Climate change is having an important impact on the socioeconomic situation in Uganda. The realization of this importance has led to a direction of efforts towards climate change adaptation and mitigation through the installation of the National Climate Change policy and the Climate Change Department....
27 May 2023. The burning of charcoal, an age-old practice in many African societies, is now restricted business across northern Uganda amid a wave of resentment by locals who have warned of the threat of climate change stemming from the uncontrolled felling of trees by outsiders. (AP Photo/H...
This will make a certified engineer in Ghana a certified engineer in Kenya, Nigeria, Egypt, Uganda, Rwanda, South Africa, Angola, Morocco, Algeria etc with just one common certification exam. Second, can Africa have a common standard, we may decide to call it the “Afrobuildcode” similar ...
Spatiotemporally, these decreases are greatest in agricultural regions of central and western Uganda, but similar rainfall decreases are also reflected in the gorilla habitat within the Bwindi Forest in Southwest Uganda. The findings carry significant implications for agriculture production, food security,...
Figures from the Uganda Sugar Manufacturer's Association (USMA) show that the country has been producing 500,000 tonnes of sugar a year but due to shortage of the sugarcane, production is now below 450,000 tonnes. The meteorological department is warning that the country should brace itself for...
Global climate change, that is, generally increasing global temperatures, are now widely accepted as imminent, whether they are man-made or the result of natural climate fluctuations. The potential impact on public health has been the subject of some study, but the potential impacts on mental hea...
The role of climate change on global malaria is often highlighted in World Health Organisation reports. We modelled a Zambian socio-environmental dataset from 2000 to 2016, against malaria trends and investigated the relationship of near-term environment
Climate change poses an enormous threat to the livelihoods and safety of millions of people. "However, the level of risk is not evenly spread and certainly doesn't respect national boundaries," said Jean-Louis Sarbib, CEO of Development Gateway. "To ask critical questions about how development...
The World Health Organisation estimates that the warming and precipitation trends due to anthropogenic climate change of the past 30 years already claim over 150,000 lives annually. Many prevalent human diseases are linked to climate fluctuations, fro
Climate change-driven spread and transmission intensification of vector-borne diseases are some of the most pressing global health and environmental issues [1]. This is even more true in Africa's low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) where social, economic, and health disparities are at the ...