climate change in Uganda

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The effects of climate change in Uganda are increasingly severe, affecting the lives of the country's citizens and its environment.{{Cite web |title=Climate Change Profile: Uganda – Uganda |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/climate-change-profile-uganda |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=ReliefWeb |language=en |archive-date=17 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417131922/https://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/climate-change-profile-uganda |url-status=live }} It has led to extreme weather events such as unpredictable, prolonged drought and rainfall. Uganda's climate is mostly tropical with regular rainfall and sunshine patterns. Due to climate change the seasons have changed, with the rainy season becoming more variable in length and droughts more ubiquitous, especially in eastern and northeastern Uganda.{{Cite web |title=The impacts of climate change in Uganda – Uganda |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/impacts-climate-change-uganda |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=ReliefWeb |language=en |archive-date=17 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220417131917/https://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/impacts-climate-change-uganda |url-status=live }} Climate trends have the potential to affect development of Uganda, due to the vulnerability of Uganda's diverse environment.{{cite journal |last1=Kibandama |first1=Alexander |title=Climate Change Law in Uganda |journal=Carbon & Climate Law Review |date=2019 |volume=13 |issue=4 |pages=246–256 |doi=10.21552/cclr/2019/4/5 |jstor=26895681 |s2cid=213762198 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26895681 |access-date=12 May 2022 |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512203100/https://www.jstor.org/stable/26895681 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}

Greenhouse gas emissions

Uganda's greenhouse gas emission rate is very low, with carbon dioxide having never exceeding 150 kg per person per year, and totalling about 5 million tonnes per year.{{Cite journal |last1=Ritchie |first1=Hannah |author1-link=Hannah Ritchie |last2=Roser |first2=Max |author2-link=Max Roser |last3=Rosado |first3=Pablo |date=2020-05-11 |title=CO₂ and Greenhouse Gas Emissions |url=https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/uganda |journal=Our World in Data |access-date=20 April 2022 |archive-date=14 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614055004/https://ourworldindata.org/co2/country/uganda |url-status=live }} As of 2022, over 90% of Uganda's electricity comes from hydroelectricity,{{Cite web |title=Energy Generated to the National Grid |url=https://www.era.go.ug/index.php/stats/generation-statistics/energy-generated |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=Electricity Regulatory Authority |language=en-gb |archive-date=8 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608073809/https://www.era.go.ug/index.php/stats/generation-statistics/energy-generated |url-status=live }} but many rural areas lack electricity and burn wood for cooking.{{Cite web |last=Uganda |first=Joey Tyson in Mukono |date=2020-06-29 |title=Cooking up a solution to Uganda's deforestation crisis with mud stoves |url=http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jun/29/cooking-up-a-solution-to-ugandas-deforestation-crisis-with-mud-stoves |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=21 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421205512/https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/jun/29/cooking-up-a-solution-to-ugandas-deforestation-crisis-with-mud-stoves |url-status=live }} The government has been criticized for causing deforestation.{{Cite web |title=Uganda's silence at COP26 over growing deforestation |url=https://www.fes.de/en/shaping-a-just-world/article-in-shaping-a-just-world/ugandas-silence-at-cop26-over-growing-deforestation |access-date=2022-04-20 |website={$plugin.tx_news.opengraph.site_name} |language=en}}

Impact on the natural environment

= Temperature and weather changes =

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Since the 1960s, the average temperature in Uganda has increased by 1.3 °C, minimum temperatures have increased by 0.5–1.2 °C, and maximum temperatures have increased by 0.6–0.9 °C. Average temperatures have been observed to be increasing at a rate of 0.28 °C per decade, and daily temperature observations show significantly increasing amounts of hot days and nights every year .{{Cite web |title=World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal |url=https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/ |access-date=2022-04-17 |website=climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org |language=en |archive-date=8 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908011654/https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org/ |url-status=live }} Climate change and changes in temperature is also affecting the Rwenzori Mountains, by causing glacier melting, increasing water levels in the Nyamwamba, Mubuku, and Ruimi Rivers. This has led to frequent flooding across the Rwenzori region.{{Cite news |date=2021-03-29 |title=Uganda climate change: The people under threat from a melting glacier |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56526631 |access-date=2022-04-18 |archive-date=22 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422124545/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-56526631 |url-status=live }} From 1906 to 2003, ice fields shrunk from 6.5 sq km to less than 1 sq km, and may completely melt in the next few years. In 2012, forest fires occurred in the Rwenzori region, causing the ice fields to melt, leading to the flooding of the river around the mountain.

