President Museveni Asks Scouts to Join Efforts To Restore Environment
The government will soon share strategies for the restoration of the environment and natural resources following a spell of global climate challenges.
Environment
We Can't Afford Not to Take Action against Climate Change - Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni has said Uganda is committed to ensuring sustainable use of the environment and the natural resources saying these are at the core of sustainable development and critical for social economic development and transformation, healthy ecosystems and human survival.
Shs7.5 Billion Climate Change Fund Unveiled to Support SMEs
The Agriculture Business Initiative has announced the roll-out of the Green Challenge Fund to support SMEs and farmers to increase their resilience to climate change.
Green Businesses Given Last Chance to Grow with EU-funded Accelerator, UGEFA
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.
Museveni, UN Chief Discuss Environmental Protection
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.
New Mining Bill to Introduce Licenses for Sand Exploration
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.
Germany Commits $11.5 Million to Lake Victoria Sustainability Initiative
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).
Janet Museveni, Italian Envoy Discuss New Partnership to Curb Climate Change
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.
COP26: Museveni Roots for Cutting Edge Approach to Curb Climate Change
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
