Clean Cities for Clean Lake Victoria

The 'Clean Cities for Clean Lake Victoria' project aims to mitigate climate change impacts in Uganda by reducing industrial and municipal emissions and restoring riparian ecosystems. With a requested grant of USD 10 million, the project targets a mitigation impact of 700,000 tCO2eq and intends to benefit 35,000 people. Key interventions include promoting cleaner production technologies in industries, restoring 400 hectares of wetlands and forests, and establishing national and regional water quality laboratories to support NDC reporting. The project focuses on the northern catchment of Lake Victoria, specifically targeting Kampala, Jinja, Entebbe, Busia, and Kyotera.

• The project aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 700,000 tCO2eq over its lifespan, with a specific target to remove over 1.173 MtCO2eq by 2040 through waste management, pollution control, and the remediation of polluted Inner Murchison Bay (IMB) sediment.
• Climate change has caused Lake Victoria's temperature to rise by more than 1°C since 1927, contributing to increased algal blooms and threatening the inland fisheries, which declined from 39,201 tonnes in 2005 to approximately 15,417 tonnes in 2010.
• Increased precipitation and extreme thunderstorms are exacerbating flooding in Kampala, with annual flood damages estimated between US$1.3 million and US$7.3 million in 2013, potentially rising to between US$33.2 million and US$101.7 million by 2050.
• The project will restore 400 hectares of riparian wetlands, bushland, and land previously used for substance agriculture to sequester carbon and restore the flood buffering capacity of the lake shoreline.
• To improve emissions measurement and NDC reporting, the project will acquire one specialized water vessel, four mobile laboratories, and construct one National Reference and two Regional water quality laboratories.
• Water pollution has significantly increased the cost of drinking water treatment at Gaba water works, rising from US$0.3/m3 in 2007 to approximately $0.9/m3 due to the increased use of alum to remove organic pollution.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2022). Clean Cities for Clean Lake Victoria. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/30070-clean-cities-clean-lake-victoria.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Clean Cities for Clean Lake Victoria. 2022. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/30070-clean-cities-clean-lake-victoria.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2022clean, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Clean Cities for Clean Lake Victoria}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2022}, month = sep, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/30070-clean-cities-clean-lake-victoria.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }