Children walk past a felled mahogany tree in the Namusalla area, some 80 km north of Kampala, Uganda, 25 November 2007. Leaders at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) resolved to take measures to address the affects of global warming and climate change. Host President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda stated that underdevelopment in poor agrarian economies creates a reliance on the burning of charcoal for energy, creating greenhouse gases and also leading to deforestation.

