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News Visit to a village called Totope in the Ada area of Ghana organized for members of some environmental NGOs and international press who were taking part and observing the UNFCCC climate change talks in Accra...more
25 Oct 2007 Many African Nations have in recent times experienced severe rainfall activities causing flooding which has resulted in the death of some 200 people and 650,000 ..more 1 Oct 2007 This year's World Habitat Day in Ghana held on 1st October was organized by the Ministry of Local Government for and on behalf of UN-Habitat. Having been asked ..more July 2007 Over the past two months we have been working closely with government officials of the Greening Ghana Initiative (GGI)...more 12 Jun 2007 This week sees the successful completion of the outsourcing project carried out by GC Projects on behalf of Arc En Ciel Ltd - a UK company...more
April 2007 In April 2007 on a visit to distribute tree seedlings as part of a collaborative project with Greening Ghana, the SKU team transported and distributed twenty water filters to a poor community in...more
23 Mar 2007 To mark World Meteorological Day the Meteorological Agency of Ghana organized a public event at the Science Museum of Accra. The theme was Polar Meteorology. Understanding Global Impact...more
15th Mar 2006
Climate-Change Group Gets Outsourcing Contract...more
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Feb 2007 The SKU task force visited Mamekrobo and other villages in Afram Plains in the Eastern Region of Ghana in order to investigate reports that migration of Fulani people...more
17th Jan 2007 Fourteen students visiting Ghana from the University of Milwaukee in the USA accompanied members of the SKU T-Shirt Task Force to deliver 480 tree seedlings...more
4th Jan 2007 SKU T-Shirt Task Force visited the Volta Region to investigate problems relating to lack of rainfall that are affecting the fish stocks in the Volta...more 28th
December 2006
The SKU T-Shirt Task Force visited Donkokrom (in English, Slave Town), Afram Plains in the Eastern region in order to investigate...more 10th December 2006 The SKU team took film crews from both TV3 and Metro TV to Ada in the Greater Accra region and to Keta in the Volta region...more |
Effects of Global Warming on AfricaThe www.StopKillingUs.com campaign is concerned with the effects of global warming - in other words, climate change. But where it differs from similar environmental campaigns, of which there are many, is that it tackles the problem from the perspective of Africa. This is something that many people will find hard to reconcile.Certainly Africa continues to receive aid on a huge scale to help with natural disasters resulting from an already challenging climate and the continent is associated in many people's minds with environmental problems. However, climate change has never been one of them. After all, isn't climate change a problem that only affects the developed world? Our campaign urges you to think again. Maybe other continents are responsible for the majority of global warming that is now changing the world’s climate. However, this planet is home to each and every one of us, and it is well known that due to a lack of financial resources, Africa will probably suffer more than any other continent from the consequences of global warming. What affects the global environment affects us all and it is up to all of us to work together to find a solution. For Africans it is easy to ignore this problem because of other, more pressing, issues. Due to their perceived lack of influence it is likely that Africans will continue their isolation from global issues and their lack of resources may discourage them from making a meaningful contribution to the solution of global warming. Our campaign goal is to reverse that trend and to encourage and empower Africans to make real contributions to solving this global crisis. Reforestation, choosing renewable energy technologies, increasing education on environmental issues and encouraging public participation are some of the things that African countries can do to become part of the global challenge of reversing climate change by mitigating the effects of global warming.
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