ADVANCING CLIMATE ACTION IN RWANDA

THE NDC PARTNERSHIP

26 NOVEMBER, 2018

• Enhance visibility of and access to existing NDC support programs

• Generate better designed, more responsive NDC support programs

• Create better alignment between climate and development agendas

• Increase political momentum for Paris Agreement implementation

• Promote transformational climate policies

A global coalition of countries and institutions supporting climate action and sustainable development.

WHO WE ARE

WHAT WE DO

MEMBERS85 COUNTRIES

19 INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONSMEMBERS

9 ASSOCIATE MEMBERS HOSTED BY:MEMBERS

Co-Chairs

Countries & Institutions

Denmark

Costa Rica DRCFrance

Australia

Marshall Islands Vietnam United Kingdom

STEERING COMMITTEE

Germany Morocco

PARTNERSHIP THEORY OF CHANGE

Outputs

Outcomes

ImpactAdvancing

climate action in line with Paris

Agreement

Enhanced country engagement and

ownership

Improved coordination and

harmonized support systems

Greater access to knowledge

resources and capacity building

Partnership Plans and Knowledge

products facilitate access to finance

NDC goals integrated in

plans and processes

Increased access to finance

NDC actions scaled up and

replicated

HOW WE SUPPORT COUNTRIES

TWO WORKSTREAMS:

1. In-Country Engagement

2. Knowledge and Learning

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING

FACILITATE ACCESS TO FINANCE

KNOWLEDGE & INFORMATION SHARING

COUNTRY ENGAGEMENTACTIVE IN 36 COUNTRIES

THE COUNTRY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS

RWANDA’S PARTNERSHIP PLANNING PROCESS

June July – September October November on…

• NDC Partnership consolidates support from 10 Partnership Members

• Sector consultations to elaborate needs into a results based framework

• Launch of Partnership Plan at the African Green Growth Forum

• Implementation starts now!

• Rwanda joins the NDC Partnership, with focal points in MoE and MINECOFIN

• Request support across 29 specific actions

• Partnership Plan outcomes and outputs validated by Government

• Consultations with development partners to identify existing and new support

RWANDA’S PARTNERSHIP PLANENABLING AMBITIOUS CLIMATE ACTION

Four overarching outcomes in:

• Institutional and policy frameworks

• Data collection and MRV systems

• Strengthened institutional capacity for planning

• Accelerated finance for flagship projects

25 specific Outputs with corresponding Key Performance Indicators

RWANDA’S PARTNERSHIP PLANENABLING AMBITIOUS CLIMATE ACTION

Six ministries, with affiliated agencies, lead implementation:

• Ministry of the Environment: Coordination and monitoring sector performance, NDC MRV Framework, NDC Revision.

• Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning: Resource mobilization, private sector engagement, project preparation.

• Ministry of Infrastructure: Energy, Transport, Urbanization and Human Settlement.

• Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources: Climate-smart agriculture, water management (irrigation).

• Ministry of Land and Forestry: Land-Use planning, forest management.

• Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugees Affairs: Early warning systems, climate projections, public awareness.

CARRYING FORWARD COLLECTIVE ACTION

• Technical assistance to Ministry of Environment on coordination and planning

• Technical assistance to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning for resource mobilization and project preparation

• Sector working groups and development partner coordination groups with line ministries and local governments

MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT OUTPUT KPI SECTORS SUPPORT

Capacity building on effective framework for NDC implementation through coordination and monitoring sector performance developed and strengthened

• NDC priorities integrated and implemented in sector annual plans (Central/Local);

• Staff in MoE and other sectors acquire technical skills to effectively coordinate and report on NDC implementation

MoE and all sectors identified in the NDC partnership Plan

World Bank, SIDA, FAO, AfDB, Initiative for Climate Action Transparency (ICAT) - UNEP, GGGI, UNDP, Netherlands

OUTPUT KPI SECTORS SUPPORTCross sector capacity for mobilizing funds including private sector to implement NDCs through the development of flagships strengthened

• Priority pipeline projects and climate finance mobilization strategy developed

• Volume of climate finance mobilized to support implementation of NDC relevant flagship and other sector specific projects

MINECOFIN/FONERWA to prioritize and mobilize climate finance for flagship projects across sectors of Rwanda economy; Identify private forums and potential projects for partnership under PPP

AfDB, DFID, FONERWA, ICLEI, Germany, UNDP

CROSS–CUTTING

WITH THE SUPPORT OF….

AND MANY MORE TO COME….

CARRYING FORWARD THIS STORY

THANK YOU.