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Mauto, the leading electric two-wheeler in Africa. The firm says it will also roll out its brand in Rwanda, before the end of the year. .Courtesy
Environment

COP27: Africa secures largest carbon credit

Thursday, November 10, 2022
Workers sort some briquettes that are used as a clean cooking energy in Rwanda. Photo by Willy Mucyo
Environment

Rwanda cuts 126,000 tonnes of carbon emissions

Wednesday, November 09, 2022
President Paul Kagame delivers remarks at the 27th UN climate conference in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt on Tuesday, November 8. Photo: Village Urugwiro.
Environment

Kagame calls on West to cut carbon emissions

Wednesday, November 09, 2022
Technicians transfom a motobike into e-bike in Kigali. The fund is expected to support Rwanda to achieve its climate and devpt goals as well as create green jobs in sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, e-mobility.Craish
Environment

New green facility to create 360,000 jobs

Tuesday, November 08, 2022
President Paul Kagame in a group photo during the launch of Ireme Invest, Rwanda’s green investment facility, on the sidelines of COP27 in Egypt on Monday, November 7. Village Urugwiro
Environment

Rwanda launches over $100m green investment facility

Monday, November 07, 2022
Minister of Environment, Jeanne D’arc Mujawamariya. and the delegation at the Opening Ceremony of the 27th UN Climate Change Conference in Sharm El-Sheik, Egypt on Sunday, November 6. Courtesy
Environment

Rwanda showcases green investment opportunities at COP27

Sunday, November 06, 2022
Rwanda National Police's fire and rescue brigade officers rescue some people who were stranded at a flooded road in Kigali in February 2020.
Environment

COP27: Rwanda to engage partners in mobilising $6bn for climate finance

Friday, November 04, 2022
Teddy Mugabo, the CEO of Rwanda Green Fund known as FONERWA. File
Environment

Rwanda to launch investors’ green projects fund at COP27

Thursday, November 03, 2022
A view of a dried beans plantation in Bugesera District. Meteo Rwanda has alerted that many parts of Eastern Province and a few parts of the Southern Province will experience minimal rains in November. Courtesy
Environment

Meteorology agency warns of dry spells in Eastern Province

Wednesday, November 02, 2022
Farmers try to salvage some of their rice produce that had been washed away by floods in Nyagatare District in 2020.
Environment

Sub-Sahara needs over $67bn for climate compensation – AfDB

Monday, October 31, 2022
Mujawamariya joined with the Diplomatic Corps, development partners, young people and communities to participate in Umuganda at the Kigali Special Economic Zone.
Environment

Rwanda to plant 36 million trees to cope with climate change

Saturday, October 29, 2022
One of several infrastructure including schools, homes that were damaged by strong windstorm mixed with a heavy downpour on Thursday, October 27. The disasters also left some students injured to some affected schools.
Environment

Windstorm: Students injured as govt assesses damage

Friday, October 28, 2022
US President Joe Biden says he has signed the Kigali Amendment Protocol, aimed to protect the ozone layer and accelerate actions to mitigate climate change. Internet photo
Environment

Biden signs Kigali Amendment on climate change

Friday, October 28, 2022
People wade through a flooded street in Kigali. METEO alerted tha some parts of Southern and Eastern Provinces have experienced rainfall deficit in the previous period .File
Environment

10-day rainfall deficit expected in parts of Southern, Eastern provinces

Monday, October 24, 2022
Workers sort garbage at Nduba landfill in Gasabo District in Kigali on August 27, 2019. Rwanda is looking to invest $28 million in landfill gas production for cooking and lighting. Photo: File.
Environment

Rwanda to invest $28m to use landfill gas for cooking and lighting

Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Delegates during the opening of a three-day Pan-African Forum on Migration (PAFOM) in Kigali on Tuesday, October 18. Clementine Mukeka, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said that climate change will continue to induce migration and human mobility in Africa thanks to a myriad of challenges. Photo: Olivier Mugwiza.
Environment

Experts seek to turn climate change tide on migration

Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Faustin Munyazikwiye, Rwandan climate negotiator, who is Deputy Director General of Rwanda Environment Management Authority. / Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Environment

COP27: Rwanda outlines priorities for climate summit

Monday, October 17, 2022
Delegates from different African countries pose for a photo at the closing of the fifth edition of Youth Connekt Summit in Kigali on Saturday, October 15. / Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Environment

African youth call for climate financing ahead of COP27

Saturday, October 15, 2022
The newly restored Ibanda-Makera forest, a 169-hectare natural forest of varied natural trees in a marshland connected to River Akagera. / Photo: Courtesy
Environment

Rwanda to restore drought-resistant trees amid rising temperatures

Monday, October 10, 2022
Residents wade through a flooded street in Kigali on January 28, 2020. Rwanda has secured US$310 million loan from IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Facility to tackle climate change.
Environment

Rwanda, IMF agree on $310m deal on climate financing

Friday, October 07, 2022