Environment and Climate Reporting Archives - Page 3 of 16

Experts Say Protecting Nature Is Key to Surviving Climate Change

By Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon, climate correspondent with New Narratives Summary A few nights before a high level climate dialogue convened in Monrovia last week, a violent windstorm tore through Gomue Village, Zota District, Bong County in, what experts said, was an ominous reminder of the stakes for Liberians across the country as climate change worsens. Roofs were shredded;…

Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon
Frontpage Africa

Experts Say Liberia Must Strengthen Governance to Unlock Global Climate Funding as Government Moves to Implement Climate Commitments

Liberia is at risk of losing millions in global climate funding as experts warn the country must urgently strengthen its environmental governance, after years of stalled projects left coastal communities, farmers and vulnerable families exposed to rising seas and unpredictable weather; now, with leaders and partners meeting in Monrovia to chart a new path, many…

Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon
Video

Experts Say Liberia Must Strengthen Governance to Unlock Global Climate Funding as Government Moves to Implement Climate Commitments

By Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon, climate change correspondent with New Narratives Summary Liberia risks missing out on millions of dollars in international climate financing unless it strengthens its environmental governance systems, a Liberian climate expert has warned. Isaac Nyaneyon Kannah Teah, a Liberian climate expert with a master’s degree in geoscience from Cadi Ayyad University in Morocco,…

Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon
Frontpage Africa

“Doctors thought I smoked weed”: the women trapped in Ghana’s charcoal trade

Margaret Awuni sits close to a heap of burning wood, her face masked by despair. Thick smoke curls around her as she coughs again and again as the wood burns down to charcoal that she then sells to workers here. Awuni, 48, has been doing this work since she lost her job as a trader…

Lordina Agyemang
Asaase Radio

The Hidden Health Risks Facing Clothing Recyclers in a World Flooded With Plastic Fibers

By Albert Oppong-Ansah Not too long ago, every morning would have found Linda seated next to her friend Ruth Odom, at their small stalls at Accra’s Kantamanto market, in one of the largest secondhand clothing markets in the world. Before them would lie piles of clothes in different colours and sizes – polo shirts,…

Albert Oppong-Ansah
Ghana News Agency

The wind brings dust — and death; Experts say northern Ghana’s Meningitis crisis is predictable and preventable

By Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith Summary Adinboyi Abugre leads a small group of reporters and health workers down a dusty path to his home – past unfinished cement block structures, close-packed houses, and a wide stretch of earth where his family grows food during the rainy season. Inside, Abugre taps his wife on the shoulder….

Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith
A1 Radio

Breathing death: Health experts warn of looming crisis as toxic air in illegal mining kills and sickens miners

For 15 years, Abass Salifu toiled deep underground at illegal mining sites around Kumasi. The work paid well. He built two houses and provided comfortably for his wife and two children. But in 2025, everything changed. He began coughing uncontrollably. Soon, he was coughing blood. By January this year, Salifu had died. “I wish I…

Prince Owusu Asiedu
Adom Online

Experts Warn of Health Risk as Hungry People Eat a Dead Whale

A dead baby whale washed ashore at Sheri Beach in Congo Town on February 11, its head tightly entangled in a fishing net, drawing more than a thousand people who quickly cut the carcass apart for food before authorities arrived the next day. The incident exposed major gaps in Liberia’s coastal protection system—weak enforcement of…

Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon
Video

Experts Warn of Health Risk as Hungry People Eat a Dead Whale

By Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon, environment correspondent with New Narratives Summary CONGO TOWN, Monrovia-The morning of February 11 started like most mornings at here at Sheri Beach on the shoreline of the capital – the slow crash of Atlantic waves, the smell of salt and diesel. Then someone spotted something enormous at the water’s edge: A baby…

Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon
Frontpage Africa

A Lack of Trash Management Leaves Rural Liberians Battling Health Impacts

We all know waste management is a crisis in Monrovia and Paynesville where mounds of trash line streets and block drainage causing major headaches. But it’s also a problem across rural Liberia where there is very little or no waste collection at all. People are forced to burn their trash adding to air pollution and…

Glora Wleh
Radio

10 Dead, More Than 30 Missing in River Cess Mine Collapse

Video by Eric Opa Doue with New Narratives The mudslide in Chio Town has now claimed 11 lives, deepening the grief of a community already struggling to survive as injured residents receive little to no financial support. Survivors describe a night of chaos in which families dug through collapsing earth with their bare hands to…

