Effectiveness of Current Policy Frameworks in Mitigating Climate-induced Risks

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Publication: Case Study
Citation: Vidaurre, Rodrigo and Elizabeth Tedsen 2012: Effectiveness of current policy frameworks in mitigating climate-induced risks relating to human security and conflict – case study on Ethiopia. Ecologic Institute, Berlin.

This case study for Ethiopia is a contribution to the study "Current policy frameworks for addressing climate-induced risks to human security and conflict – an assessment of their effectiveness and future perspectives". The case study [pdf, 783 KB, English] is available for download.

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This is the short version of a longer analysis of the effectiveness of policy frameworks for addressing hydro-climatic hazards and their impacts on human security and conflict, which is based mainly on interviews conducted with policy-makers and experts in Ethiopia, Morocco, Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories (oPT), as well as representatives of the EU and the UN. This short version is available for download.

The Effectiveness of Policy Frameworks for Addressing Climate-induced Risks to Human Security and Conflict (short version)

Report on Stakeholder Perspectives and Demands (short version)

Year 2012

Language: English
Year: 2012
Dimension: 34 pp.
Project: Climate Change, Hydro-conflicts and Human Security (CLICO)
Project ID: 2703
Table of contents: Click to show full table of contents

1. Introduction
2. Background
2.1 Country Background Ethiopia
2.2 Water-related impacts of climate change
2.2.1 Physical impacts
2.2.2 Human security impacts
2.2.3 Impacts on conflict
2.3 Awareness of climate change
3. Policy Framework on Water and Climate Change
3.1 Overview
3.1.1 Water policy
3.1.2 Agriculture and Development Policy
3.1.3 Land rights and resources use rights policy
3.1.4 Disaster preparedness and response and food security policy
3.1.5 Environmental policy
3.1.6 Other policies
3.2 Interviewees’ evaluation of policy framework
3.2.1 General evaluation
3.2.2 Agriculture and Development
3.2.3 Disaster preparedness and response and food security policy
3.2.4 Environmental policy
3.2.5 Water policy
3.3 Stakeholder expectations and demands concerning future policy
3.3.1 Expectations regarding the national level
3.3.2 Expectations for international level
4. Evaluation of results
4.1 Insights on climate change, water, and human security
4.2 Insights on climate change and water-related conflicts
4.3 Insights on the current national policy framework
4.4 Insights on a future policy framework
References
Interviewees
Keywords: Climate

Water

Conflict, Water, Climate

Ethiopia

Further Links

ProjectFP 7Climate Change, Hydro-conflicts and Human Security (CLICO)

Climate change poses several threats to human security. Hydro-climatic hazards such as droughts and floods have the potential to trigger or exacerbate social tensions, intra- and inter-state conflict. The EU-funded project CLICO will examine the relationships between... Read more

Climate Change, Hydro-conflicts and Human Security (CLICO)

Duration: Jan 2010 - Dec 2012
Funding: European Commission, Directorate-General Research & Innovation (DG Research & Innovation), International

PublicationCase StudyThe Effectiveness of Policy Frameworks for Addressing Climate-induced Risks to Human Security and Conflict (short version)

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Gerstetter, Christiane et al. 2011: Review of policies on climate change, water conflicts and human security. Ecologic Institute, Berlin.