Ghana has received national planning support from the Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC) since 2013. One of the outputs of this cooperation has been Ghana’s National Action Plan to Mitigate Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (SLCP), which was finalized in 2018. The Plan identifies 16 measures capable of substantially reducing emissions of methane and black carbon, as well as CO2 and other air pollutants.
In 2021, Ghana received support from the CCAC to update its first Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) in coherence with its National SLCP Plan. Ghana’s NDC revision comprised three components: i) technical review, ii) teaching, awareness raising and stakeholder engagement, and iii) high-level political engagement informed by the results of the technical review.
To advance the priorities identified in Ghana’s National SLCP Plan, three overall aims were identified:
Activity 1: Include SLCPs in Ghana's updated NDC:
Activity 2: Identify actions to implement the mitigation measures in Ghana's National SLCP Plan:
Since the finalization of the Ghana National SLCP Plan, there have been a number of changes in circumstances. For example, Ghana started undertaking a revision to their First NDC submitted to the UNFCCC in September 2016. Ghana’s envisioned their NDC revision to be comprised of three components; i) technical review, ii) teaching, awareness raising and stakeholder engagement, and iii) high-level political engagement informed by the results of the technical review. The NDC revision constitutes an opportunity to include the measures of the SLCP Plan in the revision process.
In addition, there was also the opportunity in moving forward with the implementation of the measures included in the National SCLP Plan and putting in place the elements needed to include SLCPs in relevant monitoring and evaluation frameworks in Ghana.
Of the 16 measures mentioned in Ghana's National SLCP Plan, 11 are included in Ghana’s first updated NDC. The NDC also mentions four additional measures that target sources of SLCP emissions.
The contribution of the CCAC and the Stockholm Environment Institute are mentioned within introduction of the updated NDC submitted to UNFCCC in November 2021.
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Ghana's action plan to mitigate short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) culminated from a multi-sector consultative process between 2016 and 2018. The process led to the identification and...
