Search: Nature-based Solutions

Every year, Government of Rwanda joins the rest of the world to mark International Day of Forests, Water and Meteo. These three global events are an opportunity to highlight the importance of forests, water, and weather in our daily lives.

Breve apresentação dos principais tópicos abordados pelo Relatório Temático 1 do Painel do Rio Doce - Impactos da falha da Barragem do Fundão: um caminho para a mitigação sustentável e resiliente. Na primeira de uma série de publicações, o Painel independente do Rio Doce apresenta os seus pontos…

Brief presentation of the main topics approached by the Rio Doce Panel Thematic Report 1 - Impacts of the Fundão Dam failure: a pathway to sustainable and resilient mitigation. In the first of a series of publications, the independent Rio Doce Panel gives its views and recommendations for moving…

This high-level side event of the UN Water Conference will officially launch the Freshwater Challenge: a country-driven initiative to leverage the support needed to restore 300,000 km of rivers and 350 million hectares of inland wetlands by 2030 to enhance water security, tackle climate change,…

A conversation with Rosa Garcia Piñero, President of Alcoa Foundation, to understand the goals of the partnership

Climate change poses a real risk to farmers in the Eastern Province of Rwanda. Farming is highly dependent on weather conditions including temperature, rainfall, wind, pollinators as well as reliable market and many other factors to sustain their crop and livestock production.

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A transitional governance system in the wake of the disaster

Ecosystem restoration has been recognized as an effective means of mitigating climate change, reversing biodiversity and soil loss at the same time. The Restoration Barometer, originally created to allow countries to report their progress under the Bonn Challenge, provides a tool that adapts to…

Combating the Sebeya river floods that used to wash away people's properties and claim lives in Rubavu, Nyabihu, Rutsiro and Ngororero Districts has been one of the achievements of the Embedding Integrated Water Resources Management in Rwanda (EWMR) project since 2019.