In January 2022, intense rain around Mount Muhavura damaged buildings and roads in Kisoro District,{{Cite web |title=Uganda – At Least 9 Killed in Western Region Flash Floods – FloodList |url=https://floodlist.com/africa/uganda-floods-kisoro-january-2022#:~:text=According%20to%20Uganda%20Red%20Cross,include%20Nyarusiza,%20Muramba%20and%20Bunagana. |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=floodlist.com |archive-date=30 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220130124640/https://floodlist.com/africa/uganda-floods-kisoro-january-2022#:~:text=According%20to%20Uganda%20Red%20Cross,include%20Nyarusiza,%20Muramba%20and%20Bunagana. |url-status=live }} especially affecting Nyarusiza, Muramba and Bunagana.{{Cite web |last=Kamusiime |first=Micah |date=2022-01-25 |title=SAD! 8 people Killed in Kisoro District Flash floods |url=https://theinformerug.com/2022/01/25/sad-8-people-killed-in-kisoro-district-flash-floods/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=The Informer UG |language=en-US |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621172120/https://theinformerug.com/2022/01/25/sad-8-people-killed-in-kisoro-district-flash-floods/ |url-status=usurped }} Nine people were reported to have lost their lives and thousands of people were displaced or otherwise affected by this disaster.{{Cite web |date=2022-01-26 |title=Eight deaths recorded in Uganda due to floods – Prensa Latina |url=https://www.plenglish.com/news/2022/01/26/eight-deaths-recorded-in-uganda-due-to-floods/,%20https://www.plenglish.com/news/2022/01/26/eight-deaths-recorded-in-uganda-due-to-floods/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |language=en-US |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621172116/https://www.plenglish.com/news/2022/01/26/eight-deaths-recorded-in-uganda-due-to-floods/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-01-27 |title=Uganda RedCross supports Kisoro flood victims |url=https://www.pmldaily.com/news/2022/01/uganda-redcross-supports-kisoro-flood-victims.html |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=PML Daily |language=en-US |archive-date=27 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127063551/https://www.pmldaily.com/news/2022/01/uganda-redcross-supports-kisoro-flood-victims.html |url-status=live }}

On 1 March 2010, landslides occurred on the slopes of Mount Elgon, in the Bududa district, that killed 50 people and left thousands displaced. In 2018, there was another landslide on Mount Elgon, that killed 28 people, and left thousands displaced once again.{{Cite web |last=Foundation |first=Thomson Reuters |title=After a deadly landslide in climate-hit Uganda, survivors sue |url=https://news.trust.org/item/20210524235356-e32yc/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=news.trust.org |archive-date=3 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503110841/https://news.trust.org/item/20210524235356-e32yc/ |url-status=live }} As of 30 September 2021, a total of 20,739 people had been internally displaced.{{Cite web |title=Uganda – Floods, landslides and hailstorms (DG ECHO, Uganda Red Cross Society, IOM, Office of the Prime Minister) (ECHO Daily Flash of 18 October 2021) – Uganda |url=https://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/uganda-floods-landslides-and-hailstorms-dg-echo-uganda-red-cross-society-iom-office |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=ReliefWeb |language=en |archive-date=25 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425142051/https://reliefweb.int/report/uganda/uganda-floods-landslides-and-hailstorms-dg-echo-uganda-red-cross-society-iom-office |url-status=live }} All landslides were caused by unusually prolonged rains.{{cite web|url=http://www.news24.com/Content/Africa/News/965/208ab7dd48e44107bf9ac7f0d2a81f58/02-03-2010-01-20/300_feared_dead_in_Uganda |title=300 feared dead in Uganda |date=2 March 2010 |publisher=News24 |access-date=2 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305103741/http://www.news24.com/Content/Africa/News/965/208ab7dd48e44107bf9ac7f0d2a81f58/02-03-2010-01-20/300_feared_dead_in_Uganda |archivedate=5 March 2010 }}

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In Kasese District, there is flooding almost every year, which causes a heavy impact on the lives and livelihood of residents. As a result, many schools and homes are buried or destroyed, leaving many displaced.{{Cite web |title=Helping Kasese rise above the floods |url=https://www.unicef.org/uganda/helping-kasese-rise-above-floods |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=www.unicef.org |language=en |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418063133/https://www.unicef.org/uganda/helping-kasese-rise-above-floods |url-status=live }}{{Cite journal |last=Dr Paddy Musana |first=Bangirana Narcisio |date=August 2011 |title=Water, Crisis and Climate Change in Uganda: A Policy Brief |url=https://www.adelphi.de/en/system/files/mediathek/bilder/2011_water_crisis_and_climate_change_in_uganda_a_policy_brief.pdf |journal=IfP-EW Cluster: Climate Change and Conflict |access-date=17 April 2022 |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621172112/https://www.adelphi.de/en/system/files/mediathek/bilder/2011_water_crisis_and_climate_change_in_uganda_a_policy_brief.pdf |url-status=live }}

