The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Electricity 2025 brief provides a deep and comprehensive analysis of electricity trends as well as recent policy developments. For the period 2025 through 2027, it forecasts electricity demand, supply and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions for various countries and regions worldwide.  For the African continent, the carbon emissions totaled at 481 metric tonnes with a forecast of 509 metric tonnes for 2027.

Uganda’s greenhouse gas emissions are dominated by Agriculture, Forestry and other Land uses, contributing 86%, while transport, electricity and oil & gas subsectors contribute 10%. The per capita emissions are low, at around 1.28 tonnes per person per year, reflecting Uganda's modest contribution to global emissions, higher than the world Banks’ estimated at 0.15 metric tonnes in 2023. Uganda emitted approximately 40.5 million metric tonnes of CO₂ equivalent, accounting for about 0.09% of global emissions.

Uganda increased its ambition to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions from 22% in 2024 to 24.7%by 2030 in the new climate change plan also known as the Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC). Uganda's Fourth National Development Plan (NDP IV) outlines several strategies to reduce GHG emissions, including: Climate-Smart Agriculture, Renewable Energy, Sustainable Forestry, Waste Management and Green Infrastructure. These strategies align with Uganda's commitment under the Paris Agreement to reduce GHG emissions by 24.7% by 2030. The newly released carbon market regulations are anticipated to contribute positively in lowering the carbon emissions of the country, for sustainability. 

For more insights about the brief, please visit the link below:

https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/0f028d5f-26b1-47ca-ad2a-5ca3103d070a/Electricity2025.pdf