The Upper East Regional Chairman of the Ghana Journalists Association, William Jalulah, is calling for sustained efforts to combat climate change which has a direct impact on hunger levels in Ghana and across the globe.
He is urging individuals and leaders from community through to the national levels to play key roles in ensuring that issues of climate change take centre stage in the country’s development agenda.
Mr. Jalulah, who was speaking Thursday July 11, 2024 at a Public lecture on climate change held as part of the 75th anniversary of the Ghana Journalists Association, noted that climate change has far reaching consequences, with farmers grappling with reduced crop yield among others that make farming unproductive.
A United Nations report in 2022 captured that 828 million are grappling with hunger whiles 37.2 million people across 59 countries experienced acute food insecurity in 2024.
It is on the basis of this that Mr. Jalulah, speak at the lecture held under the theme; “The effects of climate change on Agriculture in Ghana: The case of the Upper East Region”, called for well coordinated efforts to tackle climate change and hunger.
“If Ghana must achieve Goal 2 of the Sustainable Development Goals, which states “end hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture” then we must see sustain actions from all national, regional, traditional and community leaders as well as public and private institutions that will push all of us to re-evaluate how we interact with our environment, how we manage our resources and also, how we envision our future,” he stated.
The event, which saw the launch of the third edition of the Regional GJA Awards, was organized in partnership with USAID, Feed the Future and Ghana Policy Link
