Rwanda

Climate change in Rwanda is a threat not only to agricultural productivity, but it also alters the functions of ecological systems, resulting in modifications to ecosystem services provisioning (e.g., erosion control, pollination, food production, fuelwood production, water purification, soil conservation, disease prevalence, and reduced vulnerability to natural disasters) and the well-being of people that rely on these services. It also causes degradation of ecosystems and loss of habitat (for wildlife) and species.

Eastern and Southern Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to the impacts of climate change, with two of the most affected countries and four out of the ten most affected countries globally in 2019. The extent of exposure and adaptive capacity varies both within and across communities, depending heavily on intersections of socio-economic status, socio-cultural norms, and access to resources.