Ghana

Ghana, a lower middle-income country and West Africa’s second largest economy after Nigeria, experienced economic slowdown from 2020 and further turmoil in 2022. To restore stability and ensure sustainable debt levels, the government adopted an IMF-supported programme aimed at laying the foundation for more equitable growth. Despite these challenges, Ghana remains committed to advancing climate action and the green economy. Its policy framework for a green and circular transition is anchored in the National Climate Change Policy (2013), which envisions sustainable, low-carbon development, and reinforced by instruments such as the National Energy Policy (2009), National Energy Strategy (2010), Strategic National Energy Plan, National Employment Policy (2012), Renewable Energy Act (2013), National Climate Change Master Plan (2015), Energy Sector Recovery Programme (2019), updated Nationally Determined Contribution (2021), Energy Transition Framework, National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, Forest Plantation Development Strategy (2016–2040), and REDD+ Strategy (2016–2035).

Ghana’s green economic transformation has been advanced through strong collaboration across national counterparts, including the Ministry for Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation, the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, the Ministry of Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Finance, the Bank of Ghana, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Ghana Education Service, the Ghana Statistical Service, the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, the University of Ghana Business School, the National Cleaner Production Centre, and the National Development Planning Commission.