Energy efficiency and reduced emissions are vital for Uganda's economic transformation. EfD researchers, in collaboration with civil servants participating in the Inclusive Green Economy Program (IGE), have assessed the current state of e-mobility, awareness, and perceptions about the dangers of using fossil fuel-powered engines and the benefits and challenges associated with e-mobility systems.

Increasing plastic waste pollution has led to a rising prevalence of the open burning of plastic waste, especially in locations lacking formal waste management systems. Urban slum communities face particularly acute challenges in accessing both organized waste-collection services and low-cost traditional energy sources, and clean cooking-fuel alternatives tend to be unaffordable for their low-income residents. Here we examine the potential risk these unseen communities face and describe the need for a new research agenda to better understand and quantify the scope of the problem.