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YouthOvaFashionWaste Webinar Series & Digital Contest 2025: Full Highlight

Fashion waste has become one of the most urgent environmental and social justice challenges facing Ghana. Every week, an estimated 15 million garments arrive in Accra’s secondhand markets from the…
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GYEM & GCA collaborate on Youth Climate Adaptation Action Day 2025 

The Ghana Youth Environmental Movement (GYEM), in partnership with the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), is proud to announce the rollout of a sub-grant to 10 youth-led organizations across West…
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Global Plastic Treaty and Single-Use Plastic Ban

Eliminating single-use plastics has been a prominent and urgent goal within the framework of the Global Plastic Treaty. Single-use plastics such as plastic bags, cutlery, straws, and packaging are among…
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Global Plastic Treaty – What is it and why did it stall “again” in 2025?

The Global Plastic Treaty emerged from a resolution adopted at the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) in March 2022, where 175 nations agreed to negotiate a treaty by the end…
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Multi-stakeholder Roundtable on “Pathways Towards Ending Plastic Pollution in Ghana” 

On Thursday, August 21, 2025, young leaders, government officials, civil society groups, and innovators gathered at the Coconut Grove Regency Hotel, Accra, for the Ghana Youth Environmental Movement’s (GYEM) Multi-Stakeholder…
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Pathways Towards Ending Plastic Pollution: Multi-Stakeholder Roundtable on Single-Use Plastics in Ghana

Plastic pollution is one of the most pressing environmental challenges facing Ghana and the world today. Recent statements made by key government officials have signaled a growing political will to…
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Youth Adaptation Networking Event

On 18th July 2025, the Ghana Youth Environmental Movement (GYEM) organized the Youth Adaptation Networking Event at the Youth Opportunity and Transformation in Africa (YOTA) center. The event brought together 17 participants…
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Youth Adaptation Webinar

In May 2025, the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA), in collaboration with the Ghana Youth Environmental Movement (GYEM), hosted the Youth Adaptation Forum Ghana that convened over 120 young people,…
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Press Statement – From Action to Policy: A Roadmap to Ban Single-Use Plastics in Ghana

World Environment Day Statement by the Ghana Youth Environmental Movement (GYEM) June 5, 2025 World Environment Day is being observed this year under the theme “Ending Global Plastic Pollution”. It…
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Youth Adaptation Forum Ghana

Building on the momentum from the first Forum in Uganda, Ghanaian youth are shaping a resilient future through local action, innovation, and leadership. The Global Center on Adaptation’s (GCA) African…
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