This report summarizes Rwanda’s key achievements relating to their implementation of global environmental agreements. It also outlines areas for further improvement.

The report International Environmental Governance: Accomplishments and Way Forward provides analysis of reforms taken to date and outlines possibilities to gear up implementation.

Implementing Reform builds on the outcomes of a workshop on “Achieving Environmental Sustainability for Sustainable Development” that UNEP convened in July 2016.

This report recommends the development of time-bound and measurable objectives to provide strategic guidance and raise the level of aspiration to achieve sound management of chemicals and waste.

Vincent Biruta has served as Rwanda’s minister of environment since August 2017.
.
.

Erik Solheim became the sixth Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme after an outstanding career as environment and development minister of Norway, among other positions.

In order to achieve the goals outlined in the Paris agreement, we must set a new trajectory for the global economy based on a shift of policy.
.

Rachel Kyte is CEO and special representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All (SEforALL).
.

This brief narrates the evolution of the transition towards modern renewables by drawing on the experiences of several countries.
.

Achim Steiner served as Executive Director of the United Nations Environmental Programme from 2006-2016.
.

Lorraine Elliott is professor of international relations in the Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs in the College of Asia and the Pacific at the Australian National University (ANU).

Reiko Kuroda is one of the world’s leading chemists, professor at the Research Institute for Science and Technology at Tokyo University of Science and professor emeritus at the University of Tokyo.