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Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva speaking at an event dubbed the ‘Reviving the Friends of Kigali Amendment Event. Courtesy
Rwanda

PM Nsengiyumva urges speedy implementation of Kigali Amendment

Thursday, September 24, 2026
Rwanda's Minister of Environment Bernadette Arakwiye speaks during the launch of Friends of Kigali Amendment in New York on Wednesday, September 23. Courtesy
Environment

Climate philanthropies pledge $100m in support of Kigali Amendment

Thursday, September 24, 2026
Ecole d’Arts de Nyundo school in Rubavu District was left submerged after the banks of the River Sebeya burst in May, 2020. Rwanda is seeking more funding to cope with such climate change effects.
Environment

Govt seeks $7bn to close climate finance gap by 2035

Friday, September 18, 2026
ACES, in collaboration with the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA), the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and other partners, organised a national “train-the-trainer” workshop.
Featured

ACES trains Rwandan customs, enforcement officers to control harmful refrigerants

Thursday, April 23, 2026
A technician repairing a refrigerator. Government has issued a list of refrigerants containing substances used in cooling system that are harmful to the climate. Photo: File.
Rwanda

Why some refrigerants are being phased out in Rwanda

Wednesday, April 22, 2026
Technicians during vehicle emission testing in Musanze District. Courtesy
Featured

Inside Rwanda’s drive to improve air quality

Monday, September 15, 2025
Technicians on duty, fixing the use of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) pollutant gases found in refrigerators. File
Environment

Rwanda to end use of harmful refrigerant gases in five years

Friday, September 12, 2025
Faustin Munyazikwiye, the Deputy Director General of Rwanda Environment Management Authority. Courtesy
Environment

Rwanda seeks to reduce ‘potent greenhouse gases’ from livestock

Monday, July 08, 2024
Legal experts from Central African countries pose for a group photo in Kigali on May 3. The statement follows a week-long assembly of the network for environmental lawyers from Central African countries. Courtesy
Environment

Rwanda to host headquarters of Central Africa environmental legal experts’ network

Monday, May 06, 2024
Minister of Environment, Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya disposes plastic waste in a dustbin during the launch of a project to manage single use plastics in 2022. File photo
Environment

Govt calls on legal experts to support global treaties on plastic waste

Friday, May 03, 2024
Some of the Made in Rwanda fridges. Rwanda banks in new financing mechanism to make eco-friendly fridges affordable to restore ozone layer.courtesy
Environment

Rwanda banks on new financing to help restore Ozone layer

Wednesday, January 11, 2023
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