Kirabo Patience crowned Miss Climate Change Awareness Uganda 2026/27.

Kirabo Patience Joyce, a 21-year-old from the Kabale District of South Western Uganda was crowned as the overall winner of the of the auditions for the Miss Climate Change Awareness Uganda 2026 competition and crowned Miss Climate Change Awareness Uganda 2026/27. 

Kirabo victory followed her regional winning efforts for the Southwestern region on March 7, 2026, at the regional auditions, moving on to the national finals.

Miss Climate Change Awareness Uganda is an initiative empowering Women, a purpose-driven pageant organized by the Africa Tourism and Environment Initiative (ATEI) aims at empowering young women as environmental ambassadors to raise awareness, promote sustainability, and fight climate change.

The 2026 edition climaxed on Saturday 22rd March 2026 at Ministry of Water and Environment auditorium following regional competition.

Finalists of the competition were urged to be ambassadors who will advocate for sustainable practices, inspire community action, and influence policies to improve Uganda's climate resilience.

The Permanent Secretary Mi istry of Water and Environment Mr. Okot said that in Uganda climate change has been manifested in rising temperatures, more erratic rainfall, and extreme weather events such as floods and drought. Rainfall has become less predictable, with erratic arrivals and endings of rainfall seasons in recent years.

“The individual rainfalls have notably been heavier and more violent; floods and landslides are increasing in intensity, as experienced in most parts of the country in the past year. Additionally, droughts are also on the rise in Uganda, with the western, northern and north-eastern regions experiencing more frequent, severe and longer-lasting droughts than have been seen historically;”he said.

Mr. Bismarck Ampaire, the Executive Director of Africa Tourism and Environment Initiatives called for stronger collaboration with government and support to climate change mitigation awareness across the country and university spaces where students can participate in debates and policy decision making.

The pangeant ceremony is part of the celebration to mark Uganda Water and Environment Week themed “Climate action for water and environment for an inclusive and Prosperous Uganda Water and Environment Week (UWEWK)”

The pageant is a project of the Africa Tourism and Environment Initiative, in collaboration with partners such as the Ministry of Water and Environment.

The competition included regional auditions, a bootcamp covering communication, environmental advocacy, and modeling, followed by a national final.

The outgoing pageant was Sandra Nambe who was crowned as the first Miss Climate Change Awareness in 2025.