Environmental Civil Society Organizations are castigating the agreements that were reached upon between developed countries and developing countries during the December Conference of Parties (COP)21 Paris conference which the CSOs say were not binding and fear that the developed countries will not meet their obligations as agreed upon. But the head of the climate change department in the Ministry of water and environment, Chebet Maikut who also represented government at the same conference assures the nation that though the agreement was not fully binding, the commitment made by developed countries will be respected according to some of the agreed positions that were taken at the conference in Paris.

Giving the evaluation report for Uganda at the post COP21 meeting held in Kampala today, Chebet emphasized that this can be realized through the 120 Million dollar the nation receives annually to facilitate climate change adaptation and mitigation from developed countries. While reading the environment minister’s speech at the meeting, the National Planning Authority chairman, Dr. Kisamba Mugerwa noted that such meetings are crucial to countries like Uganda and need to be respected as they are intended to give a platform to developing countries like Uganda to air their issues.

In the just concluded COP21 conference in France it was agreed that the world’s biggest polluters contribute billions towards climate change mitigation and adaptation through the carbon emissions fund to all developing countries among other commitments.