Available statistics show that wetland coverage in Uganda has dropped from 37,346.3 Sq. Km in 1994 (15.5 percent) to 21,526.3 Sq.Km which is an 8.9 percent decrease. There is also a projection indicating that if the destruction trends are not checked, Uganda will be left with only 1.6 percent of wetlands cover by 2040.
Thunberg was speaking directly to dozens of Heads of State and Government, business leaders, and senior representatives from civil society from around the world, who lined up to promise far-reaching steps to beat climate change, at the day-long event, held at the Organization’s New York headquarters on Monday.
The scientists argue that the net-zero emissions needed to stabilize the climate requires both an acceleration in the use of non-carbon energy sources and a rapid decline in the global share of fossil fuels in the energy mix. However, the global energy system is still dominated by fossil fuel sources despite extraordinary growth in renewable fuels over the past decade.
The research will involve investigating the probable influence of this temperature limit on crop production and water needs including the influence on rainfall, humidity, winds and cloudiness over Uganda.
The report warns that without urgent action to reduce emissions, the occurrence of climate shocks and stresses in the Africa region are expected to get much worse adding that there is mounting evidence that higher temperatures have worsened drought and humanitarian disaster in East Africa.
The reports says achieving power sector renewable energy targets under current NDCs, requires almost USD 1.7 trillion by 2030 - USD 1.2 trillion of which is required for unconditional targets, and USD 500 billion will be needed to support targets conditional upon international support.
Countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean say they are finding difficulties implementing the recommendations of the Paris Climate Change Agreement in 2015 without financial support from the developed world.
Julius Peter Okello, a retired head teacher who has acquired the system says much as it is expensive to acquire the biogas system, its worth because it has more benefits.
The Paris Climate Change Agreement signed at the end of last year in France, aims to limit greenhouse gas emissions and keep global temperature increases below 2 degrees Celsius.
The Makerere University Urban Planning lecturer says World Bicycle day will be used to promote the health and environmental benefits associated with riding bicycles as a means of transportation.
13-year-old Abibu Wamani, a P 7 Pupil at Wambabya Primary School in Kiziranfumbi Sub County, says he has so far planted 20 eucalyptus trees at home and plans to plant more. Wamani says on top of conserving the environment, he hopes to earn income from his private forest in future.
More than 165 countries have indicated that they will sign the historic climate change agreement reached in Paris last December at a signature ceremony hosted by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Friday, 22 April.
Doubling the share of renewables in the global energy mix by 2030 can save up to USD 4.2 trillion annually by 2030 15 times more than the costs according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA.
A surge in renewable generation last year played a critical role in keeping global energy-related carbon emissions flat for the second year in a row, according to a report by the International Energy Agency IEA.
