Climate Change in Ethiopia Variability, Impact, Mitigation, and Adaptation (original) (raw)

Abstract

Climate change refers to long term fluctuations of temperature, precipitation, wind and other elements of Earth's climate system. It is a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global and/or regional atmosphere. Natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods in the types of changes of temperature and rainfall. It occurs because of internal variability within the climate system and external factors. The external causes may be natural or human induced activity. Human activities cause climate change mainly due to fossil fuel burning and removal of forests. Ethiopia's contribution to GHG emissions is very low on a global scale. The emissions of greenhouse gases are predominantly from high-income countries while the negative effects of climate change are predominantly in low income countries. This means climate change is generally expected to hit developing countries harder than industri...

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