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 brief includes an overview of Ethiopia’s geography and landscape, observed historical climate changes, and projected changes to key climate stressors. The profile …
Recently, the World Bank (WB) announced that it will continue working with the government and the public to sustain the success of Ethiopia to build climate resilient economy. Speaking at the official inauguration of the centre, WB representative Welela Ketema admired the Government of Ethiopia for formulating Green Economy Strategy …
Protecting the world's dwindling forests and making small farms more productive will cost hundreds of billions of dollars annually – money governments and charities do not have to spend, experts said at a London conference. Private investors could fill the gap, they said - but only if environmentalists and finance …
Ethiopia has set targets to slash carbon emissions by two-thirds within the next 15 years, the most ambitious goal so far presented to an upcoming UN climate change conference in Paris. "Ethiopia intends to achieve its vision of becoming carbon-neutral, with the mid-term goal of attaining middle-income status," according to …
Middle Pliocene hominin species diversity has been a subject of debate over the past two decades, particularly after the naming of Australopithecus bahrelghazali and Kenyanthropus platyops in addition to the well-known species Australopithecus afarensis. Further analyses continue to support the proposal that several hominin species co-existed during this time period. …
Climate change means rain is returning to previously drought-stricken areas of Africa exactly 30 years since Live Aid raised £150million to help starving people there, a new study has revealed. A severe lack of rainfall during the 1970s and 80s led to a persistent drought and famine, killing more than …
Biofuels production has received increasing focus by developed and developing countries due to rising fossil fuel prices and the need to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. The net economic and environmental impacts of biofuel programs have become an important question of public policy. In particular, the anticipation that biofuels may have …
It was disclosed that the maternal and infant death rate in the Afar State has shown a significant decline compared with the past few years. It was so disclosed at the project launching entitled "Stand up for Afari Mothers" organized by Amref Health Africa in collaboration with the Afar State …
Climate change in Ethiopia is occurring against a backdrop of rapid population growth and urbanization, entrenched poverty and a heavy burden of disease, and there is little information on specific health risks with which to approach adaptation planning and strengthen adaptive capacity. Using detailed household surveys (400 households, 1660 individuals, …
Land will be offered for Indian entrepreneurs besides other incentives and tax facilities Ethiopia offered 100 per cent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) facility to India for setting up hospitals and other healthcare facilities in Ethiopia. The host country will acquire land for Indian entrepreneurs and offer other incentives and tax …
The number of food insecure people in the Eastern Africa region has increased from 11.43 million people to 13.73 million people as of March, UN humanitarian agency said Thursday. The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Eastern Africa said in its latest report released in Nairobi that conflict …
Addis Ababa — Water, Irrigation and Energy State Minister, Kebede Gerba told WIC that the coverage has reached to the stated per cent following the activities undertaken during the past four years of the GTP period. More than 33 million people have gained access to safe drinking water during the …
Addis Ababa — A United Nations mission is due to take place this month to assess the impact of Ethiopia's massive Gilgel Gibe III hydroelectric power project on the Omo River which feeds Lake Turkana, the world's largest desert lake, lying mostly in northwest Kenya with its northern tip extending …
More than three million of the world's poorest people have been forced from their homes, land and jobs over the past decade by World Bank-funded projects, an investigation showed on Thursday as the global lender vowed to review its policies. The World Bank, which aims to end extreme poverty, has …
In 2011 the Bureau of Labour and Social Affairs (BoLSA), UNICEF and a number of donors including Irish Aid initiated the Tigray Social Cash Transfer Programme (TSCTP) in the Tigray region of Ethiopia. The programme aimed to reduce poverty and hunger in extremely poor and labour-constrained households.
Khartoum – The meeting of the water ministers of Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan began yesterday in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, with the aim of adopting an advisory office to conduct studies on the Renaissance Dam being built by Ethiopia on the River Nile. A consultant office of two global …
Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan signed a declaration of principles on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam on Monday in a meeting of the trio's top leadership in Sudanese capital Khartoum. In a ceremony aired on live television, Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Sudanese counterpart Omar al-Bashir and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam …
Khartoum - President Abdul Fatah el- Sisi of Egypt and Prime Minister Haile Desalgn of Ethiopia are set to arrive in Khartoum today for the signing of the Renaissance Dam historic accord between the Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia, slated for March 23. Mutaz Musa, Chairman of the Ministerial Board for …
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the US based Global Vehicle Transport Plc (GET) and Yetebaberut Behereawi Petroleum (YBP), an Ethiopian Share Company engaged in fuel supply, to introduce carbon free road transportation system in Addis Ababa next year. According to the agreement, the US company will be …
Khartoum — After three days of hard closed-door talks, Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia on Friday reached an agreement in principles on sharing the Nile water and the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). The foreign ministers of the three countries, who had been gathering here since Wednesday along with the ministers …
The Federal Ministry of Health and partners working on nutrition Tuesday highlighted opportunities and challenges in improving nutrition status in Ethiopia while deliberating on the 2014 Global Nutrition Report yesterday. On the occasion Ministry Office Head Dr. Tolera Taye said: "The nation has made great strides in reducing malnutrition across …
