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Uganda’s Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has delivered a statement on Uganda’s climate finance needs and measures to conserve the environment at the ongoing COP28 in Dubai.
Ugandan representatives and an investor are in advanced stages of formalizing a deal aimed at fast-tracking transition from use of firewood and charcoal to cleaner cooking gas, the ministry of energy and mineral development has revealed at the ongoing COP28 in Dubai.
More pledges for climate finance, including under the newly operationalized Loss and Damage Fund, as well as calls for taxes on fossils were some of issues that emerged on Day Two of COP28 in Dubai.
Climate Change Activists have welcomed the agreement on the loss and damage fund at the start of a two-week long COP28 UN summit in Dubai, but called on rich nations to do more to assist developing nations and communities to mitigate the impact of the climate crisis across the world.
Developed countries are expected to propose $500m for L&D Fund, a figure way lower than what is needed for the climate crisis that requires trillions of dollars for adaptation and mitigation. Obviously, a drop in the ocean, this money could even delay. But the disasters like those in Uganda’s Bugisu sub-region may not wait– and so will the developed countries activities responsible for this loss and damage.
The Loss and Damage Youth Coalition (LDYC) has sent a clear message to wealthy nations regarding climate action financing ahead of the 28th session of the…
Over 70,000 participants, including heads of state, will discuss ways of minimizing global peace and security challenges posed by climate change at the 28th session of…