge for transformative climate action Making knowledge systems more diverse to meet the needs of multiple stakeholders and audiences has been at the forefront of the climate change conversations, especially for adaptation. This blog explores how knowledge brokering could be co-created in an inclusive and innovative manner for resilience building at the local level.