ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE IN

UGANDA

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ABOUT - NGO founded in 1983

Vision A green Uganda ,Environmentally safe and clean habitat for

the present and future generation

Mission To stop environmental destruction and promote efficient

management of natural resources

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OUR STRATEGY FOR ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE IN UGANDA

AWARENESS

TRAINING

TREE PLANTING

SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE

USE OF FUEL WOOD

SOLAR ENERGY

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PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL ECONOMIC CONDITIONS OF UGANDA

•Uganda is a landlocked country with an area of 241,551

•Average altitude of 1200m above sea level

•2 rainy season are experienced although these merge as you move away from the equator. Mean rainfall is from 800 - 1700 mm

• Uganda’s population stands at 34 million people. Population is largely rural and depends on land resources for survival

• Agriculture is the backbone of Uganda’s economy contributing to 42% of the national GDP

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Quick facts on energy

and climate… Energy situation in Uganda

Energy is the 2nd largest sink of expenditure (16%) in Ugandan

households after food and water (45%)

80% of Ugandans use kerosene lamps (tadooba/lantern) as main light source at night = smoking 2 packs of cigarettes in the

process each night.

Globally this practice is behind the 1.4 million pre-mature

deaths per annum

95% of Ugandan households use wood or charcoal as main

source of energy for cooking (UBoS, 2010). 5000ha lost per

month from this practice

Uganda has discovered over 2.5bn barrels of potentially

recoverable petroleum reserves

Climate change is expected to increase temperatures in Uganda by up to 1.5°C in the next 20 years and by up to 4.3°C

by the 2080s. Uganda is climate vulnerable

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UBoS, 2010

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Source of energy for cooking

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CLIMATE CHANGE IN UGANDA

Historical changes that have occurred in recent times such as famine, heavy rainfall, prolonged dry spells, reduction in

water levels, etc shows

that Uganda is feeling the

effects of climate change

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IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE -

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Landslides in Bududa, Eastern

Uganda in March 2010. Over 300

people died and Over 700 families

were displaced

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IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE - FLOODING

Flooding in Lira district, Eastern Uganda

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DROUGHT

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IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

Low agricultural production resulting into famine

and poverty

•Prevalence of disease in people, animals and crops

•Reduction in ecosystem integrity and resilience, and

decline in biodiversity

•Decrease in forest area and area under cultivation WHO statistic of 4.3 million indoor pollution-related deaths in 2012 alone. Nearly a third of the world’s population still uses unsafe materials for cooking and keeping warm. [t]his disproportionately affects women and children.” pollution is accountable for one in eight deaths worldwide. Catherine Kärnbo

Tackling climate change may not be sound clear to an ordinary Ugandan but each one has a role to play thus the awareness.

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In Uganda, deforestation continues at an alarming rate

of approx 13 million hectares

per year. Yet over 70% of the

population depends on

biomass for their energy

demands

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Traditional wood burning methods are so

wasteful and un healthy

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ENERGY SAVING STOVES

Top Lit Up Draft (TLUD) stove It is a micro gasify

stove with temperature up 720

C, less particulate matter and low emission

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Rocket energy saving stove. It is insulated, has high temperatures and chimney for the emission

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SOLAR DYER

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MAKING OF BRIQUETTES

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THE BIO GAS

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BIO GAS DIGESTER (FIXED DOME)

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SOLAR PV INSTALLATIONS

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SMALL SOLAR LAMPS

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He walked 34 km to get

solar lamp

Govile John from Lilia,

“I have come to buy lamp.

My parish chief told me

about it, what do you use

at home? At home I use

tadooba and I spend 300/=

@ day. I have 18 & 3yrs

others died. I am so happy

to have this lamp. Now I

can walk back home

happily”.

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Little Sun is a

solar powered

Over 21.000 lamps

that have been so

far distributed in

Uganda reduces

CO2-udledningen

with not less than

3.000 ton CO2 in a

year.

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Energi Nord and JEEP’s cooperation Solar program

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Statistics for the last 10 years.

Number of Trees Planted approx 23,000

Number of Solar Lamps Distributed 22,000

Solar Systems Installed in Schools 44

Number of Health Centers with Solar Refrigerators 02

Number of Domestic energy saving stoves 17,000

stoves

Number of institutional stoves 115 stoves

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CONCLUSION

•Need for partnership between local NGOs like JEEP and international agencies to build capacity in the communities

•Lobby for government support in order to support civil society’s efforts in the energy sector, e.g seminars, school curriculum

•Combined efforts in research work on more alternative fuels in order to reduce the reliance on wood fuels and other techiniques to mitigate climate change

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