On 21st July, Okyeame Kwame organised about five hundred (500) students to walk from Accra Metropolitan Assembly to Parliament to petition the Climate Caucus to be more ambitious about climate justice.
During the walk, there were chants from the students asking for climate justice, greener Ghana, reafforestation, and sounding the alarm of climate emergency.
To receive Okyeame Kwame, the climate ambassador and the group at Parliament were Hon. Dr. Emmanuel Marfo, the UN Resident Coordinator, His Excellency Charles Abani, the Mayor of Accra, Hon. Elizabeth Sackey and some members of the parliamentary Climate Caucus.
Unanimously, the hosts agreed with the advocates that the world needs climate, especially Africans and indigenous people globally, who contribute to less than 4 percent to carbon emissions must be compensated for climate injustice since we feel the brunt of the harsh climate conditions today.
Hon. Dr. Emmanuel Marfo also commended Okyeame Kwame and the climate clock team for taking up this very important subject and involving future generations by conscientising them.
The UN Resident Coordinator lauded Okyeame Kwame for taking on this very important task saying “his activism must go beyond regional level”.
The climate walk organised was in observation of the Climate Emergency Day which is on every 22nd July.
After the walk, the students, teachers and activists were all refreshed with Ekumfi juice to support the initiative.
A delegation, led by Okyeame Kwame and his family, after the Climate walk, also paid a courtesy call on the Chargér de Affaires of the Embassy of the UAE, His Excellency, Amer Al Alalawi.
Together with Nakeeyat Dramani Sam; Youth Climate Advocate, Portia Adu Mensah; lead advocate, Climate Clock – Ghana and a group of media practitioners to speak about youth representation at COP28 to be hosted by the UAE in Dubai in November.
Speaking to the delegation, His Excellency appreciated the visit and mentioned that NGOs and civil societies advocating climate change must come together and present a single petition to the embassy so that the embassy can work with them as a unit.
He also commended Okyeame Kwame and the team for caring about the environment and sharing the vision of the UAE as well.
The climate clock, from the 14th July to 20th July, visited Kwabenya Senior High School, St John’s Grammer High School, Kaneshie Cluster of schools, St. Martin De Porres, to speak to over 1500 students using the figures of the clock to explain the climate emergency and the need for action now.
The Climate Emergency Day is today, 22nd July and Okyeame Kwame will be joined by other climate activists on Facebook and Instagram to observe the countdown of the climate clock to 5 years.
Later in the day, the conversation will be migrated to Twitter spaces hosted by Kwame Dadzie where Twitter audiences will meet scientists to discuss the theme “What Can We Do To Increase Our Lifeline”.
The panellists of the discussion will include Dr. Charles Abani; UN Resident Coordinator, Dr. Tutu Benefo; Head of Climate Change – EPA, Bossman Owusu Jnr’ Country Director – Solidaridad, Dr Winston Asante; Climate Consultant, Gan Golan; Chief Strategy Officer – Climate Clock, Portia Adu Mensah; Lead Advocate – Climate Clock, Michael David; Executive Director – GIFSEP and Okyeame Kwame, musician and Climate Ambassador.
The walk was organised by Okyeame Kwame Foundation in partnership with Accra Metropolitan Assembly and sponsored by Ekumfi Juice.
Source: /Ghana
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