Write winning proposals to attract climate funding - PM
Mar 23, 2024
Nabbanja disclosed: “This is a welcome development given the fact that Uganda incurs huge losses arising from floods, drought, landslides and lightning strikes.
Robinah Nabbanja, the prime minister speaking.
Juliet Kasirye
Journalist @New Vision
________________________ Richard Buteera, deputy Chief Justice addressing delegates during the opening of the Uganda Water and Environment Week 2024 at Water ministry headquarters in Luzira on 18th March 2024. (Photo by Juliet Kasirye)
With the increasing effects of climate change, the prime minister, Robinah Nabbanja has requested all stakeholders, both in government, and non-government organisations to write winning proposals that can attract climate funding opportunities to Uganda.
Currently, according to Nabbanja, Uganda is one of the countries that are highly impacted by Climate Change and yet among the least capable of adapting.
To address the impacts of climate change, Nabbanja said, during the COP28, Uganda lobbied for the creation of a dedicated fund for loss and damage.
“Uganda demanded for creation of a dedicated fund and funding arrangement for loss and damage lobbied. It is my pleasure to inform you that the Fund was established and developed countries made financial commitments and pledges up to the tune of $792 million,” explained Nabbanja in a speech read by State Minister for the Environment, Beatrice Anywar.
Nabbanja disclosed: “This is a welcome development given the fact that Uganda incurs huge losses arising from floods, drought, landslides and lightning strikes. During the COP 28, developed countries including Uganda made commitments and pledges of financial support to several climate change funds that were replenished,”
According to her, some of the climate change funding opportunities Ugandans can lobby for include, the Green Climate Fund to $12.833b, the Least Developed Countries Fund and the Special Climate Change Fund to $179.06m, the Adaptation Fund to $187.74m, Multilateral Development Banks also announced $180b in additional climate finance at COP28.
To address the cooking-related Health crisis in Africa with Uganda as one of the beneficiaries, Nabbanja revealed that during COP 28, the International Energy Agency (IEA) pledged $4b. Adding that $100m was announced from the Green Climate Fund towards food loss for seven countries, including Uganda which will access $10m.
She made the remarks during the celebrations of the seventh Uganda Water and Environment Week, (UWEWK) 2024 held at the water ministry headquarters in Luzira.
The UWEWK organised under the theme: “Rethinking collective action and innovative solutions to water, environment, and climate change crisis in Uganda” attracted delegates including religious leaders, environmental experts, members of parliament, development partners, and the Judiciary among others.
The celebrations of this year seek to achieve the overall goal of enabling everyone to rethink existing approaches and solutions to addressing water, environment, and climate change challenges in Uganda while building on outcomes and recommendations of the various global, regional, and national water, environment, and climate change-related events.
“I call upon government and non-government stakeholders to take advantage of these funds and write winning proposals to attract these funds to Uganda,” requested Nabbanja.
During the UWEWK, the permanent secretary at the water ministry, Alfred Okidi also commended, walkers from the Uganda Walkers Association for creating awareness on issues related to water, the environment, and climate change. This year, walkers led by Geoffrey Ayeni covered 518km in eighteen days.
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