Environmentalists have asked government to consider closing the widening policy gap between the communities to drastically address issues of climate change. Disseminating findings of disaster risks in Uganda carried out from the five districts of Kasese, Katakwi, Kabale, Kawempe and Mbale, the programme officer DENIVA Uganda, Anne Akwango and Reuben Mbawuta state that 80% of the populations in these areas confirm having received large scale disasters in the last one year with 40% having experienced large scale disasters in the past 10 years which leave behind adverse effects as many crops, animals, human lives and property is lost leaving the population wondering and in a state of misery.

The environmentalists now maintain that though there are existing policies on climate change, they are not bringing out the reality that can expeditiously cause change in these communities as a way of mitigating climate change as well as the disasters that put the lives of citizens at risk. Meanwhile, the experts are now calling for proper implementation of laws if the communities are to overcome such disasters across the country.

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