On Saturday 30 July 2022 at around 8pm EAT in the evening, there was a down pour of rain that took several hours up to around 7am EAT in the morning of Sunday 31 July 2022 in Mbale district, Sebei region and part of

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Teso region. This caused river Nabuyonga and river Namatala to burst the banks causing floods and landslides in Mbale district, Kapsinda Sub-county, Kapchorwa District. This led to a death toll of 24 in Mbale alone as of 2 August 2022, more bodies were recovered on that day.{{Cite web |date=2022-07-31 |title=Rains cut off Mbale City temporarily |url=https://www.independent.co.ug/rains-cut-off-mbale-city-temporarily/ |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=The Independent Uganda |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Kirabo |first=Jonah |date=2022-08-01 |title=Mbale floods death toll rises to 24 as 10 bodies are recovered from sunk car |url=https://nilepost.co.ug/2022/08/01/mbale-floods-death-toll-rises-to-24-as-10-bodies-are-recovered-from-sunk-car/ |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=Nile Post |language=en-US}} In Mbale, most of the affected areas were Mbale City, Nabuyonga, Nkoma and Namakwekwe in Northern City Division and Namatala in Industrial City Division.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-01 |title=Floods, landslides kill over 10 people in Eastern Uganda |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/floods-landslides-kill-over-10-people-in-eastern-uganda-3898614 |access-date=2022-08-02 |website=Monitor |language=en}}

= Impact on water resources =

Ugandan water supply and the sanitation sector has made substantial progress in urban areas from the mid-1990s until at least 2006, with substantial increases in coverage. Reforms from 1998 to 2003 included the commercialization and modernization of the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) operating in cities and larger towns, as well as decentralization and private sector participation in small towns.{{Cite web |year=2006 |title=National water development report: Uganda |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000146760 |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Unesco |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120134356/https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000146760 |url-status=live }} Uganda has renewable water resources totalling to 2085 cubic meters per year, which is above the limit recognized internationally of 100 m3/year of water scarcity. Nevertheless, the water sector is developed and only about 0.5% of the total available water is utilized per year.{{Cite journal |last=Dr Paddy Musana and Bangirana Narcisio |first=Peace and Conflict Studies MA Programme, Makerere University |date=August 2011 |title=Water, Crisis and Climate Change in Uganda: A Policy Brief |url=https://www.adelphi.de/en/system/files/mediathek/bilder/2011_water_crisis_and_climate_change_in_uganda_a_policy_brief.pdf |journal= |access-date=17 April 2022 |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621172112/https://www.adelphi.de/en/system/files/mediathek/bilder/2011_water_crisis_and_climate_change_in_uganda_a_policy_brief.pdf |url-status=live }}

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Uganda has made some progress and improvements in water supply through improving facilities, increasing from 39% availability in 1990 to 48% in 2008, and, in remote and rural areas, from 40% in 1990 to 49% in 2008. This was not the case with the urban areas, which only increased from 35% in 1995 to 38% in 2008.

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= Ecosystems =

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In 2010, Uganda had 6.93 Mha of tree cover, extending over 29% of its land area. In 2020, it lost 73.6 kha of tree cover, equivalent to 36.0 Mt of CO₂ emissions. From 2001 to 2020, 918 kha of tree cover was lost, equivalent to a 12% decrease in tree cover since 2000 and 413 Mt of CO₂ emissions. From 2001 to 2019, 3.8% of tree cover loss occurred in areas where dominant drivers resulted in deforestation.{{Cite web |last=Vizzuality |title=Uganda Deforestation Rates & Statistics {{!}} GFW |url=https://www.globalforestwatch.org/country/UGA/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=www.globalforestwatch.org |language=en |archive-date=12 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712042208/http://www.globalforestwatch.org/country/UGA |url-status=live }} This has reduced both the ecosystem services the forests provide, including by diminishing wood yield and quality, and the biodiversity they support. 1.4 Mha of land has been burned, as of 2021. This total is normal, compared to the total for previous years, going back to 2001. The most fires recorded in a year was 2005, with 7.3 Mha burnt.

