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· Rwanda recently submitted its new national climate plan dubbed “Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)” to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
· This is part of plans to create essential tools to implement the Paris Agreement to cope with climate change
Rwanda recently submitted its new national climate plan dubbed “Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)” to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). This is part of plans to create essential tools to implement the Paris Agreement to cope
with climate change.
The financial resources for its implementation will be sourced from government budget, civil society, the private sector, NGOs, Rwanda
Green Fund and international stakeholders, which are doing business in the country. The government also compiled top ten multimillion
climate investments in the next ten years for climate change mitigation and adaptation.
Among the pledged investment by the government include dissemination of modern efficient cook stoves, which will be distributed to 80 per cent of the rural population and 50 per cent of the urban population by 2030 at the cost of US$380 million. Rwanda will invest US$285 million in developing solar water pumping systems for irrigation within agricultural production to replace diesel pumps, replace fossil fuel use which will reduce gas emissions that cause climate change and thus improve food security.
The government also has plans to invest US $206 million in the installation of solar mini-grids that could supply 68 MW (Mega Watt peak) in off-grid rural areas by 2030, as reflected in the Rural Electrification Strategy.
