NDC Project
Uganda submitted its updated NDC in 2022. The updated NDC presents an economy-wide mitigation target of reducing emissions by 24.7% by 2030 as compared to the business-as-usual scenario. The mitigation component of the updated NDC covers measures in the agriculture, forestry, and other land use,...
Transforming Weather Water data into value-added Information services for sustainable Growth in Africa
The Transforming Weather Water data into value-added Information services for sustainable Growth in Africa (TWIGA) project aimed to provide unavailable geo-information on weather,and climate for sub-Saharan Africa by enhancing satellite-based geo-data with innovative in-situ sensors and developing related information services that answer needs of African...
Meteorological Early Warning Systems to Build Resilience to Acute Climate‐Induced Shocks
The “Meteorological Early Warning Systems to Build Resilience to Acute Climate‐Induced Shocks” was purposed to empower local communities and vulnerable agriculturists in Uganda with an innovative early warning weather system for severe weather across the drought prone “cattle corridor”, the accident prone areas of Lake Victoria,...
Climate Change and Health in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Case of Uganda
In Uganda, a country with huge dependence on natural resources, the increased frequency and intensity of severe weather conditions such as floods and droughts pose high risks as the occurrences of water-borne and vector-borne diseases and malnutrition-related illnesses are heightened. Despite the successful introduction of...