PA renewable energy advocacy group on Thursday staged a peaceful protest at the Africa Climate Week event in Accra, to press home the need for the Ghanaian government to accelerate its efforts to ramp up renewable energy generation towards reduction of climate change threats.
Re-echoing their message through placards and patriotic
songs, the group, called 350-Ghana Reducing our Carbon (350-GROC), reminded the
government of its promise to help the country transition towards 10 per cent
of renewable energy by 2030.
“This decision is exactly the kind of policy we need
to fight climate change right now. We’re at a tipping point,” Ms Portia
Adu-Mensah, National Coordinator of the group, told the journalists after the
protest.
The Africa Climate Week 2019, which ended yesterday,
afforded the about 2,000 state and non-state climate actors across the
world who attended the opportunity to discuss ways to reduce climate
change effects under the theme, “Climate change action in Africa: A
race we can win.”
Ms Adu-Mensah said the continuous dependence on fossil
fuels would escalate its negative effect on the populace, and that, it was time
to break free and move towards a more environment-friendly option.
“There is no other way to stop climate breakdown, we must
keep fossil fuels in the ground and transition towards 100 per cent renewable
energy for all as soon as possible. We cannot afford to wait any longer, it has
to start somewhere,” she said.
Ms Adu-Mensah commended the government for efforts
being made and urged Ghanaians to support the group to keep
the government on track and help leave a legacy for the next
generation.
“A Ghana, 100 per cent powered by the sun and the wind is
on our doorstep. Let’s seize this opportunity and build a renewable energy
future,” she said.
BY JONATHAN DONKOR
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