KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda said on Wednesday it had recorded a 40% surge in the incidence of malaria, attributing the increase to a range of factors including a refugee influx, climate change and a ...

There is a need to enforce climate-smart approaches, protect fragile ecosystems and migratory corridors, and ensure harsh punishment for perpetrators of environmental abuse if the country is to have a ...

Uganda has committed to an ambitious climate change mitigation and adaption agenda. To achieve this, the country has developed a sound framework to enhance climate change sensitivity across public ...

Alice Kiyo stands by a roadside on the outskirts of Moroto, in Uganda’s Karamoja region, Nov. 5, 2022 (photo by Sophie Neiman). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on ...

The 2026 election campaigns have placed environmental survival at the heart of political discourse in the Elgon region. President Museveni's campaign emphasizes a "science-led" approach to ...

Moo Me Gen Ltd in Barjobi, Okwang subcounty, shows some of the ready shea seedlings to be distributed to farmers. PHOTO/TOBBIAS JOLLY OWINY Moreen Kasisaki, Kijani Forestry nursery manager waters the ...

Uganda estimates that it will need $28.1 billion to adapt to the effects of climate change and cut emissions until the end of the decade. The funding, which will be managed through a newly established ...

Global warming is hitting Africa harder than anywhere else on earth, even though the continent’s 1.3 billion people contribute to it the least. In January 2019, I decided to add my voice to a growing ...

Climate change is hitting many developing countries hard. In Uganda, one climate activist worries that the upcoming international climate talks won't protect her home. Next week, world leaders meet to ...

Climate change is no longer a distant threat—it is a lived reality, especially in fragile regions like Karamoja in Uganda and Turkana in Kenya. Ranked among the most climate-vulnerable countries ...

Mount Elgon's red earth slopes are home to hundreds of thousands of people who eke out a living growing coffee and vegetables on small plots cleared from the forest. As climate change has made annual ...

Joseph Eyinu tends to his onion crop with care in Apitopat Cell, Kayago Ward, Namasale Town Council, Amolatar District. The 26-year-old gently picks onions from the nursery bed, taking great care not ...