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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…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

The InterviewIn the fight against plastic pollution, a teenager decides to walk the talk by starting a plastic collection project in her school. In today's conversation, we'll learn about Anokyewaa's…

We are pleased to announce that Ghana Youth Environmental Movement (GYEM) has received seed funding from Gower Street to support our work for 6 months (October 2022- March 2023). The…