Henry Lutaaya

Henry Lutaaya is a Ugandan journalist working as a News Editor for The Sunrise newspaper, published in Kampala but with readership across the country. He has been working as a journalist since 2000. His promising career began during his undergraduate degree in Mass Communication at Makerere University; once employed by The Sunrise as a general reporter, he was successively promoted to business reporter, deputy news editor and finally News Editor. Over the past two years he has actively participated in writing news and feature stories on the subject of climate change. He feels strongly about the importance of explaining to his readers what climate change is and how it affects agriculture, health, energy production and biodiversity.

African negotiators accuse Europe of trying to kill Kyoto

By: Henry Lutaaya on December 15th, 2009

African negotiators have accused European countries of attempting to drop commitments they made under the Kyoto protocol to cap their greenhouse gas emissions.

Developing countries set tougher targets

By: Henry Lutaaya on December 14th, 2009

The G77+China group of countries have submitted what they call their final negotiating positions to the UN climate conference organisers. They say developed countries must raise US$ 400 billion annually over the next five or six years to enable the developing world to address climate change.

African climate negotiators warn Denmark not to meddle

By: Henry Lutaaya on December 9th, 2009

African negotiators at the Copenhagen climate change talks have expressed displeasure with what they regard as meddling by developed countries, particularly Denmark, aimed at securing agreement at any price to tackle global warming.

Climate troubles: empowering young people to cause change

By: Henry Lutaaya on November 20th, 2009

A conference held in Uganda targeted the people with the potential to build much-needed awareness among poor people who are highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.

Tree farming: Tackling climate change and sustaining livelihoods

By: Henry Lutaaya on September 2nd, 2009

Researchers say there are far more trees on the world’s farms than anyone had realised They hope this will help to persuade policy makers that encouraging people to plant trees is a better way to reduce deforestation than stopping them from encroaching on natural forests.

Maathai urges ban on exotic tree species

By: Henry Lutaaya on August 27th, 2009

The Nobel Peace prize winner and renowned Kenyan environmental campaigner Professor Wangari Maathai has called for a ban on exotic tree species in her country, saying they damage the environment and undermine efforts to cope with climate change.