AIMS-R and C-IHL Deliver Climate Change Adaptation Teacher Training in Ghana

Adentan Municipality just hosted a climate change adaptation teacher training Ghana educators won’t forget soon. The African Institute for Migration and Security Research (AIMS-R) partnered with the City Institute of Higher Learning (C-IHL), Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, to run a capacity-building workshop that put climate literacy directly in the hands of the people shaping the next generation.

The goal was simple: give teachers real tools, not just theory. The session covered climate adaptation, disaster risk reduction, climate mobility, and the gender dimensions of climate change, all built to help educators bring climate-resilient thinking straight into their classrooms and communities.

A workshop backed by strong voices

Mrs. Gifty Mussey, Director of Education for the Adentan Municipality, opened the event as Special Guest of Honour. She praised the initiative and pointed to teachers as the front line for raising environmentally conscious, climate-informed students.

Charlotte Norman, Director for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction at the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), led the opening technical session. She walked participants through Ghana’s climate adaptation priorities and why disaster risk reduction has to sit at the center of resilient community planning.

Dr. Richard Seyram, Director of Climate Mobility and Migration Governance at AIMS-R, followed with a session on how climate change drives human mobility. His talk made the case for weaving climate mobility into adaptation planning and policy, not treating it as an afterthought.

Dr. Owusua Eshia, Director of Gender and Human Mobility at AIMS-R, closed the presentations with a look at the gendered dimensions of climate change. She pushed for inclusive, gender-responsive adaptation strategies that actually serve vulnerable populations, rather than generic, one-size-fits-all plans.

Teachers put the training to work

This wasn’t a sit-and-listen event. Teachers broke into groups for a Group Design Challenge, building school-based climate action initiatives from scratch. Each team worked out a title, objectives, activities, potential partners, and measurable indicators for their own school.

Groups then presented their projects during a plenary session, trading feedback and ideas on how schools can drive climate resilience and environmental stewardship in their own communities. It’s the kind of peer learning that turns a one-day workshop into something teachers can actually carry back to their classrooms.

Certificates and a call to action

Every participating teacher received a certificate of participation, recognizing their commitment to climate learning and their readiness to put new tools to use.

Desmond Obeng Mensah, Director of Immigration Policy and Anti-Human Smuggling at AIMS-R and Chairman for the occasion, closed the workshop by thanking participants and challenging them to turn what they learned into real climate action in their schools and communities.

This climate change adaptation teacher training Ghana initiative is part of a wider push by AIMS-R and C-IHL to strengthen institutional capacity, advance climate education, and build evidence-based responses to climate change through research, policy engagement, and stakeholder collaboration.