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It highlights mounting climate risks to growth and inclusive development, with droughts and floods driving major impacts on staple production, sharp food price increases, and widening inflation effects across regions. The update also outlines government progress on adaptation and mitigation, including Green Climate Fund investments, development of an integrated climate finance strategy, and initiatives to strengthen PPP frameworks and renewable energy commitments.","Public Disclosure Authorized Public Disclosure Authorized  \nRSF ASSESSMENT LETTER UPDATE – RWANDA  \nMay 6, 2024  \nThis letter updates the World Bank’s assessment of Rwanda’s climate policies and commitments provided in November 2022, highlighting relevant changes that have occurred since subsequent update to that assessment. 1  \n1. Country vulnerability to climate change including human, social, and economic costs for the country arising from climate change vulnerabilities.  \nClimate change continues to pose substantial risks to growth and inclusive development in Rwanda. The impact of climate change and natural disasters seem to affect disproportionally the poorest and the most vulnerable communities. Extreme weather events in 2022 and 2023 (droughts and floods mentioned in the December 2023 Assessment) had significant impacts on Rwanda’s production of key staples and have resulted in dramatic increases in domestic food prices of more than 65 percent at its peak in March 2023. This represents a major setback for the poorest people, who spend a larger share of their income on food. The rise in food prices also threatens food security and the development of human capital among Rwanda’s most vulnerable communities, with high inflation widening the gap between geographical regions and hitting the poorest districts the hardest. Out of 19 Rwandan districts surveyed, 11 with poverty rates above the national average of 38.2 percent, experienced food inflation rates higher than the national average.  \n2. Government policies and commitmentsin terms of climate change adaptation and priority areas to strengthen resilience.  \nThe ongoing efforts related to government policies are relevant for climate change adaptation:  \nThe Green Climate Fund approved two major climate resilience and green growth investments worth US$80 million in October 2023. The first project builds climate resilience in Rwanda’s Congo Nile Divide through forest and landscape restoration (US$39.1 million) to be implemented in 10 districts. It aims to manage 278,000 hectares of forests and promote agroforestry techniques in 2,000 hectares of plantations. The second project provides an additional contribution to Ireme Invest (US$42.8 million) . This will enable the fund to work with Rwanda’s private sector by providing access to credit at a lower interest rate than at market rates. The goal is to invest in renewable energy, climate-smart agriculture, water-efficient systems, green buildings, and clean transportation.  \nThe government, under the leadership of MINECOFIN, is developing an integrated Climate Finance Strategy designed to promote institutional coordination in scaling climate financing. The overall cost of implementing the NDCs in Rwanda is estimated at US$ 11 billion. According to the NDC implementation framework, financing has been secured to cover most  \n1 World Bank Assessment Letter for the IMF Program under the Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RSF)--Rwanda Climate Change Policies, SecM2023-0090, November 28, 2022.  \nWorld Bank Assessment Letter Update for the IMF Program under the Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RSF)--Rwanda Climate Change Policies, May 13, 2023.  \nWorld Bank Assessment Letter for the IMF Program under the Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RSF)  \n--Rwanda Climate Change Policies, December 14, 2023.  \nimplementation costs for the 2020–25 period, with the total secured finance amounting to US$4 .5 billion. Looking ahead, the overall financing gap is estimated at US$ 6.5 billion for the entire 2020–30 period (IMF, 2023) . The objective of the climate finance strategy is to align financing needs with financing instruments and mobilize private and public sector financing for adaptation and mitigation actions. 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