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A Green Job You Cannot Reach Is No Job At All

Green skills courses are easier to find in Ghana than they were five years ago. Taking one is another matter for many women and people on low incomes. Time, distance, entry requirements and language all get in the way, and support often stops at the certificate. Here is what helps people attend, finish and turn training into an income.

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Who Decides How Africa Adapts? A Ghana Case Study

Ghana shows why adaptation plans have to begin with the farming communities most exposed, and what those communities say they need.

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Why Do Women Lose More When The Weather Turns?

When heat or floods hit a farming community, households headed by women lose more. FAO found they lose 8 per cent more of their income to heat stress, and 3 per cent more to floods, than households headed by men. The cause is unequal access to land, credit, advice and time. This article sets out what adaptation that works for women looks like in practice.

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Ghana's Energy Plan Projects 400,000 Green Jobs. Who Will Get Them?

Ghana's Energy Transition and Investment Plan projects around 400,000 net jobs by 2060, if the plan is delivered in full. Without deliberate effort, most of those jobs will go to people who are already well placed. This article looks at the green work that practical training can open up, such as solar repair and tree nurseries, and the choices that decide who benefits.

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Less Than 1 In 10: Why Climate Funds Miss Local Communities

Developing countries will need up to US$365 billion a year for adaptation by 2035. In 2023 they received US$26 billion in international public finance. Of the money committed by the main climate funds up to 2016, less than 10 per cent was set aside for local action. We look at why the money misses local communities and how small, direct grants can help.

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