It has come to light that some 337 Ghanaians are Glasgow, Scotland attending the conference on Climate Change, that’s the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Conference of the Parties
The twenty-sixth session (COP26) started on 31st October 2021 and will come to a close on 12th November 2021.
Names and designations of Ghana’s delegation led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, are found in the Provisional list of registered participants for COP26 made available by organizers of the conference.
Some of the names are:
Mr. Kwaku Afriyie,
Minister of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation
Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation;
Mr. Sulemanu Tampuli Alhassan
Ministry of Transport;
Mr. Antwi-Boasiako Amoah,
Senior Programme Officer
Climate Change
Environmental Protection Agency;
Mr. Nana Bediatuo Asante
Secretary to the President
Office of the President;
Ms. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey;
H.E. Mr. Daniel Botwe
Minister
Ministry of Local Government Decentralization and Rural Development;
H.E. Mr. Samuel A. Jinapor
Minister
Ministry for Land and Natural Resources;
Mr. Henry Kwabena Kokofu
Executive Director
Environmental Protection Agency;
Mr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh
Minister
Ministry of Energy;
Mr. Ebenezer Appah-Sampong
Deputy Executive Director Technical
Environmental Protection Agency;
Ms. Christine Okae Asare
Deputy Executive Director, General Services
Environmental Protection Agency;
Mr. Yaw Bediako Osafo
Legal Analyst
Tetteh and Tetteh Advocates;
Mr. Peter Dery
Director of Environment
Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation;
Mr. Emmanuel Osae-Quansah
Director
Environmental Protection Agency;
Mr. Ransford Sekyi
Deputy Executive Director, Field Operations; and many others.
In the ranking, Ghana is fourth out of the all the countries that are attending the conference. Brazil is leading the pack with 479 delegates.
The number of delegates has sparked controversy on social media with many describing the number as too much given that Ghana is a poor country looking to the rich countries to provide funding for it to help mitigate the effects of climate change.
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Source:MyNewsGh
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