Chair of the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change, leading Africa's climate advocacy on adaptation, finance, and just transition ahead of COP31.
… Delivering the keynote remarks, Chair of the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN), Nana Dr. Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, emphasised that monitoring adaptation efforts must move beyond procedural paperwork to deliver concrete benefits for vulnerable communities. …
As Africa prepares for two critical years of global climate diplomacy, the Chair of the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN), Nana Dr. Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, has issued a powerful call to align international climate negotiations with the daily realities of African …
… In his opening address, Nana Dr. Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, Chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) on Climate Change, emphasized that the global conversation has shifted from theory to action following COP30 in Belém. …
… Joseph Willie Amoah, a Consultant and Technical Advisor said natural gas pricing remains a critical issue for Ghana because of its direct impact on electricity costs. …
… Speaking during the closing plenary, AGN Chair, Nana Dr. Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, expressed concern that some Parties appear to be postponing substantive climate ambition until the second Global Stocktake (GST) in 2028, warning that such delays are inconsistent with the realities fa …
The Chair of the African Group of Negotiators (AGN) on climate change, Dr. Nana Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, has called for climate education to be embedded in national climate policies across Africa. …
… Delivering the Group’s statement during the Joint SBI–SBSTA Opening Plenary, AGN Chair, Nana Dr. Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, reaffirmed Africa’s commitment to constructive engagement. …
… The group chair, Nana Dr. Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, argues that the absence of dedicated discussions on loss and damage and National Adaptation Plans demonstrates a worrying disconnect between the realities confronting vulnerable countries and the priorities of the global climate neg …
Chair of the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change (AGN), Nana Dr. Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, has called for urgent and practical action to strengthen climate adaptation efforts across Africa, warning that millions of vulnerable people on the continent are already bearing the …
Climate experts and government officials gathered in Accra for a three-day workshop on strengthening inclusive climate adaptation tracking and reporting in Ghana's agriculture sector. The AGN Chair urged that monitoring adaptation efforts move beyond paperwork to deliver concrete benefits for vulnerable communities, as Ghana scales up resilience initiatives including climate-resilient crops and irrigation expansion.
Climate experts and government officials gathered in Accra for a three-day workshop on strengthening inclusive climate adaptation tracking and reporting in Ghana's agriculture sector. The AGN Chair urged that monitoring adaptation efforts move beyond paperwork to deliver concrete benefits for vulnerable communities, as Ghana scales up resilience initiatives including climate-resilient crops and irrigation expansion.
The Chair of the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change urged African leaders to integrate agriculture and food systems into climate policy, rejecting a "false choice" between food security and climate action. The call comes as Africa prepares for COP31 in Antalya within two months and will host COP32 in Addis Ababa in late 2027.
African climate experts and diplomats gathered in Accra for a two-day technical workshop (August 10–11, 2026) to consolidate Africa's position on the Global Just Transition Mechanism ahead of COP31. The African Group of Negotiators' chair warned that the international community must move beyond broad political statements to develop concrete, technically sound proposals, noting that recent negotiations in Bonn revealed significant challenges regarding the mechanism's ambition and institutional independence.
African trade union leaders and climate negotiators met in Nairobi for a summit to shape a unified continental position on energy sovereignty and green industrialisation ahead of COP31. Labour movement representatives called for energy to be treated as a public good under democratic control rather than as a market commodity, and warned against Africa exporting raw critical minerals while importing expensive finished products.
Experts are urging Ghana to pursue a balanced energy transition that protects jobs, strengthens energy security and sustains economic growth while fulfilling its climate commitments. A Policy Lead at ACEP emphasized that Ghana's transition to cleaner energy should reflect the country's development needs alongside its climate obligations under the Paris Agreement.
The African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change has called for greater urgency and stronger political commitment at the conclusion of SB64 in Bonn, warning that postponing climate ambition until the 2028 Global Stocktake is inconsistent with the realities facing Africa's 1.6 billion people. The AGN Chair stressed that adaptation is Africa's most important climate priority and emphasized the need for transparent, Party-driven negotiations on the Global Goal on Adaptation.
Dr. Nana Antwi-Boasiako Amoah, chair of the African Group of Negotiators on climate change, has called for climate education to be embedded in national climate policies across Africa, arguing that investments in adaptation, climate finance, and early warning systems deliver limited results without equipping people with knowledge and skills to act.
Ghana represented the African Group of Negotiators at the UN's climate negotiations in Bonn, calling for equitable climate action and raising alarm over forecast El Niño conditions threatening the continent's development. The group emphasized gaps in the negotiation agenda, including missing agenda items on Loss and Damage and National Adaptation Plans.
The African Group of Negotiators has criticised the UN's June Climate Meetings in Bonn for the absence of dedicated discussions on loss and damage and National Adaptation Plans, calling the process insensitive to Africa's climate vulnerabilities, particularly amid projections of El Niño conditions between June and August 2026.
Chair of the African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change has called for urgent, practical action to strengthen climate adaptation efforts across Africa, warning that millions of vulnerable people are already bearing devastating impacts while fragmented and underfunded adaptation responses persist.