Assessing the institutional framework for climate change management in Uganda a comparison of kenya and Tanzania

Abstract

Uganda has established institutional frameworks to counteract the negative impacts of Climate Change, since the adoption of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) in 1992. There have been concerns, however, that the implementation progress is debilitated by a surge of deficiencies ranging from policy to institutional mechanisms. Several institutional actors, for example, are said to remain anonymous, disparate and uncoordinated, causing parallel initiatives that could stifle the effort to address Climate change. This study, presents results of a desk research study conducted to analyse the major institutional mechanisms, as well as, the actors involved in Climate change efforts in Uganda. This dissertation reviews major institutional arrangements, to establish how far they represent suitable mechanisms of dealing with the problem. The discussion highlights on who is doing what, with whom and with what progress – across the spectrum of government, development partners, NGOs, private sector and research institutions. The research establishes that failures of these climate change institutions is due to poor coordination and communication, exacerbated by weak organisational structures, poor inter-agency relations, limited human skills and technical capacity, and failure to enlist the private sector and local governments to support responses to Climate change.