• News 3 September 2024 NDC Action in Uganda: Climate goals translated into action Last week, the NDC Action project validation workshop in Uganda brought together high-level stakeholders to discuss the implementation of Uganda's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). Key presentations highlighted the integration of results of the NDC Action project, including innovative climate technologies, such as solar irrigation, picture-based insurance and e-cooking, as well as the development of a blended finance tool to support Uganda's low-carbon development goals. The workshop…
• News 16 April 2024 Uganda leads the way on electric cooking Along with UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre and a host of other partners, Uganda is introducing sustainable cooking to some of the most vulnerable communities, addressing energy access, health, and environmental sustainability. The goal is to create affordable access to solar electric-cooking for 150,000 households by 2027. At a meeting on 11 April, the Government of Uganda and multiple other UN, Private Sector, and Civil Society partners agreed to set up a steering committee to oversee the…
• News 23 January 2024 Kick-starting the market for e-cooking for displaced people and host communities UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre is helping to design a new financing model to boost access to clean energy for displaced populations. Energy poverty among displaced populations in low-income countries is a major challenge leading to deforestation, relatively high greenhouse emissions and a range of risks to human life and health. This includes indoor air pollution, conflict with local communities and violent crimes committed against women and children who are often responsible for collecting…
• News 15 November 2023 Climate action in displacement: Kampala workshop highlights innovative partnerships Driving Climate Action Partnerships in Displacement, international workshop focused on innovative initiatives tackling climate challenges for displaced and host communities, informing pledges ahead of the Global Refugee Forum. UNEP Copenhagen Climate Centre co-hosted a hybrid international workshop in Kampala, Uganda, alongside Last Mile Climate on the 8 November 2023. The all-day session was opened by Hon. Beatrice Atim Anywar, Minister of State for Environment for Uganda and attended by more…
• Project 1 November 2023 Measuring Uganda's Climate Vulnerabilities Climate change in Uganda is predicted to cause temperature rise and to make rainfall seasonality more erratic, including changes in onset, duration and intensity punctuated with intra-seasonal dry spells, which are expected to further increase climate vulnerabilities and risks. To respond to those risks, the Government of Uganda communicated its NDC in 2016 with adaptation as priority to the UNFCCC Secretariat in accordance with decision 1/CP.21 on adoption of the Paris Agreement. Furthermore,…
• News 8 September 2023 Solar powering displaced populations Around the world, and especially in low and middle income countries, displaced people are feeling the effects of climate change. With more than 100 million people forced to flee their homes, climate change is making an already bad situation worse. At the Africa Climate Week, held this week in Nairobi, Kenya, UNEP brought attention to one of the ways to ensure a more sustainable future for displaced people. Focusing on clean cooking, an ‘Action Hub’ event on “Solar-Electric Cooking Partnerships:…
• News 8 September 2023 A stocktake: From technology needs to implementation Enhancing the development, transfer and uptake of technology is a key pillar of the international response to climate change. Developing countries’ efforts to conduct effective Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) and implement their prioritized technologies, has become instrumental to the UNFCCC implementation efforts. In an official side event at the Africa Climate Week panellists discussed how to overcome the implementation gap enhancing the development, transfer and uptake of climate…
• News 8 September 2023 A Stocktake: From Technology Needs to Implementation Enhancing the development, transfer and uptake of technology is a key pillar of the international response to climate change. Developing countries’ efforts to conduct effective Technology Needs Assessments (TNAs) and implement their prioritized technologies, has become instrumental to the UNFCCC implementation efforts. In an official side event at the Africa Climate Week panellists discussed how to overcome the implementation gap enhancing the development, transfer and uptake of climate…

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