Over the years, it has been proven that climate change is a global challenge requiring an integrated global response along with the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities. Rwanda is committed to taking urgent action to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change. As part of UNFCCC, Rwanda has joined the Paris agreement with a goal of limiting temperature rise to 2oC with an effort to reach 1.5oC compared to pre-industrial levels.
In May 2020, Rwanda has submitted its revised NDC, in which the country has committed a Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction target of 38 % from the Business As Usual (BAU) levels projected from 2015. The NDC indicated that GHG emissions will more than doubling under the BAU projection from 5.3 MtCO2 e in the base year (2015) to around 12.1 MtCO2 e in 2030. With the domestically supported unconditional mitigation measures, 2030 emissions are forecast to instead rise to around 10.2 MtCO2 e, representing a reduction against BAU of around 16%. With both domestic and conditional mitigation measures, emissions are forecast to instead total around 7.5 MtCO2 e, equal to a reduction of 38% by 2030 against the same baseline.
Christophe Uwizeyimana is a Rwandan Health, Science, Agriculture and Environmental Journalist with over 10 years of experience in public-interest reporting. He is a reporter and editor at Radio Salus and Chief Editor of The Forefront Magazine.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Rwanda and is currently pursuing an International Master of Public Administration (IMPA) at Tsinghua University, China. He has also received professional training from FOJO Media Institute, University of Rwanda, and Aga Khan University, Kenya. He is an OFAB-Rwanda journalist fellow, specializing in agricultural biotechnology reporting.
Awards Received:
• Best Radio Journalist in Rwanda, NTDs/WASH Media Awards — 2024
• Best Statistics Reporter (Radio), Rwanda Data Journalism Awards — 2024
• Best Environmental Journalist in Southern Rwanda — 2024
• Health Reporting Winner, Rwanda Development Journalism Awards — 2023
• Health Award, ABASIRWA — 2023
• Overall Winner, Rwanda, OFAB Media Awards — 2023
• 2nd Place, Africa (Radio), OFAB Africa Media Awards — 2023
• Best Environmental Journalist in Southern Rwanda — 2022
• Anti-Corruption Journalism Award, Office of the Ombudsman — 2022
• Journalist of the Year, Radio Salus — 2018.
He is a member of the InfoNile Journalists and Scientists' Coalition and the Rwanda Environmental Journalists' Organization, with a strong focus on evidence-based reporting on health, science, agriculture, environment and climate change.
Christophe Uwizeyimana is a Rwandan Health, Science, Agriculture and Environmental Journalist with over 10 years of experience in public-interest reporting. He is a reporter and editor at Radio Salus and Chief Editor of The Forefront Magazine.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Rwanda and is currently pursuing an International Master of Public Administration (IMPA) at Tsinghua University, China. He has also received professional training from FOJO Media Institute, University of Rwanda, and Aga Khan University, Kenya. He is an OFAB-Rwanda journalist fellow, specializing in agricultural biotechnology reporting.
Awards Received:
• Best Radio Journalist in Rwanda, NTDs/WASH Media Awards — 2024
• Best Statistics Reporter (Radio), Rwanda Data Journalism Awards — 2024
• Best Environmental Journalist in Southern Rwanda — 2024
• Health Reporting Winner, Rwanda Development Journalism Awards — 2023
• Health Award, ABASIRWA — 2023
• Overall Winner, Rwanda, OFAB Media Awards — 2023
• 2nd Place, Africa (Radio), OFAB Africa Media Awards — 2023
• Best Environmental Journalist in Southern Rwanda — 2022
• Anti-Corruption Journalism Award, Office of the Ombudsman — 2022
• Journalist of the Year, Radio Salus — 2018.
He is a member of the InfoNile Journalists and Scientists' Coalition and the Rwanda Environmental Journalists' Organization, with a strong focus on evidence-based reporting on health, science, agriculture, environment and climate change.
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