Rwanda - Increasing Climate Change Adaptive Capacity of Rwandan Communities

The proposed operation concerns a GEF/LDCF grant of US Dollars USD 8,824,749 (equivalent to UA 6.26 M) to the Government of Rwanda as additional funds to build community resilience to climate change as part of the Scaling up Energy Access Project. The project for Increasing Climate Change Adaptive Capacity seeks to increase the adaptive capacity of vulnerable Rwandan communities to the adverse effect of climate change through livelihood diversification and investment in rural infrastructure. The project will maximize the impact of an on-going AfDB funded project – Rwanda Scaling-up Energy Access Project (SEAP), which provides infrastructure to distribute electricity for households and public institutions and creates and expands opportunities for local populations to pursue nonagricultural electricity-dependent income generating activities.