Climate risk profile: Ethiopia
This profile provides an overview of climate risks facing Ethiopia, including how climate change will potentially impact agriculture and crop production, livestock, water resources and human health. The
Ethiopia
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Ethiopia: Drought Asssessment Indicates Severity
The National Disaster Risk Management Commission released a new report on humanitarian hot-spot classification showing that the number of priority ones- or most needy- weredas has reached to 219. Four
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What is the association between absolute child poverty, poor governance, and natural disasters? A global comparison of some of the realities of climate change
<p>The paper explores the degree to which exposure to natural disasters and poor governance (quality of governance) is associated with absolute child poverty in sixty-seven middle- and low-income countries.
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Enduring Somalia drought puts hundreds of thousands at risk, U.N. warns
The severe drought in Ethiopia has made headline news. But it has also scorched northern Somalia, a region far less able to cope with the impact. About 385,000 people are already facing a hunger crisis
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Ethiopia Suffers Worst Drought In Decades Due To El Nino; 50 Million People Hungry
Ethiopia is facing one of the worst famines in 50 years. Africa has always been one of the worst affected places when it comes to famines and droughts. Ethiopia has suffered from drought back in 1973
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What Will Become of Us? Voices from around the world on drought and El Niño
About 60 million people across Southern Africa and the Horn, Central America, and the Pacific face worsening hunger and poverty due to droughts and crop failures in 2014–15 that have been exacerbated by
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World overlooks Ethiopia drought crisis that is leaving millions hungry
FENTALE, Ethiopia — Sitting in the blistering sun as she cradles her 2-month-old baby, Genet Tamisat is one of hundreds of mothers waiting to have their children checked for malnutrition, as Ethiopia faces
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Ethiopia plans new 2,000 MW dam: PM
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia, which plans to become a top regional electricity exporter, will soon launch a new 2,000 megawatt hydropower dam, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said on Thursday.
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Ethiopia: City Govt, Foundation Sign MOU to Assess Earthquake Risk
The City Government of Addis Ababa and Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will enable them to work together on earthquake risk assessment
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Botswana: Vultures Threatens Existence
Selebi Phikwe — Wildlife Botswana director, Dr Kabelo Senyatso, says vultures are on the verge of extinction. He said in an interview that vulture species and population across Africa and especially
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Ethiopia: City Govt, Foundation Sign MOU to Assess Earthquake Risk
The City Government of Addis Ababa and Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that will enable them to work together on earthquake risk assessment