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Green and Clean Cities
Presented on the 7th Ethiopian Urban Forum
By Gemedo Dale (Phd)
May 2017
Gondar
1. Introduction
• Ensuring energy, economic, and
environmental security is critical
2. Ethiopian leadership in a time of
climate risk
• Ethiopia is among a few countries in Africa
that have developed and implementing
climate resilient green economy (CRGE).
– Stopping climate change has become a priority
– reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and increase
resource efficiency
Ethiopian leadership Cont…
• According to Brahmbhatt and Bishop (Africa’s
New
Climate
Economy:
Economic
Transformation and Social and Environmental
Change), there is high need for Ethiopian
leadership to address the following:
– Increase agricultural yields by intensifying
production and exploring “climate-smart”
techniques.
Ethiopian leadership Cont…
– Diversify
into
high
productivity
manufacturing,
particularly
through
sustainable production.
– Encourage “compact, connected, and
coordinated urban development.”
– Meet rapidly growing energy needs through
a wealth of clean energy resources.
– “Keep working on the basics,” particularly
gender equality and education access.
3. Sustainable Cities
• Sustainable cities have cleaner air, less
traffic congestion and fewer greenhouse
gas emissions.
4. Role of Green Trees and Plants
• Green trees and plants will prevent
atmospheric damage, both on a global and on
a local scale.
• Climate change causes extreme heat and
drought, alternated with excessive rainfall.
– Trees and plants in a city can provide a cooling
effect in case of a heat wave.
Role of Green Trees Cont…
–In the case of extreme rainfall, a
planted soil will have a better water
storage capacity than asphalt and
concrete.
–Public green places, like parks and
gardens, contribute to a healthy urban
climate.
The new integrated Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy was launched by the
European Commission on 15 October 2015 during a Ceremony in the European
Parliament in Brussels. The three pillars of the strengthened Covenant - mitigation,
adaptation, and secure, sustainable and affordable energy - were symbolically
endorsed on this occasion.
Thank You