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| Delegates Launching the NAPA Evaluation Study at the Workshop |
At
a workshop organized by non-party stakeholders under Climate Action Network
Uganda (CAN-U) and Environment and Natural Resource Civil Society Organizations
(ENRCSO) Network through partners: Action Aid Uganda; Advocates Coalition for Development and
Environment (ACODE); Environmental Management for Livelihood Improvement Bwaise
Facility (EMLI); Environment Alert (EA); International Union for Conservation of
Nature (IUCN) and OXFAM working in collaboration with the Climate Change Department
of the Ministry of Water and Environment to dialogue on the Outcomes of the
COP21/CMP11 held in Paris, France.
Approx. 204
(71 female and 133 males) participated, representing Ministries, Departments
and Agencies (MDAs), Development Partners, Civil society Organizations, Media
Houses, Academia, and Indigenous peoples, who dialogued on the implications of
the Paris Agreement to Uganda.
At the
Workshop, Hon. Wilberforce Kisamba- Mugerwa (PhD), the Chairperson-National
Planning Authority, representing the Minister of Water and Environment urged
District Local Governments & MDAs to reflect climate change
in the budget circular call in addition to building their capacities to address
climate change issues.
Mr. Chebet Maikut, Commissioner, Climate Change Department-Ministry
of Water and Environment and UNFCCC Focal point informed the Workshop that
Uganda had taken steps to implement some of the COP21 Outcomes. Among them
included; notifying the UNFCCC Secretariat of Uganda’s priority adaptation and
resilience needs for possible support. The country had commenced the process of
ratification and domestication of the Paris Agreement. To this effect,
Government has established:
- National Steering Committee on the Implementation of the Paris Agreement
- Multi-sectoral National Projects Development Coordination Committee on Climate Change to be chaired by NPA
The workshop highlighted a number of issues: Adaptation
still an issue for developing countries; no target for adaptation finance,
Agreement fall short of gender consideration; loss of differentiation between
Annex I & II countries; capacity building to be coordinated under a global
body; Uganda enclosed with software technology and not yet undertaken the
technology needs assessment (TNA); low involvement of private sector; Agreement
creates momentum for Uganda’s Climate Law formulation.
The Workshop recommended: popularization of the INDC &
Paris Agreement; build on existing programs and projects to implement the Paris
Agreement; build capacity of the various stakeholders to effectively implement
the Paris Agreement; establish a climate change trust fund and build supporting
institutions to ensure sustainability; pioneer the mobilization of internal sources
of revenue to avoid over reliance on donors e.g. fuel and emission tax among others
as practiced in countries like Tanzania.
