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Act Now; Act Together; Act Differently!
The why? And how?
Cascading the Mottos Of “Acting…” to National Level
For the Case of Ethiopia
Final Project Submission for the course :Turn Down the
Heat: Why a 4oc Warmer World Must be Avoided
by Daniel Gebeyehu
May 20, 2015
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Background on the Country
• Economically, Ethiopia is one of the world’s fastest-growing
countries.
• It intends to reach middle-income status before 2025.
• It aims to do so by building a green economy.
• Following the conventional development path would result in
a sharp increase in Green House Gas (GHG) emissions and
unsustainable use of natural resources.
• To avoid such negative effects, the government has
developed a strategy to build a green economy.
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Background Cont..
• Ethiopia is experiencing the effects of climate change.
• Climate change presents the necessity to switch to a
new, sustainable development model.
• The Government of Ethiopia initiated the Climate-
Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) initiative in 2011:
• To protect the country from the adverse effects of
climate change
• To build a green economy that reduces green house gas
emission
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Background Cont..
Currently Ethiopia’s contribution to GHG emissions is very low
on a global scale.
• However, the projected environmental impact of
conventional economic development indicates
• On a per capita basis, emissions are set to increase by more
than 50% to 3.0 t CO2e – and will thus exceed the global
target per capita emissions between 1 t and 2 t per capita in
order to limit the negative effects on climate change.
Source: CRGE Strategy Document 2011
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Why Act Now?
• Like much of Africa, Ethiopia has become warmer over
the past century and human induced climate change
will bring further warming over the next century at
unprecedented rates.
• If not checked; climate change will exacerbate many
current environmental risks and introduce others
• Acting now is crucial before options disappear , costs
increase, and impacts become irreversible.
Why?
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Why Act Differently?
• Ever since the effects of climate change started to show up
in the country, a well thought out mitigation and
adaptation plan has not been in place that could prevent
effectively the negative effects of climate change and
variability.
• Moving onto a more sustainable and climate smart
pathway will require a transformational shift in current
economic development practices marked by a major shift
away from conventional approaches.
Why?
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Why Act Together?
• Due to a very low adaptive capacity, and vulnerability;
extreme events have brought severe negative impacts on all
socio-economic sectors across the country.
• The necessity for regional and global partnership and
coordination in combating climate change applies at a
national context too.
• While project based and isolated initiatives can not improve
overall adaptive capacity and mitigation effort.
• Policies and strategies must initiate mainstreaming of
adaptation and mitigation into all sectoral planning in a
more coordinated manner.
Why?
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How?
Commitment: Ethiopia is committed to building a climate-resilient
green economy. This commitment positions her at the forefront, in
both national and global effort.
Starting now than later: As part of the green economy strategy, the
government of Ethiopia has selected four initiatives for fast-track
implementation:
•Exploiting the vast hydropower potential;
•Large-scale promotion of advanced rural cooking technologies;
•Efficiency improvements to the livestock value chain;
•Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest
Degradation (REDD).
How to Act Now?
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How?
• Identifying context-specific factors: Climate Risk, Sensitivity ,and
Adaptive Capacity identification specific to the country, to the
region, and to the rest of the continent must be identified to
respond differently.
• Prioritizing Actions: as evidenced by the impacts of recent
extreme events there is a need to immediately take measure in
building adaptive capacity; for instance adaptation actions are
required now irrespective of a deal on global green house gas
emissions.
• Change in program design: Infrastructure must be built to
withstand new extremes; agricultural productivity and efficiency
of water use must improve to avoid further threatening of
already stressed ecosystem. Source: World Development Report 2010.
How to Act Differently?
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How?
• Promote the Exchange of Knowledge, Technology, and
Information. Sharing the clear scientific view on the current state
of knowledge in climate change and its potential environmental
and socio-economic impacts.
• Warning future risks to increase impacting people, crops,
availability of water and livelihoods.
• Mainstreaming: Climate change adaptation and mitigation
measure is neither a one-off intervention nor a stand-alone
activity. There should be an evolution to a more integrated,
multi-level and multi-sector approach in addressing climate
change impacts.
How to Act Together?
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• Current climate variability is already imposing a significant
challenge to Ethiopia by affecting food security, water and
energy supply, poverty reduction and sustainable development
efforts.
• For Ethiopia Acting Now is essential; waiting is unaffordable.
• Acting differently is vital in a changing world and increased
uncertainties in climate features ,in order to enhance adaptive
capacity and decreased emission rates.
• Keeping the key role Ethiopia is playing in Global Climate Change
initiatives in mind, the commitment it has shown to integrate the
concept of climate change in all socio-economic sectrors
indicates the level of national effort in bringing every body into
the fight.
