Posted - 11th June 2022
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Gomoa West (C/R) -The Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies (IESS), University of Ghana, Legon, through its Coastal Communities Resilience to Climate and Diarrhoea (C2RCD) project, has inaugurated a 12-member Local Community Climate Change Governance Team in the Gomoa West District Assembly of the Central region.
The team is expected to liaise with the District Assembly in the implementation of the C2R-CD Project research findings, and the
identification of new and emerging climate change trends that would need the attention of the Assembly.
The Coastal Community Resilience to Climate and Diarrhoea (C2R-CD) project aims to build resilience to climate change and improve diarrhoea management in Ghana's coastal communities.
Since its inception, it has been generating long-term data series in Anyako, Anyanui and Atiteti in the Volta Region; Eastern Coast; Opetekwei, Greater Accra Region, and Mumford, Central Region, Central Coast of Ghana; to understand the interactions between environmental
Other members are Mr Isaac Ansah, Secretary and Assembly member for Mumford, Nana Kwamena Obo. First Trustee, and
Chief fisherman of Mumford, Kyeame Kofi Mensah Second Trustee and Linguist of Mumford, Linda Koomson, Treasurer, Mr Francis Acquaye, Organiser and Unit Committee member of Gomoa West District Assembly, Mr Henry Appiah, Financial Secretary and Secretary to Chief Fisherman. The rests include Mr Stephen Acquaye, Fundraiser, Mr Kobena Amoah, member and Secretary to the GPRTU of Mumford, Mr Stephen Annor Crentle, member, Mr Obatan Kweku Ansah, member, and Ms Victoria Biney, member.
Speaking at the inauguration, the District Chief Executive, Mr Bismark Baisie Nkum, urged members of the Local Governance
Team to help identify solutions to climate-related issues at the local level.
He said the issues of climate change were global with local consequences and solutions must be localised to impact the global challenge.
The Principal C2R-CD Project Investigator, Dr Dzidzo Yirenya-Tawiah, commended the Gomoa West District Assembly for
their tremendous support of the project. She said the goal of the project was to build resilience to climate change and improve diarrhoea management in Ghana's coastal communities.
Dr Yirenya-Tawiah said scientific evidence revealed coastal communities, including those within the project areas, would bear the
negative burden of climate change, hence, the need to build resilience to climate change in the country.
Being evidence-based transdisciplinary research, the project work packages highlighted some preliminary findings from the data and samples collected from the communities.
These are expected to inform sensitive and timely actions by the assembly to become more resilient to the negative impact of climate on health in the district,? she added.
The convener of the inauguration, Dr Benjamin Dankyira Ofori, lead of the Work Package 5 research team, encouraged members of the local governance team to look beyond the project timeline as there was no end in sight on climate change issues.
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