The Republic of Uganda signed the Paris Agreement (PA) in October 2015 and ratified it on the 21st of September 2016. In accordance with Decisions 1/CP.19 and 1/CP.20 of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Uganda submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) in 2015, which later in 2016 became the country’s first NDC following the entry into force of the Paris agreement on 4th November 2016. 

As required by the Paris Agreement, NDCs are submitted every five years. In reference to that, this report contains Uganda’s updated NDC with a time frame of 2020 to 2030. 

The updated NDC contains information on national circumstances such as the geography, climate, and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions profile; information on social and economic trends (population, urbanization, agriculture, forestry, water, wetlands, and energy); and policy, legal, and institutional framework. 

The NDC update process was informed by a stocktake report, which highlighted the key performance levels and emerging issues that emanated from the formulation and implementation processes of the first NDC. The updated NDC addresses all the key emerging issues highlighted in the stocktake report.