Strengthening Climate Resilience of Rural Communitis in Northern Rwanda (GCF-FP073)

Countries
  • Rwanda
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Financial Institutions
  • Green Climate Fund (GCF)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Feb 28, 2018
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
FONERWA
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Climate and Environment
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Project Cost (USD)
$ 32.79 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ GCF website

Updated in EWS Jul 29, 2020

Disclosed by Bank Jan 31, 2018

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Project Description
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The Government of Rwanda (GOR), through its accredited entity MOE, is submitting a proposal to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) to increase the resilience of vulnerable communities to climate change in Gicumbi District in Northern Rwanda. The project seeks a total of USD 32,794,442 of GCF grant resources over six years. The project will restore and enhance ecosystem services in one of the sub-catchments of the degraded Muvumba watershed, increase the capacity of communities to renew and sustainably manage forest resources and support smallholdersto ad opt climate resilient agriculture. The project will also invest in climate resilient settlements for vulnerable families currently living in areas prone to landslides and floods and support community based adaptation planning and livelihoods diversification. Knowledge and capacity developed during implementation will be mainstreamed at the local and national level.

 

The project will specifically target the most vulnerable groups who have less resources to mitigate and adapt toclimate change. This includes the extreme poor, as more than a quarter of households in the target area fall into this category and women headed households who tend to be poor and are particularly vulnerable to climate change. Many of the project’s interventions target those who farm marginal land and are highly vulnerable to landslides, flooding and droughts. A key focus will be on developing the adaptive capacity of farmers and local institutions to ensure that the developed resilience becomes embedded within communities and local structures enabling them to continue adapting to future climate variability beyond the lifetime of the project.
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Alex Mulisa

FONERWA

a.mulisa@fonerwa.org

+250 788302107

 

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