Joy News' Hotline Documentaries screened at Cornell University

Two of Joy News’ Hotline Documentaries focusing on the issue of climate change have been screened at an Ivy League university, Cornell University at Ithaca, New York State, USA.

Highlights of the two documentaries; ‘Lost Harvest’ and ‘Climate Refugees’ were screened at an event organized by student environmental group, Cornell Environmental Collaborative (ECO) at the University on Tuesday night.

‘Lost Harvest’ discusses the impact the long periods of dry weather last year affected farm yields in several parts of the country.

The documentary featured interviews with farmers in the Northern, Volta, Brong Ahafo and Ashanti Regions.

‘Climate Refugees’ also focused on how the rise in the sea level as a result of climate change has led to several homes in coastal Ghana being washed away.

The student’s group hosted Joy news’ Joseph Opoku Gakpo who produced the two documentaries to speak at its ‘Environmental Justice Talk Series’ on the topic: “Climate Change: The Story of Vanishing Lands and Struggling Farmers’ in Ghana.”

Highlights of the documentaries were shown after which Joseph discussed the challenges that farmers and rural dwellers are facing because of climate change. “It’s a terrifying situation,” he told the students.

Participants at the event gave good reviews of the documentaries.

“I think I learned a lot about the climate change impact that Ghana if facing,” Director of Environmental Justice at ECO, Cole Norgardeen told Joy News’ after the screening.

Some Ghanaians who are studying at the Cornel University were excited that these problems that the country face are being discussed at the international level.

“Ada is my hometown so I have seen this at first hand… It is just scary that if this is not stopped there will be no village left for me to go back to,” one of the Ghanaian students Janice Allotey explained.

“I am a student in plant sciences. I am interested in specifically producing drought tolerant crops. And the first part of the documentary that you showed really inspired me,” another Ghanaian student Nana Britwum explained.

Story by Ghana| Myjoyonline.com | Joseph Opoku Gakpo from Ithaca, US