Rwanda Climate Change Portal

Welcome to the Rwanda Climate Change Portal—your gateway to understanding how Rwanda is tackling climate change and building a sustainable, carbon-neutral future. Here, you'll find essential information on our laws, policies, strategies, and data on climate and greenhouse gas emissions. You can also access services through our carbon registry and contribute to discussions and actions via the Climate Change Forum. Join us in our mission to inspire action, foster green investment, and build a resilient Rwanda by 2050.

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Rwanda Climate Change Portal

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Rwanda Climate Change Portal

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GREEN GROWTH & CLIMATE RESILIENCE STRATEGY

Ensuring Rwanda becomes a developed, climate resilient nation by 2050.…

VISION 2050

Carbon-neutral and climate resilient economy by the middle of the century…

CLIMATE ACTION PLAN

38% emissions reduction by 2030 compared to business as usual…

What is Climate change?

Evidence

Causes

Effects

Solutions

Facts About Climate Change in Rwanda

Droughts, Floods and Landslides

Rwanda's eastern regions have experienced serious rainfall deficits in a number of years over previous decades, alternated with rainfall excesses in other years.

1% GDP Loss per year

Additional net economic costs (on top of existing climate variability) could be equivalent to a loss of 1% of GDP eacy year by 2030 in Rwanda.

$200+ million per year

In 2018, climate related disasters cost Rwanda more than 200 million dollars in damage to property, crops, livestock and other losses.

Rainfall fractuations

Rwanda is experiencing increasing rainfall extremes. Rainy seasons are becoming shorter and more intense, especially in the northern and western provinces.

Temperature Increase

Rwanda has experienced a temperature increase of 1.4°C since 1970, higher than the global average, and can expect an increase in temperature of up to 2.0°C by the 2030s from 1970.