For 35 years, AAG, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has been at the forefront of promoting social justice, challenging inequality, defending rights, and amplifying the voices of marginalized communities and people in the country.

Mr Denkyira explained that capturing or infusing mitigation and adaptation actions into the MMDAs plans would greatly enable the nation to tackle climate change impacts head-on, and thereby put Ghana on the edge to attain the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 11 and 13.

The global goals 11 and 13, respectively, focus on Sustainable Cities and Communities and Climate Action. SDG 11 aims to make cities inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable, while SDG 13 addresses the urgent need to combat climate change and its impacts.

In an interview with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Sunyani, Mr Denyira said climate change impacts affected all sectors of the economy from health to economics, and from children to adults, He said it was therefore imperative for the MMDAs to involve everybody, men and women, boys and girls in the implementation of mitigations and adaptation actions at both the local, regional and national levels.

Mr Denkyira indicated that MMDAs played an instrumental role in mitigating climate change impacts at the community levels, worrying that the impacts were well felt in the country.

The AAG Programmes Manager noted that farming was becoming unattractive for the youth, partly due to climate change impacts, saying if the MMDAs spearheaded mitigations and adaptation measures, the nation could tackle the impacts and thereby build a more resilient society for all.

Mr Denyira said the AAG remained committed and would continue to support the nation in addressing the devastating effects of climate change in the local communities.