International
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the United Nations entity tasked with supporting the global response to the threat of climate change. The Convention has near universal membership and is the parent treaty of the 2015 Paris Agreement and the 1997 Kyoto Protocol.
The ultimate objective of these agreements under the UNFCCC is to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that will prevent dangerous human interference with the climate system, in a time frame which allows ecosystems to adapt naturally and enables sustainable development.
Uganda ratified the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on 25th March, 2002 and 2015 Paris Agreement on 21st September, 2016 as a Non-Annex I Party.
National
Laws
Under the stewardship of the Climate Change Department, The parliament of Uganda passed the National Climate Change Bill, 2020. The Bill seeks to give the force of law in Uganda to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement.
It will provide for climate change response measures; participation in climate change mechanisms; measuring of emissions, reporting and verification of information; institutional arrangements for coordinating and implementing climate change response measures; financing for climate change; and other related matters. Relevant regulations to enforce its operations, especially in terms of integrating climate change in the development processes will be made.