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Uganda has received only 5.7 per cent of the US$28.1 billion required to implement its climate commitments by 2030, leaving a US$26.5 billion financing gap that threatens efforts to protect farmers and communities from increasingly unpredictable weather patterns.
The shortfall raises concerns about the country’s ability to invest in irrigation, agricultural extension services, improved soil management and reliable markets, even as farmers face growing threats from droughts, floods and changing rainfall patterns.
The financing challenge was among the issues discussed at a Climate Media Café organised by ActionAid and the Media for Environment, Science, Health and Agriculture (MESHA) on October 29, where experts examined Uganda’s climate commitments, agroecology and the impact of mounting public debt on climate action.
Uganda’s 2022 Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) estimates that the country needs US$28.1 billion by 2030 to implement its climate commitments.
Of this amount, US$17.7 billion is required for adaptation, US$10.3 billion for mitigation, and US$100 million for cross-cutting interventions.