Environmentalists under the National Association of Professional Environmentalists-NAPE want the Ugandan delegation to highlight issues that relate to governance during the 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference or UN Conference of Parties (COP28) which is just two days away.
COP28 is the 28th annual UN climate meeting where governments will discuss how to limit and prepare for future climate change.
The 2023 summit will be the 28th United Nations Climate Change conference, taking place at the Expo City Dubai in United Arab Emirates-UAE, from 30 November until 12 December 2023, at the Expo City, Dubai.
Mr. Frank Muramuzi, the NAPE Executive Director, the discussion on governance is important because issues related to climate change go hand in hand with decision-making that should be done at all levels.
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“Climate change does not mean we talk about the environment alone. We are talking about many things such as financing, governance, among others. You cannot talk about the trees and swamps without talking about good governance of the region and country,” he said.
The Conference will comprise of the 28th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 28), the fifth meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, the 18th meeting of the COP serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, the 59th meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Implementation and the 59th meeting of the Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice.
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Uganda is experiencing significant impacts of climate change, which include changing weather patterns, drop in water levels, and increased frequency of extreme weather events like floods, as well as drought, whose social economic impacts make communities very vulnerable. The problem is evident in other hotspots across Africa and the world at large.
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