Uganda: Deliver measurable climate action - Speaker Oboth

The Speaker Jacob Markson Oboth has called on leaders in strategic positions to stop trading statistics in boardrooms and to deliver measurable action to combat the effects of climate change. Speaking at the Third CEOs’ Breakfast Meeting and High Level Dialogue on Green Economy and Environmental Sustainability, Oboth said environmental shocks are destroying livelihoods and infrastructure that took years to build. Delivering the keynote address under the theme “Accelerating Uganda’s Green Economy Transition through Digital Transformation,” he pledged Parliament’s full backing for the laws, budgets and oversight needed for robust climate action. He urged leaders to move beyond sitting for hours exchanging and consuming statistics, and demanded that such engagements produce actionable and measurable resolutions. Oboth cited global data showing that the years 2015 to 2025 were the warmest on record with global temperatures in 2025 reaching about 1.44c above pre-industrial levels. In Uganda, he said, the consequences include more frequent landslides, rivers bursting their banks, unpredictable rainfall and prolonged droughts. He warned that recurrent floods and droughts threaten agricult

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