Environmental advocates say Ghana's floods are behavioral disasters, not natural

Ghana’s floods are behavioural disasters, not natural ones – Environmental advocates

For decades, heavy rainfall and climate change have been blamed for the devastating floods that repeatedly affect communities across Ghana. But some young environmental advocates believe the real problem begins long before the rains arrive. Speaking during the second edition of the Loud and Green XSpaces hosted on the JoyNews X platform, they argued that recurring floods are increasingly the result of human behaviour, poor waste management practices and weak environmental consciousness. Acc...

By Caleb Ahinakwah