Earth Rise

At the UN headquarters in New York during the Climate Action Summit at the UN General Assembly, a collective of youth from around the world, each representative of their member states and civil society organizations, put forth a Global Youth Climate Action Declaration which was tabled to the member states and different heads of states so that they can hear loud and clear the demands of the world’s population of young people. The preamble for the GYCAD states that,  "Today, we the Youth are united in our call for urgent action on the trans-national crisis of climate change. Together we represent the global constituency of young people, determined to preserve the integrity of our Earth for all lifeforms, for the generations to follow, and for the sake of our own survival. In order to protect our most fundamental right to an inhabitable, healthy environment, it is imperative that we have multi-dimensional cooperation. We must mobilize ...

20th September 2019 Kampala Uganda Global Climate Strike As young people who are still striving and expecting much more in the future, being threatened by the magnitude and impacts of climate change, our survival is at stake if the adverse effects of climate change is not controlled.  It is  accepted by the vast majority of scientists  that the greenhouse effect which warms the earth is much increased by emission of vast amounts of carbon dioxide  and some other gases by human activities.  In the historical past the greenhouse effect, driven by volcanic and microbial carbon dioxide emission  prevented the earth from being  permanently encased in ice , but since humanity industrialized, atmospheric carbon dioxide has increased and is causing ever more harmful global warming and climate change. In support of the same cause,  On 31 January 2019, more than  3400  scientists and academics signed an  open letter  in suppor...

In a bid to fully unleash young people’s potential especially in respect of issues threatening their future, youth should have skills & values required for their active participation in the decisions shaping their own survival. They should equally be inspired to understand the imperatives of building peaceful and inclusive societies for a safer and more sustainable future. As John F Kennedy said, “The future promise of any nation can be directly measured by the present prospects of its youth, and this world demands the qualities of youth: not a time of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will, a quality of imagination, a predominance of courage over timidity, and youths of appetite for adventure over the love of ease ”, to this end, giving young people a place in decision-making builds a broader base of citizen involvement and creates stronger, more inclusive communities. The MD of Global platform Uganda, Mr. Primus Bahigi at the opening of the 5th National Inter ...

Should we sit on our backs and wait for the government to implement vision 2040? Who is responsible for the action against climate change? Under the aspirations in chapter 2 of the Uganda vision 2040 , paragraph (f) provides that “ Ugandans desire a green economy and clean environment where the ecosystem is sustainably managed and the liveability of the urban systems greatly improved ”. The realization of this aspiration will however not come by itself, it requires the partnerships of both private and public sector and the progression of this amalgamation will promisingly limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels as per the Paris agreement. The ability to adapt, mitigate and reduce carbon emissions will be decisive to preserve the world and Uganda in particular for future generations. It should be noted that sustainable development as promised in Uganda Vision 2040 is about using resources to meet human needs while preserving the environment. ...