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UNEP In Uganda, production losses due to climate change may increase the number of undernourished people thus hindering progress in combating poverty and food insecurity. It is not debatable anymore if environmental degradation and climate change are undermining human well-being. Many of Uganda’s natural ecosystems are undergoing conversion, degradation and decline in a totally unplanned and uncontrolled manner. Examples include uncontrolled expansion of agricultural land; the erosion of soils and a decline in their fertility; falling quality and availability of water; unregulated encroachment and degradation of wetlands; encroachment of forest reserves; deforestation and the overgrazing of rangelands; and the invasion of weed species and bush encroachment. Poor people, who rely disproportionately on the environment for their basic needs, are confronted with environmental problems including soil erosion and declining land productivity, the spread of alien invasive species, and declining fish stocks. With over 80% of the Ugandan workforce involved in agriculture, soil erosion and declining soil fertility are significantly impacting the ability of the poor to meet nutritional needs. With the country's current population of 22 million people set to double by the end of the next decade, these pressures are bound to be insurmountable without sustainable action at both national and community levels. The Government of Uganda is currently investigating how it can launch a national solar electric lighting program for its millions of rural people forced to rely on kerosene, candles and dry-cell batteries for light and communication. SELF, the Americus, Georgia based Habitat for Humanity International, and the U.S. Department of Energy expect this pilot solar program will light the way for Uganda to put solar to work for its people. Through partnerships with grassroots organizations, FSD works to educate and promote easily integrated solutions that provide both immediate returns, while protecting natural capital. Attempts at controlling the propagation of tsetse flies have involved the use of hazardous chemicals. Climate change is increasingly seen to be at the heart of developing countries’ development efforts, as the impacts of climate change threaten development investments already incurred. However, now, as in the past, climate change is considered a long-term problem of little immediate importance to the governments of developing countries, for which the issues of poverty alleviation, security and economic growth are considered to be more urgent. In spite of no policies and plans directly targeting climate concerns, some issues are being addressed by the Ugandan government. Its mandate is to monitor the weather and climate in order to provide the necessary information and give advice to the different sectors of the economy. Permanent tasks are to carry out continuous observations of the weather, issue warnings and information to the farming community and the public, and to update the national climate databank. Simple, alternative technologies and methods should be used to encourage organic/sustainable agricultural practices, improve crop efficiency, decreasing deforestation, increasing reforestation, and build environmentally-friendly incomegenerating projects. The United States should implement domes throughout Uganda in order to regulate the climate around impoverished communities. We have to devise new tools and foster the adoption of appropriate technologies that would empower people to secure "good life".