Strengthening Climate Resilience of Rural Communities in Northern Rwanda

  • Cross-cutting
  • Under implementation
Date approved
01 Mar 2018
Completion date
15 May 2025
ESS Category
Category B
Financing
Public sector
Entity
Ministry of Environment (formerly Ministry of Natural Resources of Rwanda)

Overview

Increasing the resilience of vulnerable communities to climate change in Northern Rwanda by targeting a range of integrated adaptation interventions.

The high number of poor people engaged in subsistence agriculture makes Rwanda particularly susceptible to climate change. This is especially the case for people who have less resources to adapt, including those who farm on marginal land who are highly vulnerable to landslides, flooding and droughts. 

This project will focus on increasing the climate resilience of vulnerable communities in nine sectors of Rwanda's Gicumbi District. It will restore and enhance ecosystems in degraded watersheds and increase the capacity of communities to sustainably manage forest resources. It will follow an integrated landscape management model.

The project has an estimated lifespan of 6 years.

Result areas

Countries

Regions

Priority groups

Project timeline

  • Pipeline

    1,003 days

    • Concept note received

    • Funding proposal received

    • Cleared by GCF Secretariat

    • Cleared by iTAP

  • Approved

    441 days

    • Approved by GCF Board

    • Legal opinion on AE's Internal Approval

    • FAA executed

  • Under implementation

    2,589 days so far

    • FAA effective

  • To be completed

    Not started

  • Total project value $ 33.2 million

  • Tonnes of CO2 equivalent avoided 274 thousand

  • Total number of beneficiaries 531 thousand

Financing

GCF-financing

0.0%

USD

Co-financing

0.0%

USD

USD 33.2 million

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GCF-financing

100% disbursed

  • Grant USD 32,794,442
  • Total GCF-financing USD 32,794,442

Co-financing

  • Grant USD 147,000
  • Grant USD 107,026
  • Grant USD 105,964
  • Total co-financing USD 359,990

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