Rwanda
Status under International Climate Change Law
- UNFCCC: signature (10 June 1992) and ratification (18 August 1998)
- KP: ratification (22 July 2004)
- Quantified emission limitation or reduction commitment: NA
- Vienna Convention: accession (11 Oct 2001)
- Montreal Protocol: accession (11 Oct 2001)
- LRTAP: NA
- Energy Charter: NA
- Energy Efficiency Protocol: NA
- Espoo Convention: NA
Federal Laws on Climate Change
Air protection
- Ministerial order No. 003/16.01 Preventing Activities that Pollute the Atmosphere (2010) [Kinyarwanda, English, French]
Forests and Land Use
- Law No. 47/2013 governing the management and use of forests (2013) [Kinyarwanda, English, French]
Others
- Organic Law 4/2005 determining the modalities of protection, conservation and promotion of environment in Rwanda (2005) [Kinyarwanda, English, French]
- Law No. 53/2010 of the Rwandan Office of Natural Resources (RNRA) and determining its mission, organization, and functioning (2011) [Kinyarwanda, English, French]
- Law No. 26 Determining the Organization, Functioning and Mission of the National Fund for Environment (FONERWA) (2011) [Kinyarwanda, English, French]
- Order of the Prime Minister No. 75/01 concerning mission functions, organizational structure and synthesis of jobs in the Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugees (MIDIMAR) (2011) [Kinyarwanda, English, French]
- Law No. 54bis / 2011 establishing the “Rwandan Agency of Meteorology (WEATHER RWANDA) and determining its mission, organization and functioning (2011) [Kinyarwanda, English, French]
- Law No. 63/2013 relating Mission, organization and functioning of the Rwanda Bureau Protection of the Environment (2013) [Kinyarwanda, English, French]
Government Documents
- Rwanda Vision 2020 (2000) [English]
- First National Communication to the UNFCCC (2005) [en, fr]
- National Adaptation Programme of Action (2007) [en, fr]
- Five-Year Strategic Plan for the Environment and Natural Resources Sector 2009-2013 (2009) [English]
- Mainstreaming Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production in Policies and Strategies of Rwanda (2011) [English]
- Green Growth and Climate Resilience – National Strategy on Climate Change and Low Carbon Development(2011) [English]
- Second National Communication to the UNFCCC (2012) [en, fr]
- Five Year Strategic Plan for the Environment and Natural Resources Sector 2014-2018 (2013) [English]
- Economic Development and Poverty Reduction Strategy 2013-2018 (2013) [English]
Factual Matters
- United Nations Statistics Division, Environmental Statistics Snapshot (2013)
Summaries of legislation compiled from Nachmany, M., et al. 2014. “The GLOBE Climate Legislation Study: A Review of Climate Change Legislation in 66 Countries. Fourth Edition.” London: GLOBE International and the Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics.
Updated as of: January 8, 2015