Hon. Dr. Freda Prempeh, the Ghanaian Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources has said Ghana recognizes the pivotal role of keeping organic waste out of landfills, reflecting the country’s commitment to mitigating climate change.
According to her, Ghana endorses the reduction of methane emission exemplified by bold steps taken to address the issues so far.
This transformative journey she said is being pursued through public private partnership in service delivery among others.
The Minister who is also the Member of Parliament for Tano North constituency in the Ahafo Region was speaking at the Sanitation Day at the Ghana Pavilion during the recent Climate Change conference in Dubai’s Expo City.
“A key example is the construction of 16 Integrated Recycling and Compost Plants (IRECOPs) across the 16 regions of Ghana,” she said adding,
“When completed and operational, it will divert 35% of wastes from Landfill sites while recovering recyclables such as plastics, metals, bottles etc. which will in turn lead to job creation, fostering economic growth and sustainability.”
According to Dr. Freda Prempeh, Climate investment is beginning to attract the needed Foreign Direct Investments while Ghana has become an attractive destination for sustainable development businesses.
Making reference to the signing of the agreement between Jospong Group and the Swiss government on the sidelines of the COP 28 on Carbon trading, the Minister explained that what happened between the Government of Switzerland and Jospong Group had laid the foundation stone for sustainable development in Ghana and will ensure the reduction of 1.5 million metric tonnes of carbon emissions as well as the production of 1.3 million metric tonnes of compost.
The Ministry she said will ensure the establishment of procedures and techniques for a smooth delivery while it is fully dedicated to partnering the Jospong Group in sustainability issues.
The Minister announced other efforts to decarbonize Ghana’s waste sector which include harnessing energy from the heaps of waste and embracing innovation and sustainable practices.
On his part, the Executive Chairman of the Jospong Group, Dr. Joseph Siaw Agyepong said Jospong was more than prepared to deliver on its 1.5 million metric tonnes target and asked the Ministers to use Jospong as a window on the various ongoing sustainable projects.
At the recent COP 28 meeting, world leaders were joined by civil society, business, Indigenous Peoples, youth, philanthropy, and international organizations in a spirit of shared determination to close the gaps towards attaining climate change goals in 2030.
About 85,000 participants attended COP28 to share ideas, solutions, and build partnerships and coalitions with the following details:
The meetings which involved 200 Parties met to take decisions on what they termed the world’s first ‘global stocktake’ to agree on climate action before the end of the decade – with the overall aim to keep the global temperature limit of 1.5°C.
The two-week-long conference got underway with the World Climate Action Summit, which brought together 154 Heads of States and Government with the following at the closing of the event from November 30th to December 13, 2023.
Parties reached a historic agreement on the operationalization of the loss and damage fund and funding arrangements – the first time a substantive decision was adopted on the first day of the conference. Commitments to the fund started coming in moments after the decision was received, totalling more than USD 700 million to date.
There was more progress on the loss and damage agenda with an agreement also reached that the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction and the UN Office for Project Services will host the secretariat of the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage. This platform will catalyze technical assistance to developing countries that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change.
















































