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	Isaac Frimpong - in the white shirt front row - asked residents in Accra about their thoughts on global warming

So begins an interview recorded in Accra Ghana by Isaac Frimpong who has set up a new Outlook Club in the Ghanaian capital.

His interviewee was Delalai Djetghandi who, it turned out, had very outspoken views.

She related that she'd just returned from Liberia where she'd seen hundreds of streams and where she'd experienced several rainstorms.

"Even on my way back to the airport," she said, "The car had to pass through water. All the road was blocked with water - no way to pass.

"So I'm not really afraid of the global warming. Or this 40 years prediction that it's going to be hotter than this."

Djetghandi said that she puts her faith in Mother Nature, believing that she will make corrections to the way that man has abused the planet.

"Ten years from now we will meet and discuss this matter again, eh?" she said to Frimpong.

Frimpong also discussed the issue with other people in Accra but sadly the quality of the recording was not good enough for broadcast.

They talked about how global warming was likely to affect the future of power generation in Ghana - with calls to supplement the current hydroelectric scheme with solar and nuclear power.

And not everyone was as sceptical as Djetghandi.

One contributor in particular felt that African countries, who may suffer the effects of global warming most, should combine to get reparation from industrialised countries.

"I think these countries that are going to be affected," he said, "Should take it to the International Criminal Court - because they are doing a disservice to humanity and the environment."

Otherwise he felt nothing would happen.

"It is not in their interests," he said, "They are all about making money."

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