This represents Ghana’s commitment to fulfilling its international obligations to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The INDC and accompanied explanatory note thus seeks to ensure clarity, transparency, and understanding of Ghana’s contributions to the UNFCCC and the Kyoto protocol on climate change mitigation.

A set of regulations that outline the processes involved in applying for a permit, and what needs to be done after acquiring the permit. For example, delivering a report on the land that the permit holder possesses. The regulations also list the sources of applicant complaints and environmental offences.

Makes changes to the Environmental Assessment Regulations of 1999; specifically on fees for environmental certificates and permits.

An Act to control and prevent the disposal of oil into the sea and other water bodies.

Makes amendments to Sections 4-6 and Regulations 9 and 14 of the Wildlife Conservation Act of 1971.

The amendment changes the monetary figures in section four of the Trees and Timber Decree, 1974.

It is a regulatory act that sets up the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Hazardous Committee, and the National Environmental Fund, among others. In the Act, specific functions of the EPA and the Hazardous Committee are detailed, as well as the uses of the fund and regulations on pesticide use.

An act that establishes the National Petroleum Authority and defines its membership and functions. The Act also outlines: licensing related matters; functions of petroleum service providers; fair use of oil (e.g. preventing the formation of business cartels); petroleum offences, and how managing complaints.

An act to provide for the establishment of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation and for related matters. It also defines the functions of the Corporation, its board of directors and their tenure of office, functions of the Board, and how the Corporation can generate funds and operate as a company.

The National Action Programme explores avenues of halting desertification in Ghana. It places a premium on integration of plans, institutions, and stakeholders, in the form of a community of practice, to deepen and sustain interventions.

The National Climate Change Policy is to provide direction to stakeholders and coordinate all climate change interventions and activities in Ghana. Its ultimate goal is to ensure a climate resilient and climate compatible economy while achieving sustainable development through equitable low carbon economic growth for Ghana, on the path to attaining the status of a full-fledged middle-income country. The objectives of the policy are effective adaptation and social development and mitigation, while the thematic areas upon which they are premised are: energy and infrastructure, natural resources management, agriculture and food security, and disaster preparedness and response.

The objective of the National Environmental Policy is sustainable development, aimed at ensuring citizens’ quality of life and their living and working environments, equal access to land and other natural resources, more efficient use of social, cultural and natural resources, public participation and environmental governance. Among others, it also tackles sustainable use of the land in an agricultural economy in an environmentally sustainable and socially equitable manner.

The regulations make provisions for the appointment of the National Biosafety Committee as the national focal point on biosafety for purposes of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. It defines the functions, powers and duties of the Committee.

The act establishes the Ghana Meteorological Agency with its powers and responsibilities. It is charged with advising the government on meteorological issues, issuing weather reports and forecasts, approving the establishment of a meteorological station, advising the country on weather situations, and providing consultancy services, among other key functions.

The regulations apply to existing and proposed dams determined by the Water Resources Commission to have a safety risk. The dam safety unit, established by these regulations will see to reviewing and approving of safety procedures and guidelines, inspection and classification of dams, and creation of public awareness, among others.

The revised environmental sanitation policy sets the gaze of the government on attaining the goals enshrined in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It seeks to address the challenges and deficiencies of the 1999 policy. The revised policy broadens the ‘polluter-pays’ concept through legislation, as a means to raise finance for environmental sanitation. It emphasizes waste data collection for research and development and strengthening the capacity of environmental actors, among others.

A guide for efficient environmental impact assessment in Ethiopia. The assessment aims to maximally predict and manage the effects of developmental operations and activities on the environment. It seeks to ensure transparency and accountability, as well as ensure the general public take part in decisions and processes that affect their immediate environment.

The regulations are made under the marine living resources act of 1998. Its objectives include: to protect and conserve the marine environment and the marine biodiversity in the Amathole region, and to provide a sanctuary for species impacted by boat-based exploitation, among others.

The government of Ethiopia acknowledges the need to start protecting the environment and the people from the negative effects of climate change. This is outlined in the country’s goal of a green economy as contained in the Growth and Transformation Plan. This vision highlights the goal and framework to build a CRGE by 2025.

This policy chiefly covers Ethiopia’s natural resource base and the environment. It recognizes the depleted state of the country’s renewable natural resources that include land, water, forests, trees, and other forms of biodiversity. “The overall goal of this policy is to improve and enhance the health and quality of life of all Ethiopians; to promote sustainable social and economic development through the sound management and use of natural, human-made and cultural resources and the environment”.