Environment

By Pius Wamala

The EU-funded Uganda Green Enterprise Finance Accelerator (UGEFA), which provides sustainable Ugandan enterprises with support to scale and contribute to a green and inclusive economy, has today announced that it is accepting applications for its fourth and final cohort to join its programme. 

President Yoweri Museveni has asked United Nations (UN) agencies in Uganda to focus on fighting environmental degradation which is a big danger to human existence and development in the face of climate change.

The Parliamentary committee on Environment and Natural Resources has started scrutinizing the Mining and Minerals Bill, 2021, that among others seeks to introduce licenses for exploration of building substances such as sand, murram, clay and others.

The East African Community (EAC) and Germany have firmed up their longstanding cooperation by signing an additional US$11.5 million financing agreement to support water resource management at the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC).

The Minister of Education and Sports Janet Museveni met with the Italian Ambassador to Uganda Massimiliano Mazzanti to discuss an environment protection project that will be carried out in schools.

President Yoweri Museveni called for urgent measures to avert the climate change crisis the world is currently facing, according to the statement Uganda's High Commission in London delivered to the World Leaders Summit during the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) on Climate Change in Glasgow

Two research teams from Makerere University won grants worth $144, 918, or about Shs511 million, to study the use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cooking technology among fast food (Chapati) vendors in Uganda and the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on food security among the urban poor in Tanzan

Dr. Barirega Akankwasa has been appointed the new Executive Director of National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA). 

Vivo Energy Uganda today announced a partnership with Unilever Uganda to promote safety across all S