Rwanda:

Geothermal Key in Rwanda's Green Growth and Climate Resilience Strategy (TechRwanda)

From left to right: Mr. Ntare Karitanyi, Director General of Energy, Water and Sanitation Authority; Ms. Emma Isumbingabo, Minister of State for Energy and Prof. Silas Lwakabamba, Minister of Infrastructure at the drilling rig. (Courtesy Rwanda Ministry Of Inrastructure)

Geothermal energy plays an important part in the Green Growth and Climate Resilience Strategy of Rwanda, particularly as it would decrease the country’s reliance on imported foreign oil.

In a Climate and development Outlook for the country of Rwanda, the Climate and Development Knowledge Network reported on the country’s efforts on a climate change strategy.

The government of Rwanda has developed a a climate change strategy and established an environmental fund, providing a strategic pathway for tackling climate change and a mechanism to finance its implementation. Both are products of sustained efforts to integrate climate compatible development into core development policies.

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