This working paper documents Rwanda’s lessons related to national-level climate change planning and argues that the country has emerged as a leader in Africa for its efforts to integrate climate resilience and green growth into development planning and finance.

The lessons were captured as part of the ‘Lesson Learning from National Climate Compatible Development (CCD) Planning’ study which aimed to capture and share institutional memory and experiences related to climate compatible development, and reflect on recommendations to support future decisions.

The working paper highlights some of the results across Rwanda’s priority thematic areas: governance and institutional arrangements; legislation, policies and strategies; mainstreaming, planning and budgeting; financing; and knowledge generation. It also summarises recommendations from the study to inform future work. A number of innovative solutions which Rwanda has to share with the region are highlighted, including establishing a demand-based Environment and Climate Change Fund (FONERWA) and introducing tools for mainstreaming environment and climate change issues into budgeting and planning systems at both national and subnational levels.

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