Design and implementation of a climate resilient green economy strategy

Countries
Region
Middle East and North Africa
Country Grouping
Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Climate Objective
Mitigation
Planning and Implementation Activity
Developing Strategies and Plans
Long-Term Strategies
Sectors and Themes
Agriculture
Health
Infrastructure and Industry
Energy
Transport
Forestry and Other Land Use
Waste
Barriers Overcome
Capacity
Financial
Information
Institutional
Socio-cultural
Source
Global Good Practice Analysis (GIZ UNDP)
Language
English
French
Spanish
Case Summary

The Ethiopia Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) Strategy was published in 2011, based on the vision set by the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. The vision is for Ethiopia to develop a climate-resilient green economy and to attain middle-income status by 2025. The country plans to follow a green economy pathway that fosters sustainable development.

The CRGE is based on four pillars: agriculture; forestry; power; and transport, industrial sectors and infrastructure. The CRGE strategy adopts a sectoral approach across six government ministries with more than sixty initiatives to be implemented. An estimated USD 150 billion is required to deliver this over a period of twenty years. The green growth pathway envisages limiting national greenhouse gas emission levels to 150 MtCO2e instead of 400 MtCO2e/a in 2030 under business as usual (BAU) scenario.

The CRGE has facilitated the setting of national targets, the creation of a dedicated financing facility, registry and MRV system, the identification of sixty sectoral initiatives and is setting an example to neighbouring African nations and other countries internationally as an early example of a national green growth strategy.

Further Information

Case study author(s)

Author: Rita Effah (TERI)

Edited by: Nicholas Harrison (Ecofys)

Editorial support: Manish Kumar Shrivastava (TERI); Frauke Röser, Thomas Day, Daniel Lafond, Niklas Höhne and Katja Eisbrenner (Ecofys).

Coordination by: Ecofys www.ecofys.com and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)

Contact
Ministry of Environment and Forestry, esid@ethionet.et