By Avit Ndayiziga “The world should not focus on limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, instead counting the number of lives saved.” Said the COP27 president’s Youth Envoy, Dr. Omnia El Omrani during COY18 closing ceremonies. “Although I had a long flight, complex check-out at Dubai airport, and a very short time for resting,…
By Avit Ndayiziga Although the entire world is affected by severe heatwaves, extreme weather events, catastrophic deluges, and debilitating droughts, it is however the Global South, especially Africa, that suffers the most from these disastrous consequences. Unfortunately, Africa suffers the most despite contributing just 4 percent of global carbon emissions. Augustin Ngenzirabona, the General Director…
By Avit Ndayiziga Gad Niyomukunzi is a resident of Burundi’s capital, where he turns the plastics choking local rivers into beautiful decorations – and employs 30 full-time workers to help him. It was the fishermen who finally pushed Gad Niyomukunzi to act. He had been noticing the build-up of plastic bottles in streams in the…
By Avit Ndayiziga. In Burundi, getting rid of plastic bags and substituting them with other eco-friendly bags produced from recycled banana waste has a significant contribution to mitigating climate change, as well as job creation for many. Raised in a secluded location in the middle of Burundi, Jolis Nduwimana is devoting immense effort towards combating…
In Burundi, just like elsewhere in the countries that share the Kagera River Basin (Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda), water remains a limited and vulnerable resource. According to UNICEF, Burundi’s national drinking water coverage rate stands at “82.8%, of which 80.9% is in rural areas and 98.1% in urban areas.” Experts attribute this to various factors, including…
