On March 10th, 2023, the C4C Team ignited environmental awareness among the young students of Nsonyameye Basic School in Asante Akim Municipality. The event aimed to deepen the students’ understanding of the environment, its significance, and their role in safeguarding it.The team encouraged the students to share their perceptions and personal connections to the environment. […]
The Strategic Youth Network for Development has advised financial institutions in Ghana to only fund environment-friendly projects to protect the environment as the world grapples with climate crisis. This achieves the rationale of the ‘No Go Policy’, which explains that banks’ financing policy for projects and programmes may have dire consequences on the sustainability of […]
Strategic Youth Network for Development (SYND) has held an inception meeting in Accra to officially kick-start its capacity-building-driven programme for 25 young green entrepreneurs. Developed in 2021, the programme aims to position Young Green Entrepreneurs (YGEs) as catalysts for promoting and developing the country’s rich renewable energy resources for sustainable economic growth, contributing to improved […]
In a proactive move to assess the implications of the proposed new bill by the Government of Ghana, Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) working within the Natural Resources and Environmental sector came together in a two-day stakeholders’ consultative meeting. Organized by EcoCare Ghana, in collaboration with the Strategic Youth Network for Development and the KASA Initiative, […]
SYND Ghana has initiated a forest restoration project in Agogo to revive 200 hectares of degraded forest at Nsonyameye. This project is led by Prince Yaw Yeboah Okyere.The first phase of the project encompasses 5 hectares of land. The primary objective of the project is to restore the land to its original ecological state using a […]
Chibeze Ezekiel, a co-founder of 350 Ghana Reducing Our Carbon (350-GROC), has been appointed to the governing body of 350.org. 350 G-ROC is the local chapter of 350.org and has been actively involved in the mobilisation of youth for advocacy on climate change and renewable energy development in Ghana.Ezekiel Chibeze successfully led the anti-coal campaign […]
A one-day workshop on integrating Renewable Energy (RE) actions and strategies into the Medium-Term Development Plan of Metropolitan Municipal and District Assemblies in the Greater Accra Metropolitan Area (GAMA) has ended in Accra. The seminar called on participants to pay attention to local emission sources. The workshop which was organised by the Accra Metropolitan Assembly […]
A Ghanaian Environmentalist, Chibeze Ezekiel has been appointed to the Panel of International Experts on the Environment of Peace 2022 (EP2022) project. The Executive Coordinator of the Strategic Youth Network for Development (SYND) will serve as a panel member. The EP2022 project is an ambitious new initiative that aims to increase global understanding of the impacts […]
The Strategic Youth Network for Development (SYND Ghana), in collaboration with the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP) has empowered young people to advocate for a transition to renewable energy. The two-day workshop hosted by ACEP in North Legon trained participants on developing policy briefs and using research to effect change. The Executive Director of […]