Conclusion

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Final project-Turning down the heat course

  • 1. Act Now; Act Together; Act Differently! The why? And how? Cascading the Mottos Of “Acting…” to National Level For the Case of Ethiopia Final Project Submission for the course :Turn Down the Heat: Why a 4oc Warmer World Must be Avoided by Daniel Gebeyehu May 20, 2015 1
  • 2. 2 Background on the Country • Economically, Ethiopia is one of the world’s fastest-growing countries. • It intends to reach middle-income status before 2025. • It aims to do so by building a green economy. • Following the conventional development path would result in a sharp increase in Green House Gas (GHG) emissions and unsustainable use of natural resources. • To avoid such negative effects, the government has developed a strategy to build a green economy.
  • 3. 3 Background Cont.. • Ethiopia is experiencing the effects of climate change. • Climate change presents the necessity to switch to a new, sustainable development model. • The Government of Ethiopia initiated the Climate- Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) initiative in 2011: • To protect the country from the adverse effects of climate change • To build a green economy that reduces green house gas emission
  • 4. 4 Background Cont.. Currently Ethiopia’s contribution to GHG emissions is very low on a global scale. • However, the projected environmental impact of conventional economic development indicates • On a per capita basis, emissions are set to increase by more than 50% to 3.0 t CO2e – and will thus exceed the global target per capita emissions between 1 t and 2 t per capita in order to limit the negative effects on climate change. Source: CRGE Strategy Document 2011
  • 5. 18/05/2015 5 Why Act Now? • Like much of Africa, Ethiopia has become warmer over the past century and human induced climate change will bring further warming over the next century at unprecedented rates. • If not checked; climate change will exacerbate many current environmental risks and introduce others • Acting now is crucial before options disappear , costs increase, and impacts become irreversible. Why?
  • 6. 18/05/2015 6 Why Act Differently? • Ever since the effects of climate change started to show up in the country, a well thought out mitigation and adaptation plan has not been in place that could prevent effectively the negative effects of climate change and variability. • Moving onto a more sustainable and climate smart pathway will require a transformational shift in current economic development practices marked by a major shift away from conventional approaches. Why?
  • 7. 18/05/2015 7 Why Act Together? • Due to a very low adaptive capacity, and vulnerability; extreme events have brought severe negative impacts on all socio-economic sectors across the country. • The necessity for regional and global partnership and coordination in combating climate change applies at a national context too. • While project based and isolated initiatives can not improve overall adaptive capacity and mitigation effort. • Policies and strategies must initiate mainstreaming of adaptation and mitigation into all sectoral planning in a more coordinated manner. Why?
  • 8. 18/05/2015 8 How? Commitment: Ethiopia is committed to building a climate-resilient green economy. This commitment positions her at the forefront, in both national and global effort. Starting now than later: As part of the green economy strategy, the government of Ethiopia has selected four initiatives for fast-track implementation: •Exploiting the vast hydropower potential; •Large-scale promotion of advanced rural cooking technologies; •Efficiency improvements to the livestock value chain; •Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD). How to Act Now?
  • 9. 18/05/2015 9 How? • Identifying context-specific factors: Climate Risk, Sensitivity ,and Adaptive Capacity identification specific to the country, to the region, and to the rest of the continent must be identified to respond differently. • Prioritizing Actions: as evidenced by the impacts of recent extreme events there is a need to immediately take measure in building adaptive capacity; for instance adaptation actions are required now irrespective of a deal on global green house gas emissions. • Change in program design: Infrastructure must be built to withstand new extremes; agricultural productivity and efficiency of water use must improve to avoid further threatening of already stressed ecosystem. Source: World Development Report 2010. How to Act Differently?
  • 10. 18/05/2015 10 How? • Promote the Exchange of Knowledge, Technology, and Information. Sharing the clear scientific view on the current state of knowledge in climate change and its potential environmental and socio-economic impacts. • Warning future risks to increase impacting people, crops, availability of water and livelihoods. • Mainstreaming: Climate change adaptation and mitigation measure is neither a one-off intervention nor a stand-alone activity. There should be an evolution to a more integrated, multi-level and multi-sector approach in addressing climate change impacts. How to Act Together?
  • 11. 18/05/2015 11 • Current climate variability is already imposing a significant challenge to Ethiopia by affecting food security, water and energy supply, poverty reduction and sustainable development efforts. • For Ethiopia Acting Now is essential; waiting is unaffordable. • Acting differently is vital in a changing world and increased uncertainties in climate features ,in order to enhance adaptive capacity and decreased emission rates. • Keeping the key role Ethiopia is playing in Global Climate Change initiatives in mind, the commitment it has shown to integrate the concept of climate change in all socio-economic sectrors indicates the level of national effort in bringing every body into the fight. Conclusion