Solid waste management is increasingly becoming a major environmental challenge in Uganda especially in the urban and peri-urban areas. The challenge of solid waste management is set to increase as the country undergoes urbanization, coupled with the increasing population. The urban authorities are overwhelmed and do not have adequate facilities and resources to effectively manage this enormous challenge. Poor waste management poses health and environmental challenges including contribution to Global warming/Climate Change through the emission of Green House Gases (GHG) such as Methane, Carbon dioxide and others
Uganda signed the United Nations Framework convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) on the 13th of June 1992 and ratified it on the 8th of September 1993, thereby committing itself to combating Green House Gas (GHG) emissions to the atmosphere. It also ratified the Kyoto Protocol on the 25th of March 2002. The Kyoto Protocol put in place the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) as one of the mechanisms to allow the developed industrialised countries to invest in projects in developing countries that would realise GHG emission reductions. By so doing, the industrialised countries would be enabled to use such certified emission reductions (CERs) generated under the CDM to contribute to compliance with their own emission reduction commitments.
NEMA signed co-operation agreement with the municipalities in two tranches. The first tranche were signed in 2005 with the nine municipalities of Mukono, Jinja, Mbale, Soroti, Lira, Mbarara, Kasese, Kabale, and Fort Portal. The second tranche were signed in 2010 with eight municipalities of Masindi, Busia, Hoima, Mityana, Entebbe, Arua, Gulu and Tororo. The Cooperation Agreements/ Memoranda of Understanding set out the rights and obligations of each party in terms of the CDM programme activities.
Download the Environment Impact Assessement for Old CDM sites
Mukono CDM site
Jinja CDM site
Mbale CDM site
Soroti CDM site
Lira CDM site
Kabale CDM site
Kasese CDM site
Mbarara CDM site
Fortpotal CDM site
Download the Environment Impact Assessment Certificates for the CDM sites
Mukono CDM site
Jinja CDM site
Mbale CDM site
Soroti CDM site
Lira CDM site
Kabale CDM site
Fortportal CDM site
Mbarara CDM site
Kasese CDM site
Download the Abbreviated Resettlement Plans (ARAPs) for the CDM sites
Fortportal CDM site
Kasese CDM site
Soroti CDM site
Arua CDM site
Gulu CDM site
Kabale CDM site