Climate Change: Canada to help Togo and three other West African countries better collect and process climate data
Wednesday, 01 June 2022 17:13 
(Togo First) - Canada will grant $20 million (about CFA12 billion) to four West African countries–Togo, Ghana, Liberia, and Gambia–to help them build the capacity of their national climate measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) systems.
The announcement was made last week by the Canadian minister of environment and climate change, Steven Guilbeault, during an official visit to Ghana. On the occasion, Guilbeault met with the Ghanaian ministers of environment and lands, Kwaku Afriyie and Benito Owusu-Bio, respectively.
The financing will help beneficiaries develop strong and effective mitigation policies and actions against climate challenges, by helping them get transparent, accurate, and comparable information on emission sources. It (the financing) will be administered by NovaSphere, a Canadian non-profit organization, which will “help the countries track emission reduction progress as they work towards achieving their goals under the Paris Agreement,” according to a statement of the Canadian government.
“NovaSphere is honoured to be collaborating with the Government of Canada to support implementation of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and climate governance with partner countries Ghana, Liberia, The Gambia, and Togo”, commented Tom Baumann, CEO of NovaSphere.
The non-profit deploys targeted technical and financial support for climate governance to help build the capacity needed to establish effective and efficient measurement, reporting, and verification.
It will also help Togo and the other countries better secure financing to implement their respective NDCs.
Ayi Renaud Dossavi
