The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda has received only 5.7 per cent of the US$28.1 billion required to implement its climate commitments by 2030, leaving a US$26.5 billion financing gap that threatens efforts to protect farmers and communities from increasingly unpredictable weather patterns. The shortfall raises concerns about …
Read More »Uganda needs Shs118 trillion for climate action as BoU, EIB sign financial sector deal
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda needs about US$28.1 billion (approximately Shs118.22 trillion) in climate-action financing by 2030, as the Bank of Uganda (BoU) partners with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to strengthen the financial sector’s ability to manage climate-related risks and attract investment. The cooperation agreement, signed on Wednesday …
Read More »Focus on climate action, Tayebwa tells MPs
Kampala, Uganda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Deputy Speaker of Parliament Thomas Tayebwa has urged Members of Parliament to use Parliament’s legislative, budgeting, oversight and representation roles to help Uganda prevent climate-related disasters and build resilience. Tayebwa said climate change can no longer be treated as an issue for speeches …
Read More »Africa pushes for climate finance at UNGA
As UNGA gets underway in New York, Africa pushes for climate finance to meet SDG targets as homegrown fixes begin to blunt the fallout from rising heat and failed rains. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD | African climate projects are restoring worn-out farmland, bringing back coastal mangrove forests and …
Read More »Uganda secures Shs113 billion climate finance for cutting deforestation
Kampala, Uganda | URN | Uganda has secured 113 billion shillings, equivalent to 31 million US dollars, from the Green Climate Fund (GCF) after achieving verified reductions in deforestation and forest degradation. The funding, announced at the launch of the Uganda REDD+ Results-Based Payments Project, rewards Uganda for reducing an estimated …
Read More »East African farmers to access IFAD-Equity Group $200 million climate adaptation finance
Twelve-year blended finance mechanism to reach 260,000 smallholder producers and 500 rural enterprises across Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda, with Equity Group matching concessional capital from its own balance sheet. Kigali, Rwanda | NEWS CORRESPONDENT | Access to climate adaptation finance remains a significant challenge for smallholder farmers and …
Read More »SPIRO publishes its first Sustainability Report and confirms strong economic, social and climate impact
● Spiro’s inaugural Sustainability Report provides the first comprehensive overview of the environmental, social and economic impact of Spiro’s operations. ● The company also unveils ambitious objectives and targets net-zero Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2040 and up to 0.7 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions avoided from product use …
Read More »Climate change fuels farmer-herder conflict in northern Uganda
Apac, Uganda | URN | On the afternoon of June 26, 2026, Frank Tumwesigye drove his herd toward a familiar watering point in Maruzi Ranch, expecting another routine day. Instead, he found angry residents blocking the access road, but this time, residents blocked the access road leading to the watering …
Read More »Why climate survivors return to disaster hotspots, what Uganda must learn
Bududa, Uganda | URN | Every rainy season, Peter Kibeti watches the clouds gather over the slopes of Mount Elgon with quiet apprehension. The mountain has never allowed him to forget. Sixteen years have passed since the March 2010 landslide that tore through Nametsi village in Bududa District, burying homes, …
Read More »Why wetlands are not peripheral ecosystems
Wetlands are a powerful ally in climate resilience we cant’t afford to overlook COMMENT | MEGAN ELDRED | We are losing one of our most powerful natural allies against climate change, and yet we are barely paying attention. At London Climate Action Week (June 20-28), the focus was rightly …
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