March 12, 2016 1:59 pm
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Goeffrey Kamese Nansonve is representing NAPE in the African Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) meeting that is taking place in Berlin German. The African Renewable Energy Initiative (AREI) was launched in Paris during the UNFCCC COP21. The AREI aims at enabling the installation of large-scale renewable energy capacity on the African... Read More
February 8, 2016 12:50 pm
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NAPE was represented at the UN Climate sumit in Paris by two staff – Goeffrey Kamese N, who is the Senior Program officer in charge of Climate Change and Chemicals Management at NAPE and sits on the Steering Commuittee of Climate Justice and Energy of Friends of the Earth International.... Read More
December 11, 2015 9:59 am
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As the Climate negotiation move close to the end, the world anxiously awaits for a possible new agreement on Climate change that will see global temperature reducing below 2C threshold.
December 4, 2015 10:08 am
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REPORT: Study shows that inaction on climate change will cost Uganda 20 times more than adaptation A new report from the Government of Uganda with support from CDKN, Baastel, Metroeconomica, Makerere University and CIDT, finds that investing in adaptation to climate change today is well worth the investment. The costs of... Read More
October 30, 2015 10:19 am
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NAPE joins the rest of the world to commemorate International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week of Action (ILPPWA). This year’s National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week theme is, “Lead-Free Kids for a Healthy Future,” which has focused on the importance of the many ways parents can reduce a child’s exposure to lead... Read More
October 30, 2015 10:12 am
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Preamble On the road to Paris, a wave of hope manifested in the impressive number of ambitious Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) testifies the commitment of developing countries to address climate change, though without assurance of support. A recentassessment of the submitted INDCs by civil society had found that commitments... Read More
October 23, 2015 10:29 am
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The National Association of Professional Environmentalists (NAPE), Oil Watch Uganda, African Institute for Energy Governance (AFIEGO) and several other environmental groups have rallied to demand delegates to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Parliamentarians and the global community to take urgent and meaningful action on climate change... Read More
October 23, 2015 10:24 am
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Women leaders and miners from Bunyoro and Rwenzori sub-regions have petitioned government to set up a mineral wealth fund through which they can directly benefit from proceeds from the exploitation of minerals. They made the resolution on Thursday in Hoima Town during the launch of the Action Research on the... Read More
August 20, 2015 12:53 pm
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The 2014 Trafficking in Persons report by the US Department of State placed Uganda as a source, transit and destination country for women and children subjected to sex trafficking. sssgAlthough human trafficking is not new, it’s only just receiving official attention from the government. Recently, Gender minister Mary Karooro Okurut... Read More
