Rwanda Climate Change and Development Network organized a workshop for all PPIMA Partners on Environment Management and Climate Change Response. The three days workshop took place in Kayonza District from April 19 to 22, 2022 sponsored by NPA.
Starting from Day 1, Faustin Vuningoma, the RCCDN Coordinator officially started the workshop with opening remarks and he shared the objectives of the workshop which are;
- Understanding key concepts of Climate Change Vulnerability, Adaptation & Mitigation.
- Understanding key environment concepts: Ecological shift, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Biotic & Factor of Environment.
- Establishing a link between Climate Change disaster risk with sustainable development.
Faustin Vuningoma, the RCCDN Coordinator officially opened the workshop.
Therefore, Dr Abias Maniragaba shared some basic Environment and Climate Change terms. Starting from the Scope of Climatology; Weather & Climate, Global Warming, Source of Greenhouse Gases, Consequences of GHG Concentration in the atmosphere specifically the temperature change.
Since the earth is the only habitable planet in our solar system, Dr Abias Maniragaba suggests that all the PPIMA Partners play a big role in keeping it safe. Temperature is the most ecologically germane environmental factor. A few organisms can tolerate & thrive in a wide range of it without being affected by the eurythermal; but a vast majority of them operate within stenothermal.
Dr Abias Maniragaba shared some climate change terms.
“The climate is changing a lot based on what human nature is doing to the environment. We all should work collaboratively in sustaining the betterment of the environment,” said Faustin Vuningoma, the RCCDN Coordinator. He also explained more on UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) that consists of 196 countries as well as the EU as parties since 1992.
Some suggestions were given, where Judith from ADENYA suggests that there might be a better policy implementation of greening and tree plantation based on season and region.
Summing up the day 1 workshop, PIMMA PARTNERS learnt that Long-terms sustainable planning strategies are needed to ensure the best implementation in ensuring the environment protection as far as climate change is concerned.
