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Compilation of the GHG Inventory – Uganda’s experience
Magezi-AkiikiDepartment of Meteorology
P. O. Box 7025Kampala, Uganda
Email: mageziakiiki@yahoo.com
CGE Hands-on Training Workshop on National Greenhouse Gas Inventories for the
African Region – Pretoria, South Africa18 – 22 September 2006
Introduction
• Land locked Country with in the East Africa Region
• Economy depends on agriculture which accounts for about 40% of GDP
• Industrial base comprises mainly light industries characterized by processing of raw materials from agriculture, forestry and water bodies (10% of GDP)
• Transport and Communication is on of the service industries which is growing fast
Introduction (contd)
• Uganda signed the UNFCCC on 13th June 1992 and ratified it on 8th September 1993
• Uganda compiled its GHG Inventory in 1994 with GEF/UNEP funding
• Inventory was updated in 1995 under the U.S. Country Studies Programme
• Covered: Energy, Industrial Processes, Solvents, Agriculture and Savannah Burning, Land Use Change and Forestry, and wastes
Industrial Processes
• Cement production (Two Factories)
• Lime Production
• Foam Mattress Production
• Solvents (Paint and Dry Cleaning industries)
Problems Encountered
• Insufficient Data (Many small lime producers- efficiency not known, Gaps, Not digitized)
• Lack of Transparency in Data release (Awareness, Weak inter-institutional collaboration)
• Lack of National Emission Factors – IPCC Default Factors used
• Lack of relevant Policies (Collection and storage of relevant data)
• Lack of follow-up activities (Limited Funds)
Recommendations
• Awareness raising for key Stakeholders (data collection and storage)
• Government to develop climate policy• Sensitization of relevant bodies on data
collection (Uganda Manufacturers Association, Uganda Investment Authority, Uganda National Bureau of Standards)
Recommendations (contd)
• Determination of Local Emission Factors under the Enabling Activities Phase II
• Up-dating the Inventory as part of compilation of the 2nd National Communication
• GEF and other donors should provide funding for follow-up activities