National Environment and Climate Change Policy

Country / jurisdiction: Rwanda · Year: 2019 · Status: In force · Level: National · Type: Voluntary

The proposed goal of the Environment and Climate Change Policy is: “Rwanda to be a nation that has a clean and healthy environment, resilient to climate variability and change that supports a high quality of life for its society.”

Policy Objectives and Statements:

Greening economic transformation:

Promote a green economy that is resource efficient, low-carbon and climate resilient

Promote the circular economy to advance sustainable consumption and production patterns

Promote green technologies and procurement

Promote green urbanisation and green rural settlements

Promote green mobility

Enhancing functional natural ecosystems and managing biosafety

Strengthening meteorological and early warning services

Promote climate change adaptation, mitigation and response

Strengthen adaptation mechanism in planning and implementation

Strengthen mitigation mechanism in planning and implementation

Improve environmental well-being for Rwandans

Strengthen environment and climate change governance

Promote green foreign and domestic direct investment and other capital inflows

Strengthen the capacity of national environment and climate change finance mechanisms for greater efficiency, effectiveness and impact

Strengthen climate proofing capital inflow in national economic planning

Official source: https://environment.gov.rw/fileadmin/Environment_Subsector/Laws__Policies_and_Programmes/Policies/Rwanda_National_Environment_and_Climate_Change_Policy.pdf