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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.
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.
Uganda’s President Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has taken a swipe at the UK and US for issuing terror alert ahead of Nyege Nyege festival, an arts event he claimed was attended by ‘sinners’ (abasiisi in Runyankore-Rukiga).
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.
Ugandan President Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has blasted world leaders like his US counterpart Joe Biden, other donors and development partners for seeking to force homosexuality on Uganda by threatening to withhold aid and loans.
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…
Ugandan President Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni has a tough decision to make in coming weeks after his US counterpart Joe Biden’s trade envoy revealed what…
Uganda’s President Gen Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni is banking on a team of officials from his government to convince a top US envoy with the view…