Are Uganda’s environmental impact reports just a box-ticking exercise? What a study of 108 projects reveals

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Weak enforcement of environmental laws undermines institutional climate action. | Uganda's legal framework for environmental impact assessments (EIAs) is a positive step toward reducing harm (SDG 13, 15), but empirical evidence suggests these laws are systematically undermined by performative compliance. The net effect is a weakened institutional safeguard, creating a gap between policy intent and enforcement.