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Uganda launched its first ambitious Energy Transition Plan at the recent COP28 summit in Dubai, envisaging a blue print to achieve net zero carbon emissions in the energy sector by 2065.

When officials from the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) asked Judith Bero-Irwoth to relocate from her home to pave the way for the project in 2018, she sternly refused cash compensation and instead asked for another piece of land to continue farming.

Climate activists in Uganda have appealed to the government to prioritise women-led climate change projects in the next Gender Action Plan arguing that many women are being left on the sidelines yet they are the most affected by climate shocks.

The leadership of Katwe-Kabatoro town council Kasese district have decried of huge reduction in salt crystals from the salt pans due to heavy downpour which have destroyed their salt pans.

Heavy rainfall has caused flash floods across Uganda, damaging or even washing away roads and bridges. As the impoverished East African country stares at the adverse effects of climate change, government is seeking a World Bank loan to promote climate smart agriculture.

African ministers at the ongoing COP28 in Dubai, UAE, have expressed disappointment with the slow progress regarding commitments by rich nations and big polluters to finance adaptation efforts for developing countries.

At the ongoing COP28 in Dubai, African Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) have issued a hard-hitting statement calling out developed nations to commit to phasing out fossil fuel and protecting ecosystems among other demands. The delegation from the Global South were outraged by the absence of provisions on energy access in the work programme on just transitions draft decision released at the ongoing climate talks.

Uganda’s health minister Dr Jane Ruth Aceng has called on developed countries to consider debt relief for Global South countries like Uganda which are hardly hit by the negative effects of climate change yet they contribute less to the fueling of the climate crisis.

Uganda has sent a little over 600 delegates to COP28 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). With about 100,000 delegates registered as delegates, this year’s climate summit is the most attended in the history of summits on the issue of climate change, spanning three decades.