On October 15, 2025, the Director of Research, Mr. Richard Tweneboah-Kodua, delivered an address on behalf of the Director-General of the National Development Planning Commission at the National Inception Workshop on Ghana’s Long-Term Low Emissions Development Strategy (LT-LEDS). 
He noted that Ghana's preparatory work, supported by the 2050 Pathways Platform, has produced an annotated outline and a set of proposals to guide the LT-LEDS formulation, while highlighting the country's sustained commitment through foundational documents such as the Climate Prosperity Plan, Ghana’s Long-term national development framework, and the National Energy Transition Framework. 
Building on this, Mr. Tweneboah-Kodua noted that NDPC has the responsibility of ensuring climate change integration into national development planning by aligning the LT-LEDS and the nationally determined contributions (NDCs) with Ghana’s development frameworks, including the Coordinated Programme of Economic and Social Development Policies (CPESDP) and the Medium-Term National Development Policy Framework (MTNDPF). 
He further described the initiative as a nationally-led process aimed at aligning Ghana’s upcoming NDCs 3.0 with a robust, context-specific LT-LEDS whiles emphasising that the strategy is rooted in the Paris Agreement and reinforced by COP27’s call for countries to submit their LT-LEDS by COP28.
Given the collective responsibility of the Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology (MEST), and the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) for policy and operational management of the initiative (LT-LEDS), Professor Nana Ama Browne Klutse, CEO of EPA, and Hon. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah (MP), Minister, MEST, in speeches delivered on their respective behalves demonstrated commitment to own the process and the expected results thereof. For instance, Mr. Felix Addo-Okyire, Director of Climate Change and Ozone Department, cited increased carbon dioxide emissions and global warming as key drivers of climate-related impacts on her behalf. She called on development partners, the private sector, and the general public to collaborate with the EPA to safeguard the environment and shift towards low-carbon, climate-resilient growth, while highlighting Ghana’s progress in developing a long-term low carbon emission strategy under the 2050 Pathways Platform, aligned with Ghana’s national development plan.
The Authority further emphasised that the strategy will reflect key areas such as agriculture and food safety; disaster preparedness and response; natural resource management; energy, industrial and infrastructure development, with the aim to close policy gaps and promote equitable development social development. EPA thanked technical partners including Climate Compatible Growth (CCG) for their support and urged stakeholders to ensure their mitigation actions are well integrated into the national framework.
The workshop engaged various national stakeholders to gather insights and contribute to the development of a robust, context-specific LT-LEDS aligned with Ghana’s NDCs and development priorities.