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This seismic risk profile of Rwanda, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.
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This report explores the potential for CRAs to be used as a tool for assessing adaptation effectiveness, expanding on the implications of designing or updating CRAs and monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) systems for NAP processes.
Resurgence today announced the launch of the DARAJA East Africa Scale Up Programme, spanning cities in the East and Greater Horn of Africa, creating at a stroke Africa’s most ambitious and inclusive urban early warning initiative.
Resurgence
Following severe flooding and landslides that hit major parts of Rwanda earlier this month, experts are convinced that investing in the mapping of erosion risk areas could go a long way to keeping the number of casualties down.
Inter Press Service International Association
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This briefing note is the first of a series of four briefing notes and sets out the policy context that guides the MEL system in Rwanda and identifies the aims and objectives of the MEL system.
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In this brief, the researchers issued recommendations on how to support the economic goals outlined in Rwanda’s Vision 2050 policy through sustainable water stewardship.
Under a deal with Rwanda struck in April, Britain intends to relocate people who arrive on its shores illegally to the East African nation, more than 4,000 miles (6,400 km) away
Thomson Reuters Foundation, trust.org
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This report highlights key interventions that are needed in Rwanda to strengthen climate resilience in the context of country’s development priorities and its commitments under the Paris Agreement.

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