Design and implementation of a climate resilient green economy strategy
The Ethiopia Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) Strategy was published in 2011, based on the vision set by the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. The vision is for Ethiopia to develop a climate-resilient green economy and to attain middle-income status by 2025. The country plans to follow a green economy pathway that fosters sustainable development.
The CRGE is based on four pillars: agriculture; forestry; power; and transport, industrial sectors and infrastructure. The CRGE strategy adopts a sectoral approach across six government ministries with more than sixty initiatives to be implemented. An estimated USD 150 billion is required to deliver this over a period of twenty years. The green growth pathway envisages limiting national greenhouse gas emission levels to 150 MtCO2e instead of 400 MtCO2e/a in 2030 under business as usual (BAU) scenario.
The CRGE has facilitated the setting of national targets, the creation of a dedicated financing facility, registry and MRV system, the identification of sixty sectoral initiatives and is setting an example to neighbouring African nations and other countries internationally as an early example of a national green growth strategy.
Mkakati wa uchumi wa kijani wa Ethiopia unaoweza kukabiliana na hali ya hewa (CRGE) ulichapishwa mnamo 2011 kulingana na maono yaliyowekwa na Waziri Mkuu Meles Zenawi. Kwa mujibu wa mpango huo, Ethiopia itatengeneza uchumi wa kijani unaoweza kukabiliana na mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa na kufikia kiwango cha kipato cha kati ifikapo mwaka 2025. Nchi hiyo inapanga kufuata njia ya uchumi wa kijani ambayo inakuza maendeleo endelevu. Mfumo wa CRGE unategemea nguzo nne: kilimo, misitu, umeme, na usafiri, sekta za viwanda na miundombinu. Mkakati wa CRGE unachukua mbinu ya sekta katika wizara sita za serikali na mipango zaidi ya sitini ambayo itatekelezwa. Inakadiriwa kuwa dola bilioni 150 zinahitajika ili kufanikisha mradi huo kwa kipindi cha miaka ishirini. Mkakati wa ukuaji wa kijani unafikiria kupunguza viwango vya uzalishaji wa gesi ya chafu kwa 150 Mt CO2e badala ya 400 Mt CO2e kwa mwaka katika 2030 chini ya hali ya kawaida ya biashara. CRGE imesaidia kuweka malengo ya kitaifa, kuunda kituo cha fedha maalum, usajili na mfumo wa MRV, na kuamua mipango ya sekta 60 na inaweka mfano kwa mataifa ya jirani ya Afrika na nchi nyingine kimataifa kama mfano wa mapema wa mkakati wa ukuaji wa kijani.