Ethiopia
Ethiopia to shift from beef to chicken production under updated climate plan
The government is promoting smaller livestock to limit the rise of methane emissions, in a plan that is 80% dependent on international finance
Egypt faces water insecurity as Ethiopian mega-dam rumours swirl
Farmers along the lower Nile have little information to guide them as upriver barrage threatens to compound the impacts of global warming
Scientists say east Africa will get wetter, so why is it drying out?
Despite models predicting increased rainfall with climate change, the region has collapsed into drought – a puzzle known as the East African paradox
Sick of waiting, poor countries prepare to fight climate change alone
Developing countries have been promised $100bn per year by 2020, with no sign of it arriving some are taking matters into their own hands
Green Climate Fund ‘a laughing stock’, say poor countries
It was hydropower dams in, community drought readiness out, amid rich-poor tensions at the UN’s flagship climate finance scheme
Africa gears up for first-of-a-kind climate impact study
A scientific pilot in Kenya and Ethiopia seeks to identify the link between extreme weather events and global warming
Africa’s “buyer’s remorse” over Paris climate deal
Some African governments are regretting the ambition of emissions targets submitted towards the Paris Agreement, say advisers
Ethiopia to chair influential ‘climate vulnerable’ group
Incoming CVF chair says group will be ‘visionary’ in efforts to generate political momentum on greenhouse gas emission cuts
Save the Children: Ethiopia ‘deeply affected’ by climate change
NEWS: Famine-hit country faces worse drought in future, warns aid chief and former Danish prime minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt
Save the Children: Ethiopia drought a ‘wake-up call’ to futureproof crops
NEWS: Chronic dryness shows Horn of Africa is unprepared for onset of changing climate this century, says charity
Oxfam: ‘Unprecedented’ humanitarian crisis unfolding in Africa
NEWS: Aid agency says increased funding essential to provide drought victims with food, water as impacts linked to El Nino and climate change start to bite
Germany, Ethiopia, Mexico leaders back carbon pricing
NEWS: Six heads of state are endorsing a World Bank campaign to make polluters pay, while Paris climate text ignores the subject
Horn of Africa droughts likely to intensify, sparking security fears
NEWS: Evidence stretching back 40,000 years shows that global warming will increase drying in a region of East Africa where drought already causes humanitarian crises
Climate vulnerable states despair of rich, launch finance plan
NEWS: V20 coalition launched in Lima this week says it will raise funds for climate adaptation projects and develop a collective insurance scheme
China, Canada lag smaller countries on green land use pledges
NEWS: Major farming and forestry nations have been outdone by Ethiopia and Morocco, says Union of Concerned Scientists
Fossil fuels are the ‘enemy’, OECD chief tells Addis finance meet
NEWS: Question of how best to fund climate change action dominates UN financing for development summit
Ethiopia submits carbon cutting plan for UN climate deal
NEWS: Sub-Saharan country eyes 64% emissions cut by 2030 on business-as-usual as it bids for carbon-neutrality in future
How are Rwanda, Ethiopia and Bangladesh preparing for climate change?
ANALYSIS: Better information and more financial support essential for poor countries to prepare for future impacts, say IIED
South Africa, Kenya and Ethiopia lead Africa clean energy drive
NEWS: Renewables investments set to rise slowly on continent as countries explore potential for wind, solar and geothermal
Ethiopia introduces Africa’s largest wind farm
The Ashegoda 120MW wind farm near the capital will supply enough energy to over 100,000 homes