Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As the implementation of the fourth National Development Plan (NDP IV) commences, driving development for the next five years, a look at its predecessor (NDP III) shows a mixed performance, especially regarding climate. An expert assessment shows that most of the most critical areas …
Read More »MUSEVENI: Uganda capable of offering specialized military courses
JINJA, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has expressed the country’s capacity to train Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF officers in all the internationally accredited military courses at the National Defense College-NDC, Njeru. Speaking during the graduation of senior military officers at the NDC, in Njeru municipality on Friday, …
Read More »Kenya’s climate commitment sets standard before COP30
Despite contributing less than 0.1% of global emissions, Kenya’s ambitious NDC charts a path to 100% renewable electricity and deeper climate integration across its entire economy Nairobi, Kenya | JESSE CHASE-LUBITZ | Kenya submitted its nationally determined contribution, or NDC, on Friday, and experts are impressed. NDCs are country-specific plans …
Read More »Experts validate guidelines for mainstreaming climate change finance in Uganda
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Financial sector experts have validated draft guidelines requiring the industry to integrate climate finance into their operations to enable Uganda to mitigate its vulnerability to human-induced climate change impacts and risks by 2030. The guidelines illustrate steps for mainstreaming climate change in the financial sector …
Read More »UNDP praises Uganda for Kiira Motors and drive to E-mobility
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The United Nations Development Programme – UNDP has described as ‘promising’ Uganda’s speedy transition towards electric mobility as a lasting solution to the supply shocks of fossil fuel and its hazards. E-mobility is a concept of using electric powertrain technologies, in-vehicle information, and communication technologies and …
Read More »COMESA, African Union holding climate change financing meeting
Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Secretariat in collaboration with the African Union Commission and the United Nations Development Programme’s Regional Service Centre for Africa are holding a training workshop for member states on green/climate financing. on August 1-2 in Harare, Zimbabwe. A media …
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