Fighting Climate Change in Uganda

Recently-published studies revealed that over the past 50 years, the Eastern African region has
experienced an average increase in temperatures by 1 degree Celsius, and suggestions were made
that this may, together with other factors, have contributed to the accelerated cycles of drought
and flooding and the sharply-risen needs to import food and depend on crisis intervention by the
international community.
The forecast for this year, especially in the regions economic powerhouse Kenya, again
proposes an almost failure of the rains between April and June, which could have a devastating
effect on the pastures for livestock and also for the farmers across the country. The erratic rains
are partially blamed on the warming of the Indian Ocean waters, which arguably causes less
rainfall over the African continent, a claim, however, still under further investigation in the
absence of sufficient hard data.
Nevertheless, the writing is again on the wall and governments in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda,
Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan are better starting now to put measures into place
to avoid large sections of their respective populations going hungry, should yet another harvest
fail.
In our fight against the increasing threats of climate change, Co2 balance plans on delivering
several energy efficiency projects throughout some of these regions. We have gotten tremendous
feedback from several stakeholders from our recently concluded stakeholder consultation in
Iganga, Uganda. Our proposed microscale project will have a significant positive impact on the
lives of the district locals.