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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,…

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…

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…

As the world marked International Day of Zero Waste 2025 with its focus on sustainable fashion, Ghana continues to bear the burnt of the textile waste crisis by Western countries. This is…

The Climate Awareness and Peace Education (CAPE) Project led by the Ghana Youth Environmental Movement with funding from the Danish Embassy Ghana and supported by the West African Network for…

The Ghana Youth Environmental Movement (GYEM) expresses its deepest solidarity with the communities of Ketu South and Afaja South in the Volta Region, following the catastrophic tidal waves and rainstorms…

When will we realize that our rivers, the lifeblood of our nation, are no longer flowing with the purity they once had? When will we admit that the lush forests…

Ghana Youth Environmental Movement (GYEM) made a profound impact during the #SaveGhanaFootball demonstration which took place in Accra on Valentine’s Day February 14, 2024. The organisation supported demonstrators to manage…

Today, the Ghana Youth Environmental Movement (GYEM) reflects on the implementation of the Emissions Levy Act, 2023 (Act 1112), which came into effect on February 1, 2024. While the levy…

The Ghana Youth Environmental Movement (GYEM) passionately led a two-day powerful campaign urging a ban on single-use plastics on Friday, November 24, 2023 and Saturday, November 25, 2023. GYEM’s move…