Joshua Amponsem
Joshua Amponsem | |
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| Born | 8 August 1991 Obuasi |
| Nationality | Ghanaian |
| Education | United Nations University, Institute of Environment and Human Security |
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| Organization | Green Africa Youth Organization |
Joshua Amponsem is a Ghanaian climate advocate and the founder of Green Africa Youth Organization (GAYO).[1][2] He is the climate specialist[3] at the office of the UN secretary-general’s Envoy on Youth.[4] He is also a co-author of the first-ever paper written on youth[5] and climate adaptation.[6][7][8] Joshua as the executive director of GAYO focuses on resistance building, risk reduction, and climate change adaptation.[9][10]
Initiatives
He has been an adaptation fellow at the Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) since 2020.[11] Joshua studied MSc in Geography of Environmental Risks and Human Security offered by UNU-EHS[12] at the University of Bonn.[13][14] He has led several community-support projects to engineer sustainable development and launched various climate initiatives in Ghana.[15][16] He attends key UN events and summits as a speaker to discuss the importance of youth participation in climate adaptation policies.[17][18][19] He was one of judges of Afri-Plastics Challenge initiative where he called for investing in waste management innovation to tackle plastic pollution.[20][21][22][23][24][25] He attended Youth participation Event as moderator, held in Stockholm on 2-3 June, 2022 as part of The Stockholm+50 program.[26]
References
- ↑ "Joshua Amponsem, Founder, Green Africa Youth Organization". The World Economic Forum.
- ↑ "Joshua Amponsem Climate Lead". Bloomberg Philanthropies.
- ↑ "Eating and drinking are poisonous! Ghana's "electronic cemetery" is covered in heavy metal". Sanli News. 26 July 2016.
- ↑ "Climate and Health: Empowering Women and Youth to Drive Climate Solutions". AHAIC. 9 March 2021.
- ↑ "How African youth are helping to define climate adaptation". Climate Home News. 9 February 2022.
- ↑ "International Youth Day: engaging youth for climate action". UNU-EHS. August 12, 2020.
- ↑ Sato, Mayumi (29 July 2021). "In Ghana, two young men are changing what climate justice looks like in the Global South". Landscape News.
- ↑ "Climate activist Joshua Amponsem urges world leaders to prioritize climate adaptation". GhanaWeb. 26 January 2021.
- ↑ "Youth4ClimateLive Episode 8: Driving Adaptation and Resilience". UNEP. 22 January 2021.
- ↑ "Adapt for our Future: Youth and Climate Change Adaptation". Global Center on Adaptation. 24 August 2019.
- ↑ "Global Center for Adaptation (GCA): high-level speakers call for a strong and efficient partnership for the adaptation of the African continent in the face of climate change". Alwihda Info. 17 September 2020.
- ↑ "International Youth Day: engaging youth for climate action". UNU-EHS. 12 August 2020.
- ↑ "Joshua Amponsem's Lab". ResearchGate.
- ↑ "Impulsouth brings together initiatives empowering youth during the ACW 2021". Impulsouth.
- ↑ "Ghana launches Youth Climate Council". Africa Climate Reports. 25 September 2021.
- ↑ "Ecology versus economy in Ghana". Deutsche Welle. 27 July 2017.
- ↑ "UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE - DECEMBER 2019". UNFCCC.
- ↑ "Youth, community and green jobs in the developing world". SNV.
- ↑ "Virtual workshop: Youth engagement to enhance adaptation action". UNFCCC TEP-A. 14 July 2020.
- ↑ Bellefeuille, Lauren (22 September 2021). "Afri-Plastics Challenge: Meet Our Judges". Afri-Plastics Challenge.
- ↑ Cheam, Jessica (1 June 2022). "The Global Plastics Treaty: We need speed, standards, scale and teeth". Eco-Business.com.
- ↑ Waruru, Maina (1 March 2022). "UNEA 5.2: UN assembly to come up with an agreement on plastic pollution". Down to Earth (magazine).
- ↑ "Africa's rural communities to be hardest hit by plastic pollution". ESI Africa. 25 March 2022.
- ↑ "Africa's rural communities will be hardest hit by plastic pollution". EnviroNews Nigeria. 23 March 2022.
- ↑ "Should Ghana ban plastic?". Deutsche Welle. 13 January 2017.
- ↑ "Co-writing the Future: International success stories of youth participation". Stockholm+50.
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