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Ethiopia - National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA)
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National adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) provide a process for Least Developed Countries (LDCs) to identify priority activities that respond to their urgent and immediate needs to adapt to climate change – those for which further delay would increase vulnerability and/or costs at a later stage. The following summarizes the NAPA for Ethiopia.
Climate Related Hazards
- * Drought * Floods
- * Heavy rains
- * Strong winds
- * Frost
- * Heat waves (high temperatures)
- * Lightning
Main Human Vulnerabilities and Livelihood Impacts
- * Land degradation
- * Soil erosion
- * Deforestation
- * Loss of biodiversity
- * Desertification
- * Recurrent drought
- * Flood
- * Water and air pollution
Priority Adaptation Projects
- 1. Promoting drought/crop insurance program in Ethiopia
- 2. Realizing food security through multi-purpose large-scale water development project in Genale–Dawa Basin
- 3. Community Based Development and Commercialization of Non-timber Forest Products (Gum Arabic, Myrrah and Frank Incense)
- 4. Community Based Rehabilitation of Degraded Eco-Systems in Selected Parts of Ethiopia
- 5. Propagation and Commercial Scale Cultivation of Wild Essential Oil Crops
- 6. Establishment of Centre for Propagation and Commercialization of Traditional Herbal Medicinal Plants
- 7. Establishment of Acacia Woodland Nature Reserve in the Ethiopian Rift Valley System
- 8. Community Based Carbon Sequestration Project in the Rift Valley System of Ethiopia
- 9. Range Shift Cultivation of Selected Cash Crops in Drought Prone Areas
- 10. Establishment of National R&D Center for Climate Change
- 11. Development of an Incentive Scheme for Farmers (Hill-farming communities) to Reforest Hill Areas in the Northern Parts of Ethiopia
- 12. Participatory Approach to Rehabilitate Degraded Hills/Ecosystem in Northern Ethiopia
- 13. Institutional Re enforcement for Bio-diversity Conservation
- 14. Establishment of National Environmental Education Program
- 15. Reforestation for Fuel in the Highlands of Ethiopia
- 16. Regional Capacity Building for Monitoring and Inventorying of Biodiversity
- 17. Establishment of Potato-centered Small-sized Cottages
- 18. Reclamation of Bush Encroached Rangelands
- 19. Promotion of Legume-based Agroforestry Systems and Home-garden Agriculture
- 20. Development of New and Rehabilitation (upgrading) of the existing watering sites in Pastoral Areas
- 21. Aquaculture Development for Efficient Harvest of Commercial Spirulina Species in the Lakes of the Ethiopian Rift Valley System
- 22. Reorganization of drought Affected Communities
- 23. Stall feeding promotion and free range grazing restriction in selected regional states of Ethiopia
- 24. Promotion of on farm and homestead forestry and agroforestry practices in arid, semi-arid and dry-sub humid parts of Ethiopia
- 25. Undertake soil and water conservation practices for improved land husbandry in Afar, Somali and Gambella regional states and Diredawa city administration
- 26. Develop community seed bank and food storage facilities in Amhara, SNNPRS, Tigray, Oromia.
- 27. Capacity building for small scale irrigation planning and development in Afar, Gambella, Somali and SNNPRS.
- 28. Community based sustainable utilization and management of wet lands in selected wet lands in Ethiopia
- 29. Strengthening/enhancing drought and flood early warning systems in Ethiopia
- 30. Capacity building for climate change adaptation in Ethiopia at federal as well as regional levels
- 31. Public awareness program on climate change in Ethiopia at national as well as regional levels
- 32. Enhancing the use of water for agricultural purpose on small farms in arid and semi arid parts of Ethiopia
- 33. Community capacity building to initiate and implement environmental health program and or projects in the national regional states
- 34. Commercial level uses of some indigenous, wild edible fruits in selected arid and semi arid areas of Ethiopia
- 35. Malaria containment program (MCP) in selected areas of Ethiopia
- 36. Institutional development; enhancement of research and development capacity of the national dry land research centers in Somali, Gambella, Benishangul-gumuz, low lands of Oromia, Amhara, Tigray, Afar and SNNPR.
- 37. Improving/enhancing the range land resources management practices in the pastoral areas of Ethiopia
Project Components:
Establish institutional structure; Assemble a multidisciplinary integrated assessment team; Synthesize available information on adverse effects of climate change; Conduct a participatory assessment of vulnerability to current climate variability; Identify key climate change adaptation measures; Develop country-driven criteria for prioritizing adaptation activities; Develop priority adaptation projects, including stakeholder consultations; Distribute draft NAPA document for public review; Distribute the final NAPA document to government and civil society representatives; and Disseminate NAPA document to public
Expected Outputs:
Establish institutional structure: key output is the organization of a set administrative and oversight Committees for carrying out the NAPA process; Assemble a multidisciplinary integrated assessment team: key output is the organization of a technical Committee and Task Force units for carrying out technical assessments; Synthesize available information on adverse effects of climate change: key output is a report that provides a detailed summary of national vulnerability to climate change; Conduct a participatory assessment of vulnerability to current climate variability: key output is twofold – a multidisciplary assessment of vulnerability risks and a consultative assessment of traditional knowledge of vulnerability risks; Identify key climate change adaptation measures: key output is a series of assessment reports on the degree of complementarity between climate change adaptation measures and action plans related to MEAs and other initiatives; Develop country-driven criteria for prioritizing adaptation activities: key output is a consensus approach reflecting consultative inputs for prioritizing adaptation projects; Develop priority adaptation projects, including stakeholder consultations: key output is an adaptation project portfolio reflecting consultative inputs; Distribute draft NAPA document for public review: key output is ditribution of the 5-10 page draft NAPA document to the public at large, and assimilation of public comments into a final NAPA document; Distribute the final NAPA document to government and civil society representatives: key output is a review of the final NAPA document by key stakeholders and a formal endorsement by government; and Disseminate NAPA document to public: key output is the distribution of the final NAPA document, including translation as necessary.
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Contacts:
Climate change focal point
- Bekuretsion Kassahun
- General Manager
- National Meteorological Services Agency
