Environmental leaders have expressed concerns about Uganda’s silence on deforestation during the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. On the third day of the summit, 105 countries signed an agreement to end and reverse deforestation by 2030, a pledge ...
Ugandan youth have been among the strongest voices calling for urgent global action to address climate change. Many whom The Independent has talked to say when the 26th UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP26) opens in Glasgow, Scotland, on ...
George Magomu is a Ugandan elementary school teacher turned charcoal producer. He buys and transports charcoal from Eastern and northern Uganda to the border district of Busia, where he can trade it. Like Magomu, many charcoal traders interviewed by Climate ...
Newly discovered oil fields in Western Uganda have brought hope of prosperity to the country. However, a large and dangerous development is needed to exploit the fossil resource. ...
Forty percent of the world population still relies on biomass for cooking, lighting, and heating, according to the 2014 World Health Organization data. This has significantly burdened the resources on the planet and those living on it. Unsustainable biomass collection ...