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Taxing windfall profits of fossil fuels and financial companies can boost climate finance

As millionaires and billionaires fly in to Davos this week to discuss the state of the world, efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change are desperately underfunded. Long-term solutions to ensure

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Climate-wrecking firms make billions in ‘surplus’ profits, new ActionAid report shows

• 36 top companies in the fossil fuels and financial sector, often funding fossil fuel use, made over US$420 billion in windfall profits in the 24 months preceding July 2023.
• A tax of 90% on these

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ActionAid Ghana Begins Its National Social Norms And Behaviour Change Campaign On Selected National Television Stations

ActionAid Ghana has begun its National Social Norms and Behaviour Change Campaign in a bid to increase public awareness of violence as well as end gender-based violence in communities. This initiative

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Ghana and Cameroon, with ActionAid Ghana's support, co-hosted the Africa Region Intersessional Consultation on the United Nations Legally Binding Instrument for Transnational Corporations and Business Enterprises.

The governments of Ghana and Cameroon, with support from ActionAid Ghana, co-hosted the Africa Region Intersessional Consultation in Accra on the United Nations Legally Binding Instrument to Regulate

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ActionAid Ghana joins over 500 Civil Society Organizations at the Africa Climate Summit to deliberate on green growth and climate finance solutions for Africa and the world.

ActionAid Ghana (AAG) joins over 500 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs)in Nairobi, Kenya, today, September 1, 2023, for the African Climate Week and Summit to explore ways to reduce greenhouse gas

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The causes fueling the climate crisis are receiving 20 times more financing than the solutions, new groundbreaking report by ActionAid reveals

A new report reveals for the first time that the world’s banks including HSBC, Citigroup and Barclays are channeling an astounding 20 times more finance into the major causes of climate change than

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Empowering Ghanaian Journalists to Promote Decent Work and Social Protection

The training sought to improve the knowledge of journalists on decent work principles, UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and existing social protection schemes in Ghana. It also

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Coalition Against Witchcraft Accusation Celebrates Parliament's Historic Passage of the Criminal Offences Amendment Bill, 2022, Proscribing Witchcraft Accusation

The passage of this vital bill demonstrates Ghana's commitment to addressing a deeply rooted societal menace that has caused immense suffering and injustice to countless innocent lives. For far too

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ActionAid report: Food and fuel prices skyrocket up to tenfold in world’s most marginalised communities since war in Ukraine

The cost of food, fuel and fertiliser in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities is continuing to escalate to crisis levels since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with families spending up to ten

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ActionAid Ghana Commemorates the Day of the African Child

This year's theme, "The Rights of the Child in a Digital Environment," resonates deeply with ActionAid's commitment to ensuring every child has equal opportunities to thrive. In line with our mission