Scaling-up renewable energy in Africa: Democratic Republic of Congo

Introduction

In this edition of the Scaling-up renewable energy in Africa series of publications, we focus on the climate change investment policies and opportunities in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in the energy sector. This briefing is a high-level compilation of key policies and projects, based on publicly available sources, and is not intended to be comprehensive.

Key points on Democratic Republic of Congo

• DRC has a population of 73,670,000
• Per capita emissions are very low, at 0.30tCO2e per capita per year
• The tropical rainforest of the Congo Basin is the world's second largest, after South America's Amazon Rainforest. The Basin, extending over 3,832,400 km² is situated in the heart of the African tropics, the DRC is home to the greatest expanse of rainforest in all of Africa