About Us
WHO ARE WE?
At the Pan African Centre for Climate Policy (PACC Policy), we are committed to fostering sustainable development and effective climate governance across Africa. Our diverse team of passionate climate enthusiasts brings together a wealth of expertise to advocate for, preserve, and conserve the African environment. We prioritize collaboration and engagement with various stakeholders to enhance awareness and drive meaningful policy changes that empower resilient communities facing the challenges of climate change. Guided by systematic thinking and aligned with both national policies and international frameworks, we strive to create a sustainable future for all Africans through innovative solutions and proactive environmental stewardship.
OUR HISTORY
At the Paris climate conference (COP21) in December 2015, 195 countries adopted the first-ever universal, legally binding global climate deal. The agreement, which is due to enter into force in 2020 sets out a global action plan to put the world on track to avoid dangerous climate change by limiting global warming to well below 2°C. The Pan African Centre for Climate (PACC) Policy was formed based on the policy direction of COP21, which our team of experts believes strongly, is the best way to go. We also believe that the Paris agreement will be met only when strong networks and organizations like PACC Policy with the expertise in climate issues and passion to drive the implementation of the Paris agreement through research and development, partnership, advocacy building and orientation, good governance, and social accountability.
OUR TEAM
Executive Director
Country Director, Ghana
Director of Programs
Faith Appoh
International Volunteer Coodinator
Bismark Eshun
Web Developer and Social Media Manager
ADVISORY TEAM
WHAT WE ARE DOING
MISSION STATEMENT
Our mission is to enhance awareness of climate policies across African countries and promote the dissemination of climate change mitigation, adaptation, and resilience strategies, in alignment with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), through the training of climate change corps, educators, and reporters.
VISION STATEMENT
To Achieve for Africa a cleaner and safer environment.
OUR APPROACH
We believe in working with community-based organizations, government and non-governmental organisations, private practitioners, environmental rights groups and individual planners to prioritize and plan for adaptive measures and interventions within an international framework. Our integrated approach lies on the premise that climate change affects all sectors (health, tourism and development, gender and culture, housing, agro ecological, town and country planning). Given that nearly two thirds of those earning less than $1.25 a day in developing nations across Africa make a living from agriculture – an industry directly affected by climate change – rural communities will be one of our key focus for our social intervention initiatives.
OUR FOCUS
- Dialogue with community as stakeholders to raise their awareness for collective participation and promote environmental sustainability
- Set up an independent taskforce to monitor a country’s specific Paris Agreement initiatives through efforts of local partners and trained climate change activists
- Establish working relations and linkages with public and private institutions working on environmental and climate change projects
- Discuss regional policies on environment with focus on climate change mitigation and adaptation
- Organize public events and campaigns to raise awareness and public support on environmental sustainability and climate change
- Work with women groups to empower them on resilience and adaptation against climate change
- Raise awareness on renewable energy policies as they relate to climate change and environment
- Encourage innovation in solar energy through research
- Establish climate change volunteer youth campus corps chapters in schools across Africa.
- Work with state institutions (legislative arm of governments) on the stated and agreed objective of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to prevent dangerous levels of human interference with the climate system.
- Work with farmers to tackle climate change by educating them on environmentally friendly methods of farming.
BECOME A VOLUNTEER
The “Inspire the Rural Dweller” programme is designed to recruit and place qualified volunteers directly with PACC Policy local partners working on projects that seek to address environmental, health and social problems affecting communities.