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Delegates at the two-week-long United Nations Climate Conference (COP27) that ended on November 18. Courtesy photo.
Business

Weather data great way to invest compensation funds determined at COP27

Monday, November 28, 2022
A flooded wetland at Masaka in Kicukiro District in April. According to the State of Soil Erosion Control in Rwanda May 2022, more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land in Rwanda are potentially eroded every year

Identifying climate-smart pathways for Rwanda to achieve shared social and economic prosperity

Monday, November 14, 2022
A scene of disaster where heavy rains destroyed five classrooms in Busasamana Sector in Rubavu District on January 4. Photo: Courtesy.
Environment

Experts call for robust early warning systems for disaster management

Monday, November 14, 2022
The New Times

COP27: Put enforceable rider to hedge against well-intentioned but empty promises

Sunday, November 13, 2022
Women at their working station in Kirehe District: most of the beneficiaries are widows,young mothers and youth.
People

How alternative income projects are improving lives in Eastern Province

Wednesday, November 09, 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
An aeriel view of recent floods in Nigeria. Net photo.
Business

COP 27 is Africa’s COP, and a chance for some much-needed climate action

Monday, October 31, 2022
Food stalls at Kimisagara market in Kigali. Rwanda has seen a significant improvement in its food security status, with statistics from a 2018 report showing that 81.3 per cent of its population was food secure. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Rwanda

World Food Day: How Rwanda keeps focus on food security

Thursday, October 27, 2022
The New Times

COP-27: Innovation for climate resilience

Tuesday, October 25, 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
Some Impala at Akagera National Park. According to the new report, the world has recorded an average 69 per cent decline in global wildlife populations between 1970 and 2018. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Tourism

Wildlife: How Rwanda is faring amid global decline in wild populations

Tuesday, October 18, 2022