President John Dramani Mahama has reiterated Ghana’s commitment to working with the international community to confront shared global challenges, especially climate change. He made the remarks during a courtesy call by Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh, at the Jubilee House in Accra on Tuesday, November 25.
Mahama noted that climate change poses a universal threat and cannot be solved by any country acting alone.
“We believe multilateralism is the best order for our world, especially when we face challenges like the climate crisis. It affects all parts of the world, and no one country can adapt or resolve it alone,” he said. He commended the United Kingdom for its continued leadership on climate action and resilience.
The President expressed concern that growing unilateral actions across the world are weakening international systems that have helped maintain peace and stability. He referenced the war in Ukraine, conflicts in other regions, and the humanitarian crisis in Gaza as examples of actions he believes “don’t belong to the 21st century.”
“I believe unilateral action is not helping the global order,” he said.
Mahama also criticized the recent trend of countries imposing tariffs without consultation, saying it undermines the rules-based trading system built over decades.
“It is upending the trading system that we have nurtured for years,” he noted.
In response, he called for the formation of “coalitions of the willing” to defend global cooperation and protect multilateral structures. He added that the UK remains one of Ghana’s strongest and most reliable partners.
“We must develop new partnerships that allow us to work together not as individual countries, but as coalitions of the willing—and there is no better partner than the UK,” the President said.