Climate Risk Management in Finnish Development Cooperation - Gaia

Table of Contents
Abbreviations....................................................................................................3
1 Introduction................................................................................................4
1.1 Project background ......................................................................................................4
1.2 Finnish development cooperation in Ethiopia and climate change.............................5
1.3 Objectives.....................................................................................................................6
1.4 Approach and implementation ....................................................................................6
2 Climate change in Ethiopia..........................................................................10
2.1 Climate patterns and climate variability ......................................................................10
2.2 Climate change projections for Ethiopia in the 21 st century........................................14
3 Climate vulnerability and adaptation priorities in Ethiopia..........................18
3.1 Vulnerability to climate variability and change............................................................18
3.2 National adaptation priorities and capacity needs ......................................................19
3.3 Climate mainstreaming by international development cooperation partners............22
4 Preliminary climate screening of selected development cooperation projects
in Ethiopia...................................................................................................25
4.1 Overview of the selected projects and screening process...........................................25
4.2 Rural Water Supply and Environmental Programme in Amhara Region (RWSEP) ......27
4.3 Rural Water supply, Sanitation and Hygiene programme in Benishangul Gumuz region
(FinnWASH BG)...................................................................................................................30
4.4 Technical Assistance to the Watershed Monitoring and Evaluation (WME) Component
of the Tana Beles Integrated Water Resources Development Project (TBIWRDP)............34
5 Key findings and conclusions.......................................................................38
Appendix...........................................................................................................41
Annex I. Ethiopia Climate Change Implications for Finland ...............................................41
Annex II. Activities supported by the Government of Finland in the water sector ...........55
Annex III. Climate risk screening & mainstreaming approaches & tools ...........................56
Annex IV. List of organizations/persons consulted during the assignment .......................57
References ........................................................................................................59
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