Ethiopian Programme of Adaptation to Climate Change (EPACC)

Laws and Policies

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CCLW national policies

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<p>Summary The EPACC calls for the mainstreaming of climate change into decision-making at a national level and emphasises planning and implementation monitoring. It identifies 20 climate change risks, mainly in the following areas: health risks (human and animal); agriculture production decline; land degradation; water shortages; biodiversity; waste; displacement; distributive justice. The EPACC also identifies institutions responsible for mitigating these risks. Specific adaptation objectives include:</p>
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<li>Reducing impacts of droughts by cloud seeding to induce rain</li>
<li>Establishing building and construction codes that ensure structures withstand extreme weather events</li>
<li>Storing food and feed in good years for use in bad years</li>
<li>Ensuring transport access to disaster prone areas</li>
<li>Developing insurance schemes for weather damage compensation</li>
<li>Organising local communities for quick response to extreme weather events</li>
<li>Preparing to cater for refugees driven out of their homes by climate change</li>
<li>Mapping and delineating areas likely to suffer from climate change and extreme weather events</li>
<li>Developing an accessible information network on climate change</li>
<li>Developing an early warning system to alert people of impending extreme weather events</li>
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