Kimbowa Richard

PAMOJA for the Planet: Can East Africa’s CHAN 2024 Football Tournament Tackle Climate Change and Environmental degradation? In East Africa, football is more than a sport—it's a cultural force that unites millions across borders, classes, and generations. Major f...

Football⚽🏆 unites us🌐—can it also help save our environment💚?
As CHAN 2024 kicks off across East Africa, it’s time to use the power of sport to fight climate change. Here's how southggwatch.blogspot.com/2025/07/pamo...
#CHAN2024 #PamojaForThePlanet #ClimateAction @witnessradio.bsky.social

Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2024 The latest cost analysis from IRENA shows that renewables continued to represent the most cost-competitive source of new electricity generation in 2024.

91% of New #Renewable🌞 Projects Now Cheaper Than #FossilFuels Alternatives -
@irena-official.bsky.social Report

www.irena.org/Publications...

I have completed a short course on the Enhanced Transparency (ETF) Framework under the #ParisAgreement, offered by FAO. It is for anyone interested in understanding the significance of collecting, analysing, and disseminating forest-related data to meet the ETF Framework.

🌍 African Leadership Rejects Solar Geoengineering at #AMCEN20
As the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment ends, climate justice movements celebrate African governments’ leadership in rejecting dangerous solar geoengineering technologies
handsoffmotherearth.org/resources/pr... ➡️

I am proud to have participated in this fellowship.

I have completed an engaging course on #NAPs, and I am confident it will enhance my contributions to the NAP process #Uganda, which has just begun.

I strongly encourage more CSOs to participate in this valuable opportunity.

@unep.org @witnessradio.bsky.social

Why Cooking Traditions Matter in the Shift to Clean Energy in East Africa Last week, I attended a regional civil society policy harmonisation dialogue on the East African Community’s Renewable Energy policy (organi...

Why Cooking Traditions Matter in the Shift to Clean Energy in East Africa southggwatch.blogspot.com/2025/07/why-...

#GlobalGoals #SDG3 #SDG5 #SDG7 #HLPF2025

@futureearth.bsky.social @iea.org

AMCEN@40: Triumphs, Trials, and the Road Ahead for Africa’s Environmental Governance In 1985, as global awareness of environmental degradation began to rise, African leaders came together to ensure the continent had a unifi...

AMCEN@40: Triumphs, Trials, and the Road Ahead for Africa’s Environmental Governance southggwatch.blogspot.com/2025/07/amce...

The Hidden Cost of Solar Power in Africa: Tackling the Mounting Challenge of Electronic Waste As Africa accelerates the shift to clean energy, solar power is emerging as a vital solution for electrifying off-grid communities. Solar technologies, from rooftop panels and solar lanterns to mini-g...

The Hidden Cost of Solar Power in Africa: Tackling the Mounting Challenge of Electronic Waste www.linkedin.com/pulse/hidden...

Ten years after Paris, household biomass remains a critical challenge in Uganda and East Africa Photo: Dialogue Earth Ten years after the Paris Agreement , household energy in East Africa is undergoing a slow but crucial transformatio...

A decade after the Paris Agreement, the issue of household biomass🔥 remains a pressing challenge in Uganda and East Africa. This reliance hinders progress on sustainable energy and poses serious environmental and health risks. southggwatch.blogspot.com/2025/06/ten-...

Restoring Hope: How East African Communities Are Fighting Desertification from the Ground Up Watering cattle in Mwanza region in Tanzania (Photo: Tanzania Coalition for Sustainable Development) As the world’s population is projected...

Restoring Hope: How East African Communities Are Fighting Desertification from the Ground Up southggwatch.blogspot.com/2025/06/rest...

@unccd.bsky.social #Desertification #Drought

Focusing on the agricultural sector, I recently completed the Risk Management for Climate Change course from the ITC SME Trade Academy. It covers physical and transition risks related to climate change and offers actionable approaches to safeguard business profitability and long-term viability.

The #WorldEnvironmentDay 2025 highlights mounting scientific evidence of the harmful impacts of #plasticpollution and builds on the 🌐 momentum toward a legally binding treaty to #endplasticpollution

@witnessradio.bsky.social @unep.org @plasticwars.bsky.social

#BeatPlasticPollution #PlasticFree

I am excited to share that I completed the online course “Tracking Global Climate Negotiations: Navigating COP Without Going to @COP29_AZ,” which was held from November 11, 2024, to February 5, 2025.

To effectively address the issue of #plasticpollution, we🌍 must move beyond mere discussion and engage in concrete actions♻️ that demonstrate our commitment to this cause. #beatplasticpollution

@unep.org @toxicsfree.bsky.social @plasticwars.bsky.social

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is a widely recognized framework for #sustainability reporting that helps organizations (multinationals, Govts, SMEs, NGOs, and industry) report on their econ., environmental, and social impacts. I have started my 👣towards GRI Professional Certification Prog.

Discussion on the Integration of the Productive Use of Solar Energy for Agriculture in Uganda Reveals Opportunities and Gaps This week as a panelist, I contributed to a National Dialogue on the Integration of the Productive Use of Solar Energy (PUSE) in the Planning and Budgeting for Agriculture in Uganda organized by Advoc...

Discussion on the Integration of the Productive Use of Solar Energy for Agriculture in Uganda Reveals Opportunities and Gaps www.linkedin.com/pulse/discus...

Happy to have completed this course: ICT for #Sustainability as there is a growing challenge in this field

#EWaste #Energyefficiency #pollution

Glad to share that I’ve obtained a new certification: Agroecology for Africa from FAO!

Glad to have completed the Course 'Mastering Grant Proposal Writing: Pathways to successful Research Funding (2025)' organized by @inasp.bsky.social

#ProposalFunding #CollaborativeGrants

Pope Francis, who reached out to the margins of society, has died at 88 The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.

The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.

Glad to have completed an eight-week course (January - March 2025) by the Oxford Climate Society (School of Climate Change)

Re-use of old car tires for #vegetable growing☘️ in the urban setting school in Bwaise, near #Kampala

#Circularity #sustainability

Glad to be a Professional member at ESG Business Institute!

I am a Digital4Sustainability Champion!

@unep.org @unssc.bsky.social

World Day of Social Development 2025 Calls for Shifting from Decarbonization to Redistribution of Opportunities and Resources The World Day of Social Justice takes place every year on 20 February. It was designated by the UN General Assembly in 2007 to remind us of the need to build a fairer and more equitable world and to u...

World Day of Social Development 2025 Calls for Shifting from Decarbonization to Redistribution of Opportunities and Resources www.linkedin.com/pulse/world-...

Uganda to host the 11th Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in April 2025 The Eleventh session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-11) on the theme: “Driving job creation and economic growth through sustainable, inclusive, science-and evidence-bas...

Uganda to host the 11th Session of the Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development in April 2025 www.linkedin.com/pulse/uganda...

Happy to have contributed to this booklet📗: #Biodiversity is a Priority: Community-led Landscape Restoration applying Analog Forestry🏡- Stories from #Peru #Nepal and #Uganda analogforestry.org/analog-fores...

@biodivoxford.bsky.social

View of Murchison Falls National Park (Uganda)

Joining today head of COP29 in Baku