Impact on people

= Economic impacts =

Uganda's economy consists of three major sectors, agriculture, industry, and services, all of which are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.{{Cite journal |last=Nick Dale and Anil Markandya of Metroeconomica, Dr Bernard Bashaasha of Makerere University |first=Olivier Beucher (Baastel) |date=March 2015 |title=Economic Assessment of the Impacts of Climate Change in Uganda |url=https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/economic-assessment-impacts-climate-change-uganda |journal=Ministry of Water and Environment Climate Change Department |access-date=18 April 2022 |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621172114/https://www.preventionweb.net/publication/economic-assessment-impacts-climate-change-uganda |url-status=live }} Climate change is affecting the agricultural sector by reducing the area suitable for agriculture due to population growth, altering the length of the growing season, reducing yield potential, increasing the frequency and severity of extreme events (in particular droughts and floods), and increasing the incidence of plant diseases.

Climate change damage estimates in the agriculture, water, infrastructure and energy sectors collectively amount to 2–4% of the GDP between 2010 and 2050. With an estimated population of 48,432,863, Uganda is the leading country of organic farming, with an estimate of 231,157 hectares of land used for farming.{{Cite web |date=2018-07-05 |title=Top African Countries For Organic Farming |url=https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/top-african-countries-for-organic-farming.html |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=WorldAtlas |language=en-US |archive-date=18 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220418101301/https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/top-african-countries-for-organic-farming.html |url-status=live }}

== Agriculture and livestock ==

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Climate change has affected agriculture, which is the most important sector of the economy.{{Cite web |last=PricewaterhouseCoopers |title=Agriculture |url=https://www.pwc.com/ug/en/industries/agriculture.html |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=PwC |language=en-ug |archive-date=14 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220514054537/https://www.pwc.com/ug/en/industries/agriculture.html |url-status=live }} Most of the production is from small scale farmers.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-26 |title=What you can grow this planting season |url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/magazines/farming/what-you-can-grow-this-planting-season-3305076 |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Monitor |language=en |archive-date=23 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423175536/https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/magazines/farming/what-you-can-grow-this-planting-season-3305076 |url-status=live }} Average temperatures range between 18 and 30 °C, but it can raise to about 37 °C in some areas.{{Cite journal |last=Vignesh Sridharan Eunice Pereira Ramos , Eduardo Zepeda , Brent Boehlert |first=Abhishek Shivakumar ,Constantinos Taliotis and Mark Howells |date=29 August 2019 |title=The Impact of Climate Change on Crop Production in Uganda—An Integrated Systems Assessment with Water and Energy Implications |url=https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/water/water-11-01805/article_deploy/water-11-01805-v2.pdf |journal= |access-date=18 April 2022 |archive-date=16 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616002143/https://mdpi-res.com/d_attachment/water/water-11-01805/article_deploy/water-11-01805-v2.pdf |url-status=live }}

== Manufacturing sector ==

The Ugandan manufacturing sector is dominated by agro-processing, food and beverages, household products, construction materials and fast-moving consumer goods. Most firms are small and medium enterprises concentrated in Kampala and the Central Region. Most products manufactured in Uganda are aimed at domestic consumption, and exports are limited to the regional markets in East Africa, including Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and the regions of Kenya and Tanzania bordering Uganda.{{Cite journal |last=Linda Calabrese, Frederick Golooba-Mutebi |first=Maximiliano Mendez-Parra |date=December 2019 |title=INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN UGANDA "An assessment of the policy framework" |url=https://set.odi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Jobs-Africa-Uganda-Updated-draft-FINAL.pdf |journal= |access-date=18 April 2022 |archive-date=21 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621100506/https://set.odi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Jobs-Africa-Uganda-Updated-draft-FINAL.pdf |url-status=live }}

Manufacturing was reported to account for 15.8% of GDP in 2020, according to the World Bank, employing about 6.622% of formal-sector labour.

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|+Annual production levels 2016–2020{{Cite web |last=Uganda Investment Authority |date=2022-01-26 |title=Uganda's industrial journey so far: progress, achievements, and prospects. |url=https://www.ugandainvest.go.ug/ugandas-industrial-journey-so-far-progress-achievements-and-prospects/ |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=Uganda Investment Authority |language=en-US |archive-date=29 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129231354/https://www.ugandainvest.go.ug/ugandas-industrial-journey-so-far-progress-achievements-and-prospects/ |url-status=live }}

