EEPFE Director and senior research fellow, Dr. Alemu Mekonnen presents a paper entitled, “Ethiopia Climate Strategy and a relevant research agenda” at the workshop on Water, Climate Change, and Health organized by Duke University (USA) with support from Addis Ababa University, the Environmental Economics Policy Forum for Ethiopia (EEPFE) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on January 16, 2014 at ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Bringing together experts from a variety of disciplinary perspectives, the workshop aimed at addressing:
- the effects of climate change on water quality and availability;
- the potential consequences of these changes for the long-term health of populations living in rural communities;
- the coping mechanisms communities have to deal with the health effects of inadequate water quality and climate change impacts; and,
- the mediating effects of sociopolitical variables such as governance, institutions and rules.
The workshop also broadly aimed at generating knowledge about how water, health, and climate may or may not be linked to development and poverty in Ethiopia and elsewhere in Africa.
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