Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development launched Uganda’s first National Green Taxonomy (NGT) in September 2025. A standardized framework aimed to define and classify economic activities that meaningfully support environmental sustainability and climate goals.
On 24th December 2024, the United Nations General Assembly under resolution A/RES/79/233, adopted the Awaza Programme of Action (APoA) for Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) for the Decade 2024–2034. The APoA represents a renewed and strengthened global commitment to support the development aspirations of the 32 LLDCs located in Africa, Asia, Europe, and South America.
Uganda Development Bank (UDB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Water and Environment (MWE) on 5th November, 2026 during the pre-COP30 National Forum.
The partnership will promote Uganda’s investment opportunities by highlighting bankable, climate-aligned projects in renewable energy, climate-smart agriculture, sustainable infrastructure, and green manufacturing, driving climate resilience and sustainable development.
The Government of Uganda signed a bilateral health cooperation a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the US Government. The two governments signed a 5-year agreement to improve the capacity of GoU to contribute global health security, deliver better health outcomes for its own citizens, while reducing dependency on foreign health assistance.
On 21 October 2025, Ministry of Trade, Industry and Cooperatives, together with UNIDO, signed a project agreement funded by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MAECI) / AICS for €1.7 million (approx. Ushs 6.8 billion). The Project goal is to: strengthen Uganda’s private sector through capacity-building, business services, and international partnerships, with a focus on entrepreneurship (especially for youth and women).
On 22nd October 2025, Uganda and the United Nations launched a new Sustainable Development Cooperation Framework (UNSDCF) for 2026–2030.The framework aligns with Uganda’s 4th National Development Plan (NDP IV) and has three pillars: (i) inclusive human development, (ii) sustainable, climate-smart ecosystems, and (iii) inclusive, rights-based governance. The Cooperation Framework’s results framework also outlines targets for green job creation, climate adaptation, and inclusive governance, involving many UN agencies.
In October 2025, Uganda became the first African country to secure a result-based climate finance of $31 million from Green Climate Fund (GCF) at the 43rd meeting of the GCF Board in Songdo, Republic of Korea following its successful forest conservation between 2016 and 2017.
The funding rewards proven reductions in harmful emissions and Uganda achieved verified emission reductions totaling to over 8 million tonnes of CO2, a figure that translates into the climate benefit of nurturing 133 million new tree seedlings for a decade.
In 2025, Gold has emerged as Uganda’s leading export, accounting for 76.6% of total export earnings. In the year ending October 2025, the Bank of Uganda recorded a year-on-year increase of USD 5.21 billion in export receipts, largely driven by gold.
Adopting a gender-transformative approach to land governance empowers women parliamentarians to champion equitable tenure and climate-resilient development across the IGAD region. It demonstrates how embedding women’s voices in legislative oversight via targeted national and regional dialogues and tenure-security reforms can unlock inclusive policy, strengthen gender- sensitive budgeting and catalyse sustainable management of land and natural resources.
Unpaid Care Work (UCW) encompasses essential household tasks like cooking, cleaning, child-rearing, and elderly care, which sustain families, communities and Uganda's economy but remain invisible in economic metrics. In Uganda, women and girls shoulder three times more UCW than men (UBOS 2019). This restricts entry into formal jobs, education and public participation. This disparity deepens gender inequalities, perpetuates poverty cycles, and hampers inclusive socio-economic progress.
