Ghana

In line with Article 4 of the Paris Agreement and UNFCCC decisions 1/CP.21 and 4/CMA.1, Ghana has updated its nationally determined contribution under the Paris Agreement from 2020 to 2030. Considering its unique circumstances. The updated nationally determined contribution highlights ambition across mitigation, adaptation and finance by prioritizing the concrete climate interventions.

The updated NDC has undergone high-level political consideration and approval processes and has been transmit to the UNFCCC secretariat for inclusion into the next round of the NDC synthesis report. In this regard. Ghana has developed 19 policy actions in 10 priority areas to achieve nationally determined contribution goals in the next decade. The l9 policy actions translate into l3 adaptation and 34 mitigation programmes of action. The 13 adaptation measures are divided into seven unconditional and six conditional programmes of action. For the 34 mitigation measures, Ghana aims to implement nine unconditional programmes of action that would result in 8.5 MtCO2e GHG reductions by 2025 and a further 24.6 MtCO2e by 2030 compared to the 2020-2030 cumulative emissions in a baseline scenario. Ghana can also adopt additional 25 conditional programmes of action that have the potential to achieve 16.7 MtCO2e by 2025 and 39.4 MtCO2e by 2030 if financial support from the international and private sector is made available to cover the full cost for implementation.

Ghana requires between US$ 9.3 and US$ 15.5 billion of investment to implement the 47 nationally determined contribution measures from 2020 to 2030 according to the updated NDC document. US$ 3.9 billion would be required to implement the 16 unconditional programmes of action till 2030. The remaining US$ 5.4 billion for the 31 conditional programmes of action would be mobilized from the public, international, and private sector sources and carbon markets. Ghana will also need an additional US$ 3 million biennially to support coordination actions and the regular international reporting of the nationally determined contributions.