UN postpones Africa Climate Week over coronavirus
The United Nations Climate Change secretariat, in close collaboration with all other organizing partners has postponed Africa Climate Week scheduled to hold in Kampala between 20th to 24th April, 2020.
The decision to postpone was made in order to ensure the health and safety of all participants in light of the coronavirus.
The Ministry of Health of Uganda has issued guidance that arrivals in Uganda from the most affected countries will be quarantined in government hospitals if they display symptoms, or will be placed in self isolation for 14 days if they do not display symptoms.
The United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UNDSS) has in light of this requested that events and workshops with participants from affected countries be placed on hold so as not to contravene instructions from the government of Uganda and for the safety and wellbeing of UN personnel working in Uganda.
The event has just been postponed and new dates will be announced at a later date.
Africa Climate Week is being hosted by the Republic of Uganda with key partners been UN Climate Change, the World Bank Group, the UN development Programme, the UN Environment Programme, the UN Economic Commission for Africa, the African Union and the African Development Bank.
