General News of Wednesday, 20 March 2019Source: Graphic.com.gh'Ghana committed to combating climate change' - Akufo-AddoPresident Akufo-Addo was at the High-Level Session of the Africa Climate Week, held at AICCPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says measures to deal with the phenomenon of climate change are contained in his Government’s Co-ordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development Policies. Additionally, the President noted that he recently announced a major policy boost for distributed renewable energy, also, to deal with climate change. “For us on the continent, the Africa Climate Week is an important occasion, because the ravages of climate change affect us the most. President Akufo-Addo continued, “It is in own interest to act to salvage the economic fortunes of the continent, and, more so, step up our collective efforts to fight decisively climate change. I believe this forum will throw more light on practical ways to mobilise financial resources to support the implementation of national climate actions,” President Akufo-Addo said.

Source: GhanaWeb March 20, 2019 17:26 UTC