Leaving a legacy of ecosystem restoration and climate resilience in Rwanda
 
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September 2021

Nordic Development Fund

 

 
     
 
 

 
 
 

Leaving a legacy of ecosystem restoration and climate resilience in Rwanda

The Landscape Approach to Forest Restoration and Conservation (LAFREC) Project is concluding after six years of transforming the Gishwati-Mukura landscape. The project has, for example, created a new national park, which UNESCO declared as a Biosphere Reserve.

 
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Managing climate risks in the road sector

Climate change has severe impacts on the road connectivities in Africa. NDF Program Manager, Aage Jørgensen, discusses climate adaptation in the transport sector in a recent SLOCAT Morning Commute blog.

 
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Resilient coastlines, resilient communities

In its first two years of operation, the WACA Program has made significant progress in leveraging public finance via traditional development projects, engaging the private sector, and developing new financing instruments.

 
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Additional support to urban climate resilience in Rwanda

NDF has signed the financing agreement approving EUR 10 million in additional financing to the Rwanda Urban Development Project II by the World Bank and the Government of Rwanda. The NDF financing is targeted to support the city of Kigali and its inhabitants to improve climate resilience through flood control measures and better management in urban wetlands.

 
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New EEP Africa portfolio integrates clean energy in rural value chains

EEP Africa has launched a new cohort of 26 projects promoting productive use of energy and circular economy.

 
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Growing resilient agricultural enterprises

A Nordic Climate Facility project  introduces methods of combating the effects of climate change in the coffee farming communities of Uganda.

 
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