Climate resilience in Rwanda: evaluating refugees' and host populations' vulnerability to risk

Floods and landslides are two of the deadliest hazards in Rwanda, causing injury, damage to public goods, and destruction of productive land, all of which have long-term economic impacts. All too often the communities at the highest risk of climate-related hazards are those that also have the lowest resilience. Many of the world's refugee camps have limited capacity to adapt to socioeconomic, environmental and climate change impact. Here, Dampha et al evaluate ways to reduce encamped populations' vulnerability.