Browsing Publications and Documents by Country/Region "Rwanda"
Now showing items 1-20 of 45
-
A practical framework for planning pro-development climate policy
(UNEP, 2012)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
(2017)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 ... -
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
(Rwanda Environment Management Authority, 2011)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 ... -
Building Inclusive Green Economies in Africa - Experience and Lessons Learned 2010-2015
(UNEP, 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 ... -
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 ... -
Evaluation of Pilot Ecosystem Assessments in Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda
(2008)The purpose of this evaluation is to assess how relevant, effective, and efficient these pilot assessments have been in line with the PEI objective of mainstreaming environment into country level development planning and ... -
-
From conflict to peacebuilding: the role of natural resources and the environment
(UNEP, 2009)Since 1990 at least eighteen violent conflicts have been fuelled by the exploitation of natural resources. In fact, recent research suggests that over the last sixty years at least forty percent of all intrastate conflicts ... -
Gender equality and the environment: A Guide to UNEP's work
(United Nations Environment Programme, 2016)This document outlines the linkages between gender equality and the environment, the impacts of gender inequality, how unequal participation in policy- and decision-making stymie effective action on tackling environmental ... -
Global Biodiversity Loss: Safeguarding Biodiversity from an Unprecedented Range of Threats - SDG Policy Brief No. 003
(2018-05)Biodiversity loss is caused by a range of different pressures, from habitat loss due to agricultural expansion, pollution or desertification to invasive alien species and climate change. Impacts of biodiversity loss are ...