Interactions

2012-04-25 Promoting EEPFE and Policy Interaction Promoting EEPFE in different platforms has been a resourceful means of increasing awareness of the existence of the forum and hence a way of promoting environmental economics throughout the country. These platforms are an effective means of disseminating resources such as discussion papers and brochures and a great opportunity for policy interaction. With this objective in mind, EEPFE has participated in high level policy dialogues and workshops through exhibitions and displays.
2012-01-27 Climate Change hits Africa the hardest – what can be done? Ethiopia risking average income cut of 30 percent The impacts of climate change on agricultural productivity may reduce the Ethiopian average income by as much as 30 percent within the next 50 years. This and other EfD findings on how climate change is hitting Africa, and in particular Ethiopia, were presented to 60 workshop participants from government, NGOs and multilateral organizations assembled in Addis Abeba. Strategies for adaptation, mitigation and a stronger position in international climate negotiations were discussed.
2011-12-15 Aiming High, Going Green Ethiopia launches its strategy for Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) on 18 November 2011. EEPFE center director and senior researcher, Dr. Alemu Mekonnen, was part of the technical committee that worked on the green economy aspect of the strategy as representative from our host institution, the Ethiopian Development Research Institute (EDRI).
2011-07-29 | ethiopia | Climate change EfD workshop on impact of climate change in Africa Over 60 representatives from various governmental and non-governmental organizations participated in this informative Climate Change Workshop organized together by EEPFE and EDRI on July 20, 2011. The number of participants representing various sectors made the workshop a good area for policy interaction.
2010-12-09 EfD Ethiopia co-organized African Regional Dialogue on forests, governance and climate change Women’s participation in decision making and strong land tenure rights and governance are essential if REDD+ and other climate change mitigation and adaptation measures are to achieve climate goals and provide local benefits. This was a key message from over 80 delegates at the Africa Regional Dialogue, which was organized by EfD Ethiopia together with Rights and Resources Initiative as a pre-event to the seventh African Development Forum.
2010-01-29 Green accounting puts price on Ethiopian soil erosion and deforestation Ethiopia loses large amounts of money due to deforestation and soil erosion. Recent research shows in monetary terms the value of the country’s natural resources and the costs of soil degradation. It also reveals that official government reports greatly underestimate the contribution of forests and soil resources to the national economy. A way for decision makers to address the problems is to adopt natural resource accounting.
2010-01-29 Networking and local language are keys to successful research communication Networking with non-governmental organizations and use of the local language proved to be crucial for successful communication of Ethiopian research findings. “Thanks to this, our workshop attracted influential experts and policy makers, and their participation was very active,” says Dr Alemu Mekonnen, researcher at the Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia (EEPFE) and coordinator of EfD in Ethiopia.
2007-08-29 Sustainable Land Management, Forest Policy, and Climate Change Adaptation in Ethiopia This is an example of how EfD research can influence policies for Sustainable Land Management, Forest Policy, and Climate Change Adaptation in Ethiopia.

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