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|234.67

|245.29

|268.34

|277.69

|285.91

|3.5

|3

scope = "row" |Food processing

|400

|211.57

|204.14

|264.04

|251.64

|239.79

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scope = "row" |Drinks and tobacco

|210

|282.89

|313.34

|324.91

|363.34

|346.13

|11.8

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scope = "row" |Textiles, clothing and footwear

|43

|153.37

|166.97

|170.48

|204.08

|252.78

|19.7

|23.9

scope = "row" |Sawmilling, paper and printing

|35

|250.56

|295.68

|324.51

|296.62

|273.35

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scope = "row" | Chemicals, paint, soap and foam products

|97

|292.25

|346.41

|261.21

|316.73

|363.47

|21.3

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|75

|290.01

|295.26

|336.88

|345.66

|463.4

|2.6

|34.1

scope = "row" | Metal products

|83

|162.94

|168.53

|154.13

|149.5

|162.78

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|8.2

scope = "row" | Miscellaneous

|66

|214.24

|202.25

|230.61

|238.02

|248.84

|3.2

|4.5

class="wikitable"

|+Uganda's industrial performance comparisons 2018 (World Bank)

!

!Ethiopia

!Kenya

!Vietnam

!Uganda

scope = "row" |Industry contribution to GDP (%)

|27.3

|16.4

|34.2

|19.9

scope = "row" | Share of manufactured exports to

total exports (%)

|13

|28

|83

|23

scope = "row" |Manufacturing value added (%)

|5.8

|7.7

|16.0

|8.3

scope = "row" |Share of employment (%)

|12

|7.6

|25.8

|7.4

= Health impacts =

Climate change is increasing the occurrences of water-borne diseases such as dysentery, cholera, hepatitis E, vector-borne diseases, respiratory diseases, malnutrition-related illnesses, and especially malaria. Uganda's fourth Health Sector Development Plan indicates the importance of developing "early warning systems and dissemination of weather forecasts to help health managers to improve preparedness and response".{{Cite journal |last=Prof. John B. Kaddu (PhD) |first=Berhane Gebru, Patrick Kibaya and Dr. Munabi Ian G |date=April 2020 |title=Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Uganda |url=https://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/sites/cif_enc/files/knowledge-documents/final_chasa_report_19may2020.pdf |journal= |access-date=18 April 2022 |archive-date=19 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119000523/https://www.climateinvestmentfunds.org/sites/cif_enc/files/knowledge-documents/final_chasa_report_19may2020.pdf |url-status=live }}

Mitigation and adaptations

A number of government agencies have been tasked with, or have prepared reports, on managing climate resilience, including the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA),{{Cite web |title=National Environment Management Authority |url=https://nema.go.ug/services/what-we-do |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=www.nema.go.ug |archive-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619112931/https://www.nema.go.ug/services/what-we-do |url-status=live }} the Ministry of Water and Environment's Climate Change Department,{{Cite web |title=Ministry of Water and Environment |url=https://ccd.go.ug |access-date=2022-04-18 |website=www.mwe.go.ug |archive-date=14 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220614161335/https://ccd.go.ug/ |url-status=live }} the National Forestry Authority,{{Cite web |title=Uganda: Climate Change – Govt Makes Case to Enhance Country's Tree Cover |url=https://allafrica.com/stories/202205230392.html |website=allAfrica |date=23 May 2022 |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621172115/https://allafrica.com/stories/202205230392.html |url-status=live }} the Ministry of Lands, Housing & Urban Development,{{Cite tech report |title=Ministry of Lands, Housing & Urban Development |url=https://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_file.cfm?doc_id=102005 |website=Ministry of Lands, Housing & Urban Development |language=en-US |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-date=10 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310215637/http://procurement-notices.undp.org/view_file.cfm?doc_id=102005 |url-status=live }} the Ministry of Works and Transport,{{Cite tech report |title=Assessment of climate change mitigation potentials and actions in Uganda’s transport sector |url=https://changing-transport.org/wp-content/uploads/GIZ-2022.-Assessment-of-climate-change-mitigation-potentials-of-Ugandas-transport-sector-Modelling-repor.pdf |date=April 2022 |language=en-gb |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-date=21 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220621172117/https://changing-transport.org/wp-content/uploads/GIZ-2022.-Assessment-of-climate-change-mitigation-potentials-of-Ugandas-transport-sector-Modelling-repor.pdf |url-status=live }} and the Uganda Wildlife Authority.{{Cite tech report |title=Climate Risks To Conservation In Uganda |url=https://ugandawildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Climate-Risks-to-conservation-in-Uganda.pdf |language=en-US |access-date=21 June 2022 |archive-date=2 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220302000635/https://ugandawildlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Climate-Risks-to-conservation-in-Uganda.pdf |url-status=live }}

See also

References

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