Accelerating and Catalyzing Solutions for Climate Change’s Impact on Health (GC Rwanda Climate for Health
Climate change threatens hard-earned global health & development progress, and puts the health, well-being, and livelihoods of future generations in jeopardy. The 2015 Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) signaled a promise from global leaders to act—to limit global average temperature rise to within 1.5°C by 2040 and prevent the worst health and development effects of climate change. Catalytic research and development (R&D) as well as innovations to scale the impact of green technologies is essential to cut greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero, and to address the unprecedented health and environmental challenges posed by climate change. It is crucial to understand the emerging problems in health, either directly triggered by climate change, or as a result of disruptions (e.g., operational) downstream of crises created by climate change.
As such, NCST through Grand Challenges Rwanda, in partnership with Global GC partners, launched the Request for Proposal (RFP) for “Accelerating and Catalyzing Solutions for Climate Change’s Impact on Health” (GC Rwanda Climate for Health), CST-NIRF/GCR-CH/13/xx/2023 on 03rd Dec 2023 with a deadline of 31st Jan 2024. This call targeted proposals that among other criteria, demonstrate that the projects are led by a Principal Investigator (PI)/Program Director (PD) with scientific excellence in relevant field, and based and working in Rwanda. The project research team shall be from multi-sectorial and multi-disciplinary teams and areas, and from strong academia, research, private sector/industry, and private non- profit institutions who shall form partnerships with global renown experts in the field.
Under this grant, Four projects have been selected for funding. These projects are expected to accelerate the development of transformational solutions to address the intersection of climate change and public health with the aim of fostering healthier population.Projects funded and their details are summarised in the table below.
