Kampala City Council (KCC) together with National Environmental Management Organisation (NEMA) has intensified operations against noise pollution in Kampala. These operations follow stun warnings concerning noise pollution that KCC and NEMA have been issuing both through the media and sometimes directly to the culprits of the operations but which warnings had largely not been taken […]
Today (9 June) Top climate-change negotiators from China, India, the EU, Brazil, Bangladesh and the Solomon Islands made a rare joint appearance before media at a side event during the ongoing UN talks in Bonn. With the UN negotiations often taking place behind closed doors, it is rare to get opposing sides in the same […]
A Ugandan East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Member, Hon. Lydia Wanyotto has urged the Secretariat of the East African Community to beef up its programmes designed to sensitize people surrounding Mt Elgon region, the importance of environmental conservation. This comes hardly two months after mudslides hit Eastern Uganda district of Budduda which claimed the lives […]
BONN, Germany – Today, civil society organizations from across the globe have released a statement analyzing the state of UN climate negotiations after one week of talks in Bonn – with the current state of the negotiations suggesting the world is on track for a 4 degree increase in temperatures by 2100. The analysis reveals […]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has named 10 winners for UNESCO’s 2010 Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Young Scientist Awards. According to a statement released today UNESCO, each winner will receive a cash price of up to $5,000 (about 10,200,000 Uganda shillings) to start his or her career by researching ecosystems, […]
As Uganda joins the rest of the world to celebrate the World Environment day, the Uganda Environment Shadow Minister, Hon. Beatrace Anywar has appealed to the people of Uganda to use their votes as a political weapon to protect the environment. The World Environmental day which is celebrated on 5th June of every year is […]
The Woman Member of Parliament for Arua district, Christine Bako has urged the National Environmental Management Authority to step up its efforts in the fight against environmental degradation in Uganda. Bako told Ultimate Media that NEMA should not look on as people encroach on wetlands in the name of investing because it degrades the environment. […]
A new UN backed report has underscored the need to invest more in agriculture and energy if countries and the world in general is to achieve sustainable dev elopement in the 21st century. With current production and consumption of fossil fuels and food draining freshwater supplies, triggering losses of forests and other ecosystems and raising […]
PRESS RELEASE 2 June 2010 For Immediate Release Contact: Alex Rafalowicz + 49 1525 991 8665 $20 Per Year Will Not Solve Climate Change People’s Voices Must be Heard in Climate Negotiations BONN – Today, Ambassador Pablo Solon of the Plurinational State of Bolivia highlighted Bolivia’s concern over current UN climate negotiations. The Ambassador […]