Ghana

Status under International Climate Change Law

• UNFCCC: signature (12 June 1992) and ratification (6 Sept 1995)
• KP: ratification (30 May 2003)
  Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment: NA
• Vienna Convention: accession (24 July 1989)
• Montreal Protocol: signature (16 Sept 1987) and ratification (24 July 1989)
• LRTAP: NA
• Energy Charter: NA
• Energy Efficiency Protocol: NA
• Espoo Convention: NA

Federal Laws on Climate Change

Energy

• Renewable Energy Act (Act 832) (2011) [English]
• National Energy Policy (2010) [English]

Forests and Land Use

• Forest Protection Decree (1974) [English] (Amended 2002)
• Trees and Timber Act (1974) [Engish] (Amended 1994)
• Timber Resources Management Act (1998) [English] (Amended 2002)
• Timber Resources Management Regulations (1998) [English] (Amended 2003)

Environmental Impact Assessment

• Environmental Protection Agency Act (1994) [English]
• Environmental Assessment Regulations (1999) [English] (Amended 2002)

Others

• Environmental Protection Agency Act (1994) [English]
• National Disaster Management Organization Act (No. 517) (1996) [English]

Government Documents

• First National Communication to the UNFCCC (2001) [English]
• Strategic National Energy Plan (2006) [English]
• Ghana Goes for Green Growth (2010) [English]
• Shared Growth and Development Agenda (2010) [English]
• Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (2010) [English]
• Second National Communication to the UNFCCC (2011) [English]
• National Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report for 1990-2006 (2011) [English]
• UNEP/UNDP Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa, National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

Factual Matters

• United Nations Statistics Division, Environmental Statistics Snapshot (2013)

NGO Resources

• UNEP/UNDP Programme for Sub-Saharan Africa, National Climate Change Adaptation Strategy

Secondary Sources

• Würtenberger, L., Initiatives related to climate change in Ghana (2011)

Summaries of legislation compiled from Nachmany, M., et al. 2014. “The GLOBE Climate Legislation Study: A Review of Climate Change Legislation in 66 Countries. Fourth Edition.” London: GLOBE International and the Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics.

Updated as of: December 31, 2014