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Parliament Passes Environment Protection Bill

Ghana’s Parliament on Thursday, January 2, 2025, passed the Environmental Protection Bill 2024 into law It comes after the bill went through the consideration stage after the third reading on Thursday.

The law which is now awaiting Presidential assent, will provide a legal framework for coordinated efforts to address all environmental protection issues in the country.

Protect environment

It will consolidate the various dispersed Environmental Acts as in the Environmental Protection Act, 1994 (490), the Pesticides Control and Management Act, 1996 (Act 528), and the Hazardous and Electronic Waste Control and Management Act (917) under one Act for efficient and effective administrative decisions.

The bill also makes provision for the implementation of actions that position Ghana to mitigate and adapt to climate change. It is divided into six main parts. Part 1 of the bill relates to environmental protection and the establishment of the Environmental Protection Authority, while Part 2 deals with pesticide control and management.

Part 3 makes provision for matters relating to hazardous waste and other waste, with Part 4 focusing on electrical and electronic waste. Part Five deals with matters on Climate Change to climate resilience and low-emission development in the future.

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Given the multi-sectoral nature of climate change and having regard to the fact that the EPA is the focal institution for climate change, there is the need to adequately position the EPA to coordinate all activities relating to the environment and the implementation of climate change response at all levels.

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

The Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1994 (Act 490) was enacted twenty-nine years ago to regulate matters that affect the environment and to coordinate the activities of bodies that deal with the practical and technical aspects of the environment. Before the enactment of Act 490, the EPA was previously established by the Environmental Protection Council Decree, 1974 (N.R.C.D. 239) as the Environmental Protection Council.

The Council advised the government on environmental matters without any enforcement powers. With the enactment of Act 490 in 1994, the Council transitioned into an Agency with regulatory powers. Act 490 mandated the Agency to advise the Minister, coordinate, regulate, control, collaborate, educate, promote studies and research on the environment, as well as investigate and promote effective planning in the management of the environment.

In exercising this mandate, the Agency has been confronted with several challenges, particularly given the fragmented environmental protection management provisions in other enactments across other sectors and the complex emerging environmental challenges, among others.

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