climate change

Key barriers to Ecosystem Based Adaptation

    The impacts of climate change are likely to be significant for the future development trajectory of Uganda due to high and ever increasing population density in, Uganda particularly in mountainous ecosystems like MountainMT.Rwenzoriregion. There is little knowledge on implications or impact of past climate change variability on the Uganda’s economy. This requires a thorough evaluation of the fiscal and social development implications, which would help identify strategic priorities and focus decision maker’s attention to the need and appropriate modalities for adaptation to climate change. Secondly, there are limited landscape level frameworks for internalizing ecosystem resilience to climate change in mountain ecosystems and coherent land use and water resources monitoring and planning system. Thirdly, there are inadequate demonstrated experiences in ecosystem based adaptation approaches at the landscape level.   Lastly, given that EBA is a new management approach, there is need to strengthen the existing institutional capacity and policy framework to promote ecosystem based adaptation approaches.

To address these challenges, there is an urgent need to put in place capacities and tools to remove barriers currently hindering climate risk from being actively integrated within national and sectoral planning. This requires improving the capacity of government decision-makers and private resource users to identify, assess and internalize climate change risks and conserve and rehabilitate natural ecosystems in both mountainous and steep landscapes at all management tiers, including eco-region and watershed. Management approaches should embrace ecosystem wide solutions that incorporate climate change risks and provide clear avenues for adaptation and mitigation. The ultimate success of Ecosystem Based Adaptation will be measured by the ability of ecosystems to continually provide critical services, including the abatement of land 

action taken
tree planting 
water and weterlands conservation
training 
pollution and pollutants management 
mountain resources management