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E-Mobility Policy Working Group: Advancing Sustainable Transportation in Ghana

As part of its NDCs, Ghana aims to reduce CO2 emissions from the transport sector through the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs). EVs are an increasingly popular and energy-efficient transportation technology, their widespread uptake to replace the Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) is now widely seen as inevitable. Recognizing these benefits, the Government of Ghana aims to transition to a net-zero emission transport sector by developing and implementing several policy measures and initiatives.

In collaboration with the Ghanian Environmental Protection Agency and the Regional Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (RCEES) at the University of Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), UNEP and its partner National Technical Institution (NTI) organized a high-level stakeholder workshop in Accra. The purpose was to present the outcomes of the NDC Action Project, with a focus on launching a strategy to boost the market for solar powered irrigation systems (SPIS) in Ghana including an investment plan and the concept note for financing.

The NDC Action project in Ghana through its National Technical Institution, the Regional Centre for Energy and Environmental Sustainability (RCEES), hosted by the University for Energy and Natural Resources (UENR), kicked off a two-week technical and financial training on Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS) for key stakeholders including smallholder farmers from Monday 12^th- Wednesday 21^st February 2024.

UNEP and its partner organizations, UNEP-CCC and BASE, embarked on a mission to Ghana from 22nd to 26th of May 2023 as part of the NDC Action project. The goal of the mission was to carry out stakeholder consultation sessions, hold bilateral meetings with stakeholders to gather relevant information, and raise interest to engage them in the program going forward.

At the Ghana Pavilion of COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, the NDC Action Project, in cooperation of the Ghanian government, organised a panel titled Partnerships and Strategies for Investing in Innovation Low-carbon Technologies: A Focus on Ghana’s Plans for Urban Electric Buses.

The event, attended by government entities, financial institutions, civil society and other actors, provided an insight into Ghana’s plans on e-mobility, fleet renewal, and public transport reforms.