Ghana will tap climate finance to address the long-term effects of climate change on the economy after excess water spillage from the country’s biggest hydroelectric dam displaced 40 000 people, Minister of Finance Ken Ofori-atta said. in a statement on the ministry’s website.
The “government is working with VRA to expand the adaptive capacity of the Akosombo Dam to forestall incidences of this nature in the future,” Ofori-Atta said in the statement. The ministry will set aside 160 million cedis to rebuild the communities that have been submerged and support households that have been displaced, he said. © 2023 Bloomberg