Uganda's September 2022 updated NDC sets an economy-wide target of 24.7% reduction below business as usual by 2030, up from 22% in 2016, covering agriculture, forestry and land use, energy, transport, waste and industrial processes, estimated at USD 28.1 billion to implement.
Projects
Beyond Biomass Uganda
UpEnergy's metered electric cookstove programme in Uganda, certified by Gold Standard as GS11579.
Kikonda Forest Reserve Reforestation
Reforestation of a central Ugandan forest reserve in the Kafu river catchment, with over eight million trees established.
Restore Africa
A six-country restoration programme whose lead organisation entered liquidation in July 2026.
Safe Water Systems for Rural Uganda
TASC-financed distribution of Purifaaya ceramic water filters manufactured by SPOUTS of Water in western Uganda.
Spiro electric motorcycles and battery swapping
Electric motorcycles and battery swapping across African markets, with locally assembled vehicles.
TIST: The International Small Group and Tree Planting Program
Subsistence farmers in small groups planting and GPS-counting tens of millions of trees for carbon income.
Trees for Global Benefits
A performance-based smallholder agroforestry scheme running since 2003, now spanning 26 districts of Uganda's Albertine Rift.
Trees for the Future
Farmers planting Forest Gardens to end hunger, restore degraded land, and break the cycle of poverty.
Uganda Domestic Biogas Programme (Biogas Solutions Uganda Ltd)
Biogas Solutions Uganda Ltd's national domestic biogas programme, running since 2009.
Uganda Gender Responsive Safe Water Project
The first Gold Standard project to issue gender-responsive credits, rehabilitating community boreholes in Uganda's Lango region.
Winch Energy Mini-Grids, Uganda
Solar and battery mini-grids in Lamwo district, part of Winch Energy's Uganda and Sierra Leone portfolio.
Regulation
Framework law
"An Act to give the force of law in Uganda to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement; to provide for climate change response measures; to provide for participation in climate change mechanisms; to provide for measuring of emissions, reporting and verification of information; to provide for institutional arrangements for coordinating and implementing climate change response measures; to provide for financing for climate change; and for related matters." / "1. Commencement. This Act shall come into force on a date to be appointed by the Minister by statutory instrument."long title and s.1 (Commencement); date of assent on the President's assent page
Gives the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement the force of law in Uganda, and provides for climate change response measures, participation in climate change mechanisms, measurement, reporting and verification of emissions, institutional arrangements from national to district level, and climate finance.
Issuing body: Parliament of Uganda · Single source
NDC
"Uganda presents an ambitious economy-wide mitigation target in 2030 of 24.7% reduction below the Business As Usual (BAU), a progression from the 22% reduction target communicated in the first NDC in 2016."Foreword, p.i
Economy-wide 24.7% reduction below BAU by 2030 (up from 22%), covering AFOLU, energy, transport, waste, IPPU; adaptation broadened across most sectors; estimated implementation cost USD 28.1 billion.
Issuing body: Ministry of Water and Environment · Corroborated