As a signatory to the UNFCCC, the Paris Agreement, and the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol, Uganda updated its National Determined Contributions in 2022, emphasizing the benefits of mitigating short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs). The 2022 NDC includes a section on the co-benefits of NDC implementation for short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) mitigation and expresses its intention to improve national planning processes on mitigating SLCPs. However, Uganda faces limitations in expertise and resources within its environmental management bodies to assess and mitigate SLCP emissions effectively.
Collaborating with organizations like the Climate and Clean Air Coalition, Uganda aims to enhance its ability to identify and reduce SLCP emissions, integrating these efforts into national policies and plans, such as developing a national methane roadmap. This also includes Supporting National Action & Planning (SNAP) initiative to produce a national emission inventory of SLCPs including black carbon, methane, and hydrofluorocarbons.
To achieve the emission inventory, Uganda is working with SEI, to increase the capacity within the National Environment Management Authority and Ministry of Water and Environment in Uganda to understand the major sources of SLCPs in the country, to identify nationally-appropriate mitigation measures that can reduce these emissions, and to integrate the knowledge generated during this capacity strengthening into national policies and plans, including a national methane roadmap.
Feature / SEI researchers are supporting Ugandan government officials in tackling the pressing issue of short-lived climate pollutants.
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Perspective / This op-ed offers key insights into 2024 UNEA-6 resolution on air quality with contributions from SEI researchers, originally published in the Clean Air Journal
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Past event / SEI's Kevin Hicks speaks at the 2024 Clean Air for blue skies webinar on incentives for green mobility in emerging economies in Africa.
Journal article / This journal article explores the effects of different cooking fuels, stoves and greater environment on users' air pollution exposure.
