Kilembe’s Silent Asbestos Legacy: Decades of Exposure, Questions Still Unanswered
BY RAM KIKAMA Decades after asbestos-containing materials were introduced around Kilembe’s copper mines, deteriorating structures still shelter families in Kasese,…
Category: Climate and Environment
The Wildlife Robbery: What Uganda Loses When an Elephant or lion Dies
BY INNOCENT KIIZA The elephant was worth more alive than dead, but that is not how everyone living around Uganda’s…
From Shade Trees to Hope: How Agroforestry is Transforming Lives and Landscapes in Kamwenge
BY INNOCENT KIIZA Standing in his coffee garden in Ganyenda-Kinoni Parish, Kamwenge District, Isidoro Ndyabwe carefully examines rows of young…
How ECOTRUST Agroforestry and Carbon Credits Are Transforming Climate Resilience in Uganda
BY INNOCENT KIIZA At the foothills of the Rwenzori Mountains in western Uganda, the sound of rushing water has become…
From Scars to Sustainability: Atiak’s Climate-Smart Comeback
By Delicate Sive The January sun in Atiak Town Council, Amuru District in northern Uganda, does more than shine; it…
U.S. Hit by 23 Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters in 2025, Climate Central Reports
BY ALEX BALUKU The United States experienced its third-highest number of billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in 2025, according to…
Yumbe District: Yumbe restores 25% of Forest cover from 2021
By: Robert Mone and Moureen Biira Ten years later, Yumbe District has taken strong measures to restore forests that were…
The Lake That No Longer Feeds Us: Climate Pressures Push Katwe Families to the Brink
BY INNOCENT KIIZA It was a bright morning when I journeyed through the sweeping plains of Queen Elizabeth National Park,…
Climate Smart Farming in Uganda: The Rise of Knowledge Based Peri Urban Agriculture in Gulu City
A photo story by Curity Ogada Northern Uganda is Uganda’s best kept secret. Gulu is at the center of this…
Broken Dreams in the Floods: How Climate Displacement Fuels Teenage Pregnancies in Kasese
BY INNOCENT KIIZA Torrential floods, fueled by changing weather patterns and melting glaciers from the Rwenzori Mountains, tore through villages,…