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Fort Portal, Uganda ©Social Capital/Unsplash Uganda says it needs US$ 28.1 billion to implement its revised plan against climate change that it submitted to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in early September. In the plan, otherwise known as the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), the East African country aims to raise US$4.1 billion or 15% of the NDC implementation costs locally and expects the rest from external sources. Uganda targets a 24.7% cut in greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2030, compared to 22% in its first NDC of 2015. This GHG reduction will come mostly from the Agriculture, Forestry, and Land Use (AFOLU) sector. Water and Environment Minister Sam Cheptoris says Uganda's NDC prioritizes adaptation to climate change. Assessm...

Photo ©Annie Spratt / Unsplash Seven African countries are yet to submit revised plans against climate change to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in line with the Paris Agreement. Djibouti, Botswana, Madagascar, Algeria, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, and Lesotho still have their 'first generation' climate plans on the UNFCCC online registry that were submitted between 2016 and 2018. This comes as governments, civil society, and other actors prepare for the UN climate change conference in Egypt next month. UNFCCC had expected countries to submit updated and ambitious NDCs before the end of 2020 when the implementation of the Paris Agreement kicked off, and to continuously strengthen them thereafter. The climate plans, technically known as Nati...

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Uganda Needs US$28.1 billion for Revised Climate plan

7 African Countries Yet to Submit Revised Climate Plans