Domestication of International Law on the Environment and Climate Change in Ghana: Challenges and Prospects

Francis Kofi Korankye-Sakyi, Peter Atudiwe Atupare, Elijah Tukwariba Yin

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Abstract

International climate law and governance have evolved with many critical issues at play on compliance and accountability. To address such issues, climate change has been tackled with global legislation (treaties, protocols) and policies with the view of addressing the climate crisis. It has been observed that good climate governance has a direct impact on sustainability and development. Notwithstanding, national legislation on climate change in Ghana has received little attention in terms of assessing their standards, compliance and accountability measures with international minimum standards. The chapter adopted a desktop research approach to analyse the existing literature on climate law and governance in Ghana. It argued that international law on climate change has implications on enhancing the legislative, policy and institutional architecture of Ghana’s climate action towards compliance and accountability. The chapter concludes that, in the milieu of the current global development paradigm, a call for effective and enduring national climate legal architecture is timeliest.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDemocratic Governance, Law, and Development in Africa
Subtitle of host publicationPragmatism, Experiments, and Prospects
PublisherSpringer International Publishing
Pages609-636
Number of pages28
ISBN (Electronic)9783031153976
ISBN (Print)9783031153969
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2022

Keywords

  • Climate change
  • Environmental law
  • Ghana
  • International law
  • Sustainability

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