Building on the Resilience and Sustainability Facility with the International Monetary Fund, the Government of Rwanda, together with the Agence Française de Développement (AFD), European Investment Bank (EIB), Cassa Depositi e Prestiti (CDP), and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), in June 2023, announced a cooperative approach to facilitate public-private partnership, scale-up climate finance and crowd in private climate investment that will mobilize an additional EUR 300 million to build climate resilience in Rwanda.

The ground-breaking partnership, which was unveiled at the Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, is part of ongoing efforts by the international community to reshape the global climate finance architecture, including by moving beyond small-scale projects to significant long-term investments that leverage existing mechanisms to facilitate public-private partnerships and attract private sector investments.

The coordinated initiative to scale up climate financing, combined with the policy reforms envisaged under the IMF’s RSF arrangement and capacity development support from the IMF will allow Rwanda to better withstand economic shocks and adapt to a changing climate. It also sets a precedent for other nations and financial institutions to explore innovative financing mechanisms and join forces in the pursuit of a sustainable and climate-resilient world.