National Environment Research Agenda (2024/25-2028/29)

The five-year National Environment Research Agenda (2024/25-2028/29) is strategically aligned with national and international frameworks and addresses the environmental challenges of Uganda while intertwining sustainability with aspirations of utilization of natural resources of the country for poverty alleviation. The National Environment Act Cap 181 underscores the need for empirical information derived through research and has inspired the development of the National Environmental Research Agenda to fill existing gaps in environmental information to enhance decision-making and empower policy formulation. The priority research areas for the next five years of the National Environmental Research Agenda encompass the Water- Food-Energy Nexus and Climate Change, Pollution and Waste Management, Gender, Culture and Environment, Ecosystem, biodiversity, and Genetic Resources, Land Use, Soil Management, and Mineral Resources. The vision of National Environmental Research Agenda is “sustainable environment management to support the economic development of Uganda”. The Mission is “to research, develop, and provide innovative solutions to pressing environmental challenges for sustainable development in Uganda in 5 years”. The goal is “to promote sustainable development through research and innovative approaches to address environmental issues”. For successful implementation, the National Environmental Research Agenda relies on a robust framework that harmonizes legal mandates, collaboration mechanisms, and financial strategies. The framework prioritizes guideline development, collaboration fostering, and securing diversified funding sources with a budget estimate of UGX 37,500,000,000 (Thirty-Seven Billion Five Hundred Million Shillings). The resource mobilization strategy for the National Environmental Research Agenda implementation incorporates Public-Private partnerships, internal resource generation, institutional collaborations, and targeted fundraising as well as active engagement with development partners and participation in research grant proposal writing in response to grant calls.

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