Browsing Knowledge Repository by Country/Region "Rwanda"
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25 Years of Crisis Response
(2022-03)UNEP is working around the world to respond to natural disasters, industrial accidents, and human-induced crises. Since 1994, UNEP, through its Disasters and Conflicts Branch, has supported more than 50 crisis-affected ... -
A practical framework for planning pro-development climate policy
MCA4climate is a major new UNEP initiative providing practical assistance to governments in preparing their climate change mitigation and adaptation plans and strategies. It aims to help governments, particularly in ... -
Accelerating Sustainable Development in Africa: Country Lessons from Applying Integrated Approaches
This report illustrates how policy makers, government staff and development practitioners can start putting in place what the former UN Secretary General called: “a practical twenty-first century development model that ... -
Achieving Multiple Global Objectives in a Synergistic and Pragmatic Manner through Scaling up Public-Private Partnerships for Managing Protected Areas
How the contribution leverages living natural systems as a solution to avert climate change? Ensuring nature-based climate solutions are about conserving and restoring wild places and planting indigenous species, so that ... -
Addressing Single-use Plastic Products Pollution Using a Life Cycle Approach
(2021)In response to the request by Member States at the Fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly in March 2019[1], the report “ Addressing Single-Use Plastic Products Pollution using a Life Cycle Approach” describes: a) ... -
Assessment of Climate Change Vulnerability in Rwanda 2018
(2019)This report provides an examination at the country’s vulnerability by taking a detailed look at climate change vulnerability in the country’s 30 districts focusing on households using variousindicatorsofhouseholdvulnerability. ... -
Atlas of Africa Energy Resources
(2017)This Atlas compiles and synthesizes regional and national information. It presents the scale and distribution of energy resources, production and consumption trends, as well as the existing potential for environmentally ... -
Atlas of Rwanda's Changing Environment - Implications for Climate Change Resilience
The Atlas of Rwanda's Changing Environment is a visual account of Rwanda's state of natural resources revealed through maps, current and historical satellite images, aerial and ground photographs as well as narrative based ... -
Baseline study on Multi-dimensional Poverty Environment in Musanze and Bugesera Districts and proposed Interventions for poverty reduction, sustainability and climate resilience
This Multi-dimensional Poverty Environment Assessment was carried out to document poverty levels and to propose poverty-environment related interventions and/or investments in the Districts of Bugesera and Musanze. More ... -
Building Inclusive Green Economies in Africa - Experience and Lessons Learned 2010-2015
This synthesis report provides an overview of where Africa, as a region, stands in terms of transitioning to an inclusive green economy. It draws on recent studies to summarise the prospective gains and challenges associated ... -
Building Resilience of Communities Living in Degraded Forests, Savannahs and Wetlands of Rwanda through an Ecosystem based Adaptation (EbA) Approach Project: LDCF II Project - Baseline Assessment Report
(2019)Ecosystems and build resilience of local communities to impacts of climate change, the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) is implementing a project entitled “Building resilience of communities living in degra ... -
Carbon Pricing Approaches in Eastern and Southern Africa - Annexure A: Country Chapters - A Report Submitted under the Collaborative Instruments for Ambitious Climate Action (CI-ACA)
(2019)This is a report showing the carbon pricing approaches in the Eastern and Southern Africa Countries. -
Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries Volume VIII: Sectoral Environmental Laws and Regulations
(1998)The Compendium of Environmental Laws of African Countries was published for the first time in 1996. The 1996 Edition of the Compendium is produced in about four volumes. The first volume contains the framework environmental ... -
The Cost of the Gender Gap in Agricultural Productivity: Five African Countries
(2018)Women represent over half of the agricultural labour force in Sub-Saharan Africa. Their substantive contribution to agriculture and their vital role in ensuring family food security have been widely documented. However, ... -
Economic Analysis of Natural Resource Management in Rwanda
(2006)The report is structured around two arguments. Firstly, natural resources and ecosystem services in particular have significant contribution to economic growth and poverty reduction. Secondly, failure to manage natural ... -
Ecosystem-based Adaptation Guidelines for Climate-Resilient Restoration of Savannah, Wetland and Forest Ecosystems of Rwanda
(2019)The objective of this document is to describe developed Ecosystem-based Adaption guidelines and restoration plans for climate resilient restoration of savannahs, wetland and forest ecosystems, with reference to 8 case ... -
Energy Profile: Rwanda
(2017)In 2015, total electricity produced was 93 ktoe, of which 51.6 per cent came from fossil fuels, 19.3 per cent from hydro and 27.9 per cent from solar and wind. Final electricity consumption in 2015 was 38 ktoe. -
Enhance Capacities of National Consultants in Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EBA) Approach in Rwanda: Product 1. Scoping Assessment of Knowledge and Capacity Needs on Ecosystem-based Adaptation - Revised Version 3
(2019)Climate variability and change has been experienced in many parts of the world and add to the challenges that face livelihoods and ecosystems. Rwanda is one of the most vulnerable countries and adaptation of human and ... -
Entry Points for Mainstreaming EBA in Rwanda - A Review of Key Existing Regulatory Instruments: Supporting the Development of Ecosystem Based Adaptation (EbA) Process in Rwanda
(2019)This study aims to identify and review different national planning instruments across sectors, local/district development strategies as well as other key environment and natural resources management as to establish linkages ... -
Environment and Poverty Reduction in Rwanda: An Assessment
(2006)How serious are the environment and human development concerns in Rwanda? Are the concerns of rapid economic growth compromising sustainable development and the reduction of poverty in the long run? Have past policy ...