Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) has developed the Kampala Climate Change Action Strategy road map to ensure the City’s development path takes a low emission approach, builds resilience and maximizes the co-benefits of efficiency, economic diversity and human well being.  The Climate Change Strategy builds on the ambition of the Strategic Plan 2014 – 2019 to transforming Kampala City into an attractive, vibrant and sustainable world class City.

As part of the Uganda climate change strategy, KCCA is piloting the installation of institutional improved cook stoves (IICS) in ten KCCA supported schools in Kampala. Through its partnership with Simoshi and Uganda Carbon Bureau with its Clean Development Mechanism and Gold Standard registered Improved Cook Stoves for East Africa Programme of Activities, the reduction of firewood consumption and subsequent emission reductions of carbon dioxide will contribute to the national and international ambitions on climate change response.

Ten schools have been surveyed and their kitchens assessed. By the end on May 2016, all their traditional cooking appliances will be replaced with energy efficient improved cook stoves, made by Ugandan stove manufacturers.