NAP Posted: March 1, 2019

 

 

  1. Vision, goals and objectives

Overall vision

The overall vision of the NAP is "to create climate change impact resilient development for Ethiopia and its people".

Objectives

The main objectives of the NAP are to:

  1. Integrate currently disparate sectoral and regional adaptation initiatives in order to mainstream climate change adaptation holistically within Ethiopia’s long term development path;
  2. Mainstream and institutionalize the implementation of CCA in the country’s development governance structures; 
  3. Mobilize resources from public and private climate finance sources and from both domestic and international sources to enable the country to implement its CCA initiatives;
  4. Establish resilient systems that can withstand disasters and risks imposed by climate change through building collaborative partnerships among the relevant stakeholders.

  1. National circumstances

Ethiopia is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and the unpredictability of climate variability. The country’s adaptive capacity is constrained by limited livelihood options for the majority of the population, inadequate ability to withstand or absorb disasters and the prevailing biophysical shocks it faces.

  1. National Policies as indicated in the NAP

  • Second Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP II); 
  • Ethiopia's Programme of Adaptation to Climate Change (EPACC);
  • Climate Resilient Green Economy strategy (CRGE);
  • Climate Resilience Strategy for Agriculture and Forest sectors (2015); 
  • Climate Resilience Strategy for Water and Energy sectors (2015)

  1. Specific NAP mandate if developed yet

The EFCCC has been mandated to coordinate, lead and monitor the development and implementation of the NAP; no explicit mention of the mandate

  1. Institutional arrangements

The NAP will use the existing CRGE governance structure:

  •  Inter-ministerial steering committee: provides overall guidance and facilitates high-level decision making; 
  • The EFCCC: coordinates the formulation and implementation of the NAP;
  • The Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation: is responsible for mobilizing funding; 
  • Federal implementing entities: coordinates the implementation of sectoral and sub-sectoral activities;
  • National Planning Commission (NPC): leads the planning process of the NAP. 

Other important institutional arrangements are research and academic institutions; national agencies; regional bureaus; Woreda inter-office committee; Woreda offices.

  1. Alignment with other frameworks

SDGs

Ethiopia's NAP is aligned with the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development

  1. Key climate hazards and risks

Drought; Floods; Shifting of precipitation patterns; Vector and water-borne diseases; Land and forest degradation

  1. Resource mobilization strategies (international and domestic)

The objectives of the financial strategy are:

  1. Financial mobilisation and allocation: The EFCCC and Ministry of Finance are the Government’s vehicle to mobilise, access and combine domestic and international, public and private sources of finance;
  2. Stakeholder coordination: The EFCCC and Ministry of Finance provide a single engagement point where the Government, development partners, academia, the private sector, civil society and other stakeholders can engage and make decisions about how best to utilise available finance; and
  3. Unlock capital at scale: By blending investment sources and leveraging resources, the EFCCC and Ministry of Finance will use climate finance to complement other existing forms of investment to bolster Ethiopia’s core climate-compatible development activities.
  4. The following are potential sources of funding for the NAP: Government budget; Bilateral & multilateral partners (World Bank, UNFCCC, Green Climate Fund-GCF, the UNDP, GEF, etc.); Private investment; Civil Society Organizations; and Community contributions.

  1. GCF Country Programme

Ethiopia requested access to the GCF Readiness Programme; no reference to the GCF country programme

  1. Guiding principles

The guiding principles of the NAP are: 

  • Participation;
  • Coherent interventions;
  • Stakeholder empowerment;  
  • Gender sensitivity;
  •  Equitable implementation;
  • Principle of partnership.

  1. Other cross-cutting issues

Private sector engagement

The private sector is part of the resource mobilization strategy of Ethiopia's NAP 

The private sector is one of the main stakeholders that will decide how best to use available finance

The participation of the private sector in the NAP process, along with other entities, is one of the main guiding principles of the NAP

Gender

Gender is one of the guiding principles of the NAP, and women are given due attention because they are often more vulnerable to changes in climate; a few adaptation actions focus on women.

ACE-Youth

Youth is one of the major criteria that has been taken into account to prioritize adaptation options.

Indigenous Peoples

Integrating indigenous knowledge is one of the expected adaptation opportunities.

  1. Monitoring and evaluation of the adaptation process (M&E)

The main objectives of the NAP's monitoring and evaluation system are to follow up the implementation of the NAP so as to ensure its effectiveness. The EFCCC and MoF will coordinate the M&E of the NAP. 

The NAP M&E system is linked with other national policies M&E systems (i.e. the GTP II M&E system; the CRGE M&E system). 

The NAP M&E system is based on the Logical Framework Analysis (LFA), where M&E indicators have been developed for each adaptation action (see Annex 2).

Projects will undergo an independent mid-term evaluation at the mid-point of project implementation; an independent final evaluation of the NAP will take place and be completed two months prior to the Inter-ministerial Committee meeting.

  1. Reporting

At the national level

The Woreda executing entities report on a quarterly and annual basis to Woreda Inter-Office technical coordinators;

Regional implementing sector bureaus consolidate quarterly and annual reports submit to Regional Inter Bureau team coordinator;

Federal implementing sector bureaus consolidate quarterly and annual reports submit to the Federal technical team coordinator;

The Federal technical team coordinator consolidates mid-year and annual reports submit to the EFCCC and MoF;

The reports prepared by the federal entities serve as a basis for the quarterly reports and annual performance assessment reports prepared by EFCCC and MoF.

  1. Related NAP outputs

Vulnerability assessment reports

Recent drought and precipitation tendencies in Ethiopia (2013) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00704-012-0746-3

Climate Change Technology Needs Assessment Report of Ethiopia (2007) https://unfccc.int/ttclear/misc_/StaticFiles/gnwoerk_static/TNR_CRE/e9067c6e3b97459989b2196f12155ad5/5059e1af89384cf18ca0402f71a73ea1.pdf

Implementation strategy

An implementation manual will be developed. The general strategy for implementing the NAP is set within a framework of 5 priorities:

  • Priority 1 - Mainstreaming climate change adaptation into development policies, plans and strategies; 
  • Priority 2 - Build the long-term capacities of institutional structures involved in the NAP; 
  • Priority 3 - Improving the knowledge management system for the NAP; 
  • Priority 4 - Establish effective and sustainable funding mechanisms; 
  • Priority 5 - Advancing adaptation research and development in the area of climate adaptation. 

Specific objectives, outcomes and indicators have been identified for each strategic priority. These will be reviewed and updated as implementation strategies are developed.