The project, EAC4Nature, will run from January 2025 to June 2028 with a total funding of 8 million euros (5.5 million Euros from BMZ and 2. 5 million Euros from the EU).
Parliament’s chairperson of the Committee on Climate Change, Lawrence Biyika, has warned of the impending heavy rains and floods resulting from the current heat wave, demanding that the government devise clear mitigation measures.
This follows his election as President of the Organization of Africa, Caribbean and Pacific States Joint Parliamentary Assembly (OACPS).
Tayebwa automatically assumed the role of Co-chair of the OACPS-European Union Joint Parliamentary Assembly which convenes alternately in an ACP and an EU country under democratic principles.
Andrew Aijuka, the acting manager for InfoNile undertaking the training, says journalists in West Nile should make use of the knowledge to inform and educate farmers on the need to practice climate-smart agriculture and mitigate climate change.
The abducted girls, aged between 12 and 16, are usually targeted while collecting firewood or fetching water in the bush.
The legal age of marriage in Uganda is 18, unfortunately, the law is hardly enforced and local traditions often override the law, especially in rural areas in the Karamoja sub-region.
Speaking to URN in an interview on Thursday just before the launch of the plan, William Asiko the Africa Vice President of the global philanthropy said Uganda set a vital lesson to the world having been able to control the Ebola epidemic in record 90 days and yet the viral hemorrhagic fever has previously brought other economies to their toes.
According to Dr Stephen Pande, the Moroto Regional referral hospital director, fruit trees have huge potential as a sustainable food product given they provide a rich nutrient source that already exists within local ecosystems.
By the end of 2023, electric car sales had reached 14 million representing 35% higher than the sales in 2022. China accounted for more than 60% of the global sales.
Uganda which holds the position of Chair of the Group of 77 and China (G77 +China) is being represented by State Minister for Environment, Beatrice Anywar.
The equipment harvests solar energy during the day and stores it on a 930-kilowatt battery that is inter-switchable to get off the national grid when necessary. It is expected that with such an arrangement, the agency will significantly offset its energy bills.
They observed that climate change is directly contributing to humanitarian emergencies spared by heatwaves, wildfires, floods, tropical storms and hurricanes. Those and similar climate shocks are only increasing in scale, frequency and intensity.
The declaration comes amidst concerns that unsustainable food production and consumption patterns are a common thread, running through many of the greatest challenges facing humanity today.
Most respondents from the European Union, the United States, China and Japan believe their countries should compensate developing nations for climate change impacts.
Dr. Zziwa points out that in Uganda, dry spells have become more prolonged, leading to decreased yields from plantations. In response to these challenges posed by climate change, he emphasized the importance of farmers embracing modern irrigation practices.
It said achieving universal electricity access in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030 (SDG 7) would require an annual investment of USD 27 billion under existing climate policies
The organizers hope that this time around, they will come up with strategies for attracting climate finance to Africa rather than present Africa as a victim of floods, drought, and famine.
