Rwanda Integrated Landscape Climate Resilient Management Program (Upper Nyabarongo Catchment and Muvumba catchment -Nyagatare District)

The program aims to strengthen the resilience of 1.2 million people in Rwanda's Upper Nyabarongo and Muvumba catchments through integrated landscape management, sustainable forestry, and modernized early warning systems. It seeks USD 50 million from the Green Climate Fund to complement AfDB financing for the Muvumba Multipurpose Water Resources Development Program. Key interventions include restoring 45,000 hectares of land, implementing agroforestry, and deploying LIDAR-based flood risk modelling to mitigate the impacts of floods, landslides, and droughts.

• The program targets a total of 1.2 million beneficiaries, representing 10.16% of Rwanda's overall population, by reducing exposure to climate risks and strengthening adaptive capacity.
• Forestry and land-use interventions across 45,000 hectares are estimated to reduce emissions by 5,573,741 t CO2eq, which accounts for 23% of Rwanda's NDC commitments for the forestry sector.
• The Upper Nyabarongo catchment is characterized by regular cycles of floods caused by intense rainfall and soil erosion on deforested lands, while the Nyagatare district faces water shortages due to warming temperatures and longer dry spells.
• Rwanda's vulnerability is high, with average temperatures increasing by 1.4°C since 1970 and a projection of a further 2°C increase by the 2030s; climate-related losses could exceed 1% of annual GDP by 2030.
• The program identifies several critical barriers to adaptation, including weak forest sector governance, high poverty and gender inequality, inadequate climate finance, and a lack of tailored, sector-specific early warning products.
• The proposed GCF-funded 'Climate Resilient Investments' component focuses on three areas: strengthening landscapes for inclusive growth, sustainable forest and land management (covering 45,000 ha), and modernizing climate information and early warning systems (CIEWS).
• The program integrates with a baseline AfDB project that includes the construction of the Muvumba Dam with a capacity of 30.2 million cubic meters and an embedded 700kW hydropower plant.
• To improve disaster risk management, the program will utilize LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) for flood hazard assessment and mapping to create detailed topography and digital elevation data.
• The total indicative cost of the program is USD 208.76 million, with USD 50 million requested as a grant from the GCF and USD 136.12 million in loans from the African Development Bank.

APA

Green Climate Fund (2020). Rwanda Integrated Landscape Climate Resilient Management Program (Upper Nyabarongo Catchment and Muvumba catchment -Nyagatare District). https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/23450-rwanda-integrated-landscape-climate-resilient-management-program-upper-nyabarongo-catchment.pdf

Chicago

Green Climate Fund. Rwanda Integrated Landscape Climate Resilient Management Program (Upper Nyabarongo Catchment and Muvumba catchment -Nyagatare District). 2020. https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/23450-rwanda-integrated-landscape-climate-resilient-management-program-upper-nyabarongo-catchment.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenclimatefund2020rwanda, author = {{Green Climate Fund}}, title = {{Rwanda Integrated Landscape Climate Resilient Management Program (Upper Nyabarongo Catchment and Muvumba catchment -Nyagatare District)}}, institution = {Green Climate Fund}, year = {2020}, month = feb, url = {https://www.greenclimate.fund/sites/default/files/document/23450-rwanda-integrated-landscape-climate-resilient-management-program-upper-nyabarongo-catchment.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }