| dc.description.abstract | This study set out to explore and examine the challenges of implementing Clean Development Mechanism of the 1997 Kyoto protocol in Uganda. A number of objectives formed the basis of the study. These were; to critically assess the objectives of Clean Development Mechanism, to assess the programmes or polices adopted by government and others stakeholders to implement Clean Development Mechanism, to examine the structure(s) put in place by government to implement Clean Development Mechanism, and to identify the challenges facing government and other stakeholders in trying to implement Clean Development Mechanism. To carry out an effective exploration, this study relied on primary data collected with the aid of interview guides. Secondary data was also used composed of documentary review of related literature. Data collected was presented in frequency counts and tables. Quotations and photographs were also used to support the findings. The findings reveal that sustainable development is a key element in Clean Development Mechanism. What constituted sustainable development was left to individual countries implementing CDM to define based on their priority needs and natural resource endowments. However for developing countries like Uganda it should emphasize poverty reduction, economic growth and environmental protection. It is also established that the sectors that were mentioned in the Protocol such as energy, industry, forestry and waste management as crucial in the emissions of GHGs Uganda Government through its various institutions and departments plus other stakeholders in environmental conservation techniques had tried to initiate policies or programmes as per COM. However they had not gone far enough because of a number of challenges especially lack of funds. Thus, the study recommends that the government should mobilize financial resources from within and without to help its institutions and departments in their quest to implement COM. The study noted that there were no formal structures put in place in Uganda to implement Clean Development Mechanism as the protocol urged. Hence, as a matter of urgency the government should put in place structure(s), responsible for approval, coordination, implementation and monitoring of all programmes under COM. The study also revealed the challenges hindering the effective implementation of COM in Uganda. They ranged from lack of financial resources, lack of awareness, lack of community participation and lack of coordination. Thus, the government and other stakeholders should endeavor to mobiles more financial resources, promote more awareness campaigns about the dangers of climate change in general and mitigating mechanisms like the COM to all stakeholders. It should also encourage more community participation in environmental conservation techniques and also it should coordinate among and between its various departments and institutions and all other stakeholders as far as programmers or policies under COM are concerned. | en_US |
