Climate finance: lessons from Rwanda

This briefing outlines how Rwanda has successfully accessed climate finance through dedicated funding mechanisms like FONERWA, multi-stakeholder engagement platforms, and a strong policy environment. It recommends that other developing countries, especially in Africa, establish similar dedicated climate funds and national strategies to enhance project development capacity and attract international investment.

• Rwanda has successfully accessed climate finance by focusing on inclusivity at the local level, platforms for cross-institutional learning and engagement, and strengthening project development capacity through a dedicated climate fund.
• To attract increased climate finance, developing countries are encouraged to create an enabling policy environment with strong co-operative governance, which includes producing a national climate change development strategy and utilizing multi-stakeholder engagement platforms like Rwanda's joint sector reviews.
• African countries are advised to establish dedicated climate funds similar to FONERWA to manage funding, select and prepare projects, and monitor implementation, which helps leverage additional finance sources. Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) plans are considered vital for the long-term sustainability and sufficiency of this finance.

APA

Climate and Development Knowledge Network (2015). Climate finance: lessons from Rwanda. https://cdkn.org/resource/climate-finance-lessons-from-rwanda

Chicago

Climate and Development Knowledge Network. Climate finance: lessons from Rwanda. 2015. https://cdkn.org/resource/climate-finance-lessons-from-rwanda.

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BibTeX

@techreport{climateanddevelopmentknowledgenetwork2015climate, author = {{Climate and Development Knowledge Network}}, title = {{Climate finance: lessons from Rwanda}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2015}, month = jun, url = {https://cdkn.org/resource/climate-finance-lessons-from-rwanda}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }