By Emmanuel Gamson

Takoradi, Aug. 22, GNA – The Sekondi–Takoradi Metropolitan Assembly (STMA) is preparing a Sustainable Energy Access and Climate Action Plan (SEACAP) to fight against climate change and its associated effects within the Metropolis.

The SEACAP, being prepared with support from the Covenant of Mayors in Sub-Saharan Africa (CoM SSA), seeks to map out a scientifically grounded strategic framework for climate adaptation, mitigation, and access to affordable clean energy, and harnessing innovative tools for resource-efficient planning.

In Ghana, CoM SSA is co-funded by the European Union and the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).

As part of activities to formulate the action plan, the STMA has organised a three-day validation workshop, which was attended by stakeholders, in Takoradi, to seek their input to set appropriate actions and targets to finalise the SEACAP document.

Mr Abdul-Mumin Issah, the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE), speaking at the opening of the workshop, said the SEACAP represented a bold and strategic response to tackling the complex challenges posed by climate change in the metropolis.

He said it was also in line with the STMA’s vision to build a twin city of Sekondi-Takoradi that was not only sustainable but also inclusive, prosperous, and resilient against climate change.