Rwanda to build Africa''s First Green City Project
The project aims to showcase the viability of green cities in Rwanda and elements that could be replicated in the development of secondary cities across the country with green
The National Roadmap for Green Secondary City Development (2015) identifies building and construction as one of the key pillars to achieving green urbanisation in Rwanda. Then, the National Urbanization Policy (2015) and the latter approved Rwanda Green Building Minimum Compliance System (2019).
According to the Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Green Fund, Herbert Ruzibiza, the project will demonstrate the viability of green cities in Rwanda, and relevant for replicability for the development of Green Secondary Cities at the national level.
The Green Fund Rwanda approved its first ten transformative investments, amounting to Rwf 43.6 billion, through Intego, Rwanda's Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) Facility. This funding is crucial for implementing climate-resilient projects across the country. 7. Municipal Waste Valorization Facilities
The Rwanda Green Building Minimum Compliance System counts 29 green building indicators cutting across five modules defined in the draft document and is weighed at 190 points. Each green building indicator is allocated points based on the relative importance of its contribution to green building goals9 (p. 817).
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