By Nelson Byaruhanga Margret Atuhairwe, 64, collects water from a dugout hole on the banks of a seasonal river called Kamukule in Kigwera Southeast, Buliisa district. It is the water they use for cooking, bathing, and washing utensils at home. She has to fetch as many jerrycans as possible in less than an hour’s time because the brown running water Read More …
As Uganda participates in the global climate summit in Belém, Brazil, three Ugandan organisations-Fem Earth Organisation, Western Media for Environment and Conservation (WEMECO) and Liberty Pro Bono Initiative, are calling on world leaders, climate financiers and the Government of Uganda to take urgent, inclusive and gender-responsive action to ensure that global climate decisions deliver real benefits for the country’s most Read More …
Most paints where you see the painters using paraffin as a mixture contain lead chemicals which have long term effects on human health especially children, says Mr Peter Akugizibwe, the Executive Director (ED) for Western Media for Environmental Conservation (WEMECO). During a radio talk show held as part of the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Wekk in Hoima city, Mr Akugizibwe elaborated Read More …
As the world marks International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week from 19–25 October 2025 under the theme “No Safe Level: Act Now to End Lead Exposure”, Uganda faces a harsh truth. While the global community is coming together to end all lead exposure, toxic paints continue to coat the walls of our homes, schools, and playgrounds, silently putting children’s health at Read More …
Plastic pollution is not only a problem for oceans and wildlife. It may also be affecting the very food we eat. A new study highlights how nanoplastics can penetrate crops, raising questions about food safety and human health.
Part of the Neung Forest Reserve in Nsuaem, Tarkwa, ravaged by illegal gold mining (Drone Shot: Festus Randy Jackson-Davis) Ghana’s forests were once places of balance. From the northern savannahs to the southern rainforests, the land offered both beauty and function. The scent of fresh soil after rain, the shade of Wawa trees, and the harmony of birdsong under Odum Read More …
“Everything we love about gum today is thanks to synthetic polymers… Plastic gum, though, also falls apart, in a way: Gum chewing has been linked to microplastic ingestion.”
Ruling of the case led by the Centre for Justice Governance and Environmental Action (CJGEA) on 6 December 2024:
Preity Gurung is a member of the Tamang people of the Himalaya. The climate effects here are deeply felt: After a long period of drought, more than 200 people in Kathmandu were killed by floods in October 2024. “The situation in the mountains, where our community lives, is even worse,” she says. More floods as well as long periods of Read More …
