GCWP WORKSHOP

17/09/14                                                 GWP WORKSHOP

ANN: Water, they say is life, but lack of water security has a serious implication in a nation’s development.  According to the Global Water Partnership,  Global strategy 2009 to 2013 argues that sustainable development will not be achieved  without a water security world; thus  protecting the citizenry from  floods, droughts, landslides, erosion and water-borne diseases,  as well as addressing  environmental protection and the negative effects of poor management.  In this regard, the Global Water Partnership has organized a three-day training workshop for Journalists in Accra on reporting on Water issues and Climate Change in Ghana. Here is a report by Hagar Sey.

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ANN:  Those were views of some members of the public on climate change.

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ANN: The workshop was to train Journalists to enhance their reportage and understand technical issues on water and climate change to enable them to disseminate information well to the general public. Stakeholders in the water sector shared ideas with the participants as to how best they can educate the public on water security and climax change. The Manager of the Ghana Country Water Partnership, Maxwell Boateng Gyimah, said the workshop is to promote water security and climate resilience as a key development. Mr. Boateng Gyimah said Global Water Partnership vision is to ensure water security in the Country. He noted that human activities and natural occurrence are the major contributing factors of climate change. He said some human activities like greenhouse gases cause the atmosphere to retain heat; adding that the issue of climate change is the development of individuals.

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ANN: Mr. Boateng advised Journalists to focus their reportage on water issues and climate change and do a lot of research from the available resources.

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ANN: Facilitating the workshop, a lecturer at the School of Communication at the University of Ghana, Professor Kwame Kakari took the Journalists through news reporting and editing. Processor Kakari advocated for more investment in climate change adaptation and mitigation.  A research conducted by Obonu news shows that some greenhouse gas emission from human activities has negative changes in energy from aerosols in the atmosphere.

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