As the debate continues to ramble on about whether fossil fuel lobbyists should be allowed at the COP30, many climate activists and analysts are overly pessimistic.
Author: John Okot
Posted inFood / Tech News
Yumbe’s sweet solution: How solar dried mangoes became a lifeline for vulnerable homes
For the past seven years, Asiko has been scrimping and saving from donations. Early this year, he used his saving to buy a solar dryer worth two million Uganda shillings.
Posted inEnvironment / Oil & Gas
COP28: Global activists confront Total CEO over jailed anti-EACOP activists
Internal Affairs ministry spokesperson, Simon Peter Mundeyi denied that the government wanted to “silence activists”, adding they were “not following the law and procedures of holding a protest”.
Posted inAgriculture / COP28
World Bank urges farmers to adopt eco-farming practices to fight the climate crisis
As climate change wreaks havoc globally, farmers are increasingly finding it tough to grow crops with expectations for reliable harvests.
Posted inCOP28
COP28: CSOs demand developed nations to meet Africa’s energy targets
Muhammed Lamin Saidykh, Head of Building Power at CAN- International said African experts need to be considered since they understand our unique challenges of Africa.
Posted inEnvironment / Oil & Gas
Global forest body cautions developing nations against embracing carbon markets
Carbon markets are trading systems where companies compensate for their greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing carbon credits from individuals or entities that remove or reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Posted inAgriculture
In Buliisa, keyhole gardens are powering EACOP-displaced women to rise above hunger
For Bero-Irwoth, she has since trained more than 300 women in the Albertine region under environmental rights group ‘Tufanye pamoja’ (meaning “let’s work together) in Swahili language.
Posted inEnvironment / Oil & Gas
Floods and elephants: How EACOP project is fueling wildlife conflict, biodiversity loss
Buliisa says that the EACOP has massively changed the landscape in the areas thus fueling more elephant attacks.
Posted inGulu / News
Gulu City: URA launches ‘mpa e-receipt yange’ campaign as taxpayers win prizes
The “mpa e-receipt Yange’ is currently running under the Electronic Fiscal Receipting and Invoicing solution (EFRIS), an initiative of URA.
Posted inAgriculture / Kotido News
In Karamoja’s dry plains, Obin’s crops are thriving on one secret: ‘managing water’
With such practices, Obin says, locals will be able to increase soil fertility unlike monoculture, a common practice in Karamoja, where farmers mainly grow sorghum, which drains the soil.
Posted inNews / TND Inspires
ANNUAL MEDIA CONFERENCE: Journalists to interface with leaders
Gulu – 21 October 2020: The 3rd Annual Media Conference 2020 is slated for Friday…
Posted inNews / Politics
Nwoya woman MP refutes defecting to NUP
Let the blackmailers and propagandists continue as we serve and lead our people with humility…