The climate risk study - commissioned by the German Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) - provides a comprehensive overview on future climate risks in Ethiopia’s agricultural sector. These include risks related to water availability, weather extremes and crop yields, derived from state-of-the-art impact models. The study also features a spatial vulnerability assessment, which guides targeting of adaptation interventions. Based on the impact analysis, adaptation needs for Ethiopia were identified and suitable adaptation strategies selected and evaluated together with the Ethiopian government and local stakeholders, to provide recommendations for adaptation. The findings of the study have been well received by the Ethiopia government: the Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission (EFCCC) reiterated the timeliness of the analysis with regard to Ethiopia’s upcoming NDC update, for which the results of the study provide important input. Participants of the webinar engaged in lively discussions on the way forward for adaptation in Ethiopia and on avenues for utilising the results of the climate risk analysis.
The study and complimentary documents are available here for download: https://www.pik-potsdam.de/en/institute/departments/climate-resilience/projects/project-pages/agrica/climate-risk-analysis_ethiopia_en
Further information on the Agrica project can be found here: https://agrica.de/
