The tracking of the progress in the implementation of the 2030 agenda of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) is being impeded by a lack of reliable data on key indicators. Dr. Ibrahim Kasirye, the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Director of Research, said of the 231 SDG indicators,…
Access to affordable and clean energy has remained a pipe dream from many people in the sub-Saharan Africa, thanks to high electricity cost and exorbitant initial connection fees. A new paper by Dr. Ibrahim Kasirye, the research director at the Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC), Anita Ntale, a…
In 2008, the Ugandan Cabinet approved the National Biotechnology and Biosafety policy, whose objective is to ensure that Uganda benefits from safe application of modern biotechnology such as genetically modified organisms (GMOs). As a result, the National Biotechnology and Biosafety Bill 2012 was developed with objectives to guide…
Participants at Breakfast meeting on climate resilient agriculture held at Protea Hotel, Kampala The Director Environment and Wetlands, Ministry of Water and Environment, Mr. Paul Mafabi has asked the private sector to collaborate and utilise the Climate Change Resource Centre to get the required information to address the…
Just so the animals in national parks can have uninterrupted sessions of mating, the National Environment Management Authority has asked oil companies to drill during the day and keep their lights off. This rule is part of a wide range of directives that Nema has issued to companies to limit…