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
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Ethiopia: Joint Efforts to Climate Change Make Difference
Many global issues are climate-related, including basic needs such as food, water, health and shelter. Changes in climate may threaten these needs with increased temperatures, sea level rise, changes in
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Ethiopia Launches Climate Resilient Strategies
Ethiopia has launched two climate resilient strategies for Agriculture, Forest & Environment, and Water & energy that will be implemented up to the year 2030. The strategies were launched at Radisson
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Can improved biomass cookstoves contribute to REDD+ in Low-Income Countries?
This paper provides field experiment–based evidence on the potential additional forest carbon sequestration that cleaner and more fuel-efficient cookstoves might generate. The paper focuses on the Mirt
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Stubbing it out: Ethiopia implements smoking ban
The bars and cafes are full and lively in the northern Ethiopian town of Mekelle—but they are no longer smoke-filled, with the strict implementation of a smoking ban in public places. "It's a good
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Ethiopia: Sectors Set Joint Climate Resilience Strategy
To realize the sustainable development of the nation and to do away with the impact of climate change, Ethiopian agriculture, forests, water and renewable energy sectors jointly launched a strategy that
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Climate finance and water security
WaterAid is working hard to ensure that a portion of the US $100 billion committed to climate change every year from 2020 (known as climate finance) is directed towards the essential services – such as
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Ethiopia: Water & Sewerage Authority Introduces Waste Treatment Plants At 759m Br
Addis Abeba Water & Sewerage Authority (AWSSA) is deploying 10 mobile liquid waste treatment plants, which it has procured for 759 million Br of its own budget, at seven condominium sites. The Kality
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Ethiopia: Rural Electrification Increases Contributions to Green Economy
The Rural Electrification Fund Office (RE) plans to buy and distribute 4,404 solar home systems (SHS) and 24 institutional solar systems in 2015/16. It is also working on a new five-year project for the
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Ethiopia: Ministry Set to Prevent, Control Eight Diseases By 2020
Diseases that could be easily prevented and controlled by 2020 have already been identified. The Ministry of Health said priority will be given to prevent and control eight diseases during the Second
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Ghana: World's 7th dirtiest country
Ghana has slipped further on its sanitation performance globally to become the World’s 7th worst performing country, according to a new report released on Tuesday. The Joint Monitoring Programme report,