Eric Opa Doue
Video

Flood Victims Angry as Disaster Agency Aid Vanishes and No Help Arrives Six Months After Floods

Flood impacted communities in Liberia say they feel abandoned by government.They have accused the Disaster Management Agency staff of stealing aid en route.As Eric Opa Duoe, New Narratives’ senior correspondent reports, experts say much more needs to be done to protect communities as climate change makes rainy seasons more deadly. New Narratives’ Eric Opa Doue…

Eric Opa Doue
Radio

Ghana’s buses are filling with toxic fumes — and experts say passengers are paying the price

Every year, Ghanaians take millions of trips across the country in long distance buses. For most, it’s an affordable and convenient way to travel. But what many don’t know is that the air they’re breathing inside these buses could be making them sick. Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith reports in this social media Video. To read…

Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith
Video

How the theft of a small engine part is fueling pollution, crime, and a deadly health crisis

Ghana’s air pollution crisis is getting worse in ways many people don’t see. The growing theft of catalytic converters and other small engine parts isn’t just petty crime—it’s fueling a dangerous underground market with real public‑health consequences. When these components are removed, cars and motorbikes pump out toxic emissions far above legal limits, filling the…

Caleb Ahinakwah
Video

How Dirty Air Is Quietly Damaging Hearts in Ghana

By Jennifer Ambolley TEMA, Accra —Before dawn, Christabel Addo, would lift the shutters of her provision shop in Community 8. By 6 a.m., the narrow roadside was already choked with trotros belching dark smoke, taxis idling impatiently, and heavy-duty trucks grinding past on their way to the nearby industrial area. “Once the traffic starts, the air changes,” says the 46-year-old former Junior…

Jennifer Ambolley
The Chronicle

How Dirty Air Is Quietly Damaging Hearts in Ghana

Dirty air is quietly damaging the hearts of millions of Ghanaians. When we think about air pollution, we often picture coughing, asthma, or smoggy skies. But what is far more dangerous and far less visible — is how polluted air is silently attacking the heart and blood vessels. Jennifer Ambolley reports in this social media…

Jennifer Ambolley
Video

Experts say missing engine part in most Ghanaian vehicles polluting air, sickening people

Experts are warning that many vehicles in Ghana are operating without catalytic converters—an essential engine component that reduces harmful exhaust emissions—contributing significantly to air pollution and serious health risks. Without this device, vehicles release toxic gases directly into the atmosphere, worsening air quality and increasing cases of respiratory illnesses, especially among drivers, roadside traders, commuters,…

Mahmud Mahammed-Nurudeen
Video

Experts say missing engine part in most Ghanaian vehicles polluting air, sickening people

By Mahmud Mohammed-Nurudeen with New Narratives Every breath in Ghana’s cities now carries a silent threat. According to experts, thousands of vehicles are moving without catalytic converters — a small but essential device that filters dangerous gases before they reach the air we all breathe. Many drivers remove it for what they mistakenly believe will…

Mahmud Mahammed-Nurudeen
MyJoyonline

Liberia’s Wetlands Under Threat as EPA Sounds Alarm on World Wetlands Day

By Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon, New Narrative Climate and Enviromental Reporter Summary · Liberia’s wetlands are rapidly disappearing due to illegal settlements, weak enforcement of environmental laws, and public neglect, with the Mesurado Wetlands in Greater Monrovia among the hardest hit, environmental authorities warned during World Wetlands Day. · EPA officials revealed severe ecological damage, including…

Nemenlah Cyrus Harmon
Frontpage Africa

Ghana spends billions treating chronic diseases but fails to tackle the air pollution causing them

By Kingsley E. Hope The science is clear: every breath of polluted air is an assault on the human body. Tiny particles in dirty air are so minute that they pass deep into the lungs and enter the bloodstream. Doctors say these particles can damage the heart, raise the risk of stroke and diabetes, and…

Kindsley E. Hope
Ghanaian Times

Diesel, dust and death: How Ghana’s reliance on trucks over rail is fueling a public health crisis

Every day, diesel fumes choke Ghana’s highways. Thousands are dying. Children breathe air 100%more polluted than kids abroad. Ghana had the solution decades ago-railways that could move freight cleanly and efficiently. But broken promises and stalled projects left the country with less than 1% of cargo on rail. The cost? Ghana’s health, roads and future….

Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith
Video