Scoping report ETHIOPIA’S RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND GENDER

The scoping report identifies a general consensus on the importance of gender-responsive climate action in Ethiopia but highlights significant gaps in institutionalization, accountability, and technical expertise. While the Climate-Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) Strategy and National Adaptation Plan (NAP) have undergone gender analyses, the report finds that attitudinal barriers and a lack of coordination between gender directorates and climate coordination offices hinder implementation. It specifically notes that sectors like transport and urban planning are overlooked compared to agriculture, and recommends the establishment of a Standing Committee and a Gender Readiness Fund to bridge these gaps.

• There is a general agreement among stakeholders that gender-responsive policies are essential for the Climate-Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) and National Adaptation Plan (NAP), and both the EFCCC and the MoF's CRGE Facility have commissioned gender analyses for these frameworks.
• The institutionalization of gender integration is severely lacking, which negatively impacts planning, implementation, accountability, and decision-making processes regarding climate change.
• Within the EFCCC, the CRGE and NAP Coordination Office faces barriers including attitudinal resistance, a lack of dedicated gender experts, and an irregular, informal relationship with the Gender Directorate.
• Gender mainstreaming efforts in climate change are unevenly distributed across sectors; the Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy show more progress than the Ministries of Transport, Trade and Industry, and Urban Development and Housing.
• The Ministry of Finance's Gender Directorate possesses strong tools for gender-responsive budgeting and monitoring but lacks technical expertise in climate change, leading to a gap where it was unaware of the NAP gender analysis.
• The CRGE Facility lacks internal gender mainstreaming or budgeting guidelines, although it has developed a framework in collaboration with the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) that proposes a Gender Readiness Fund to support sector-specific analysis.
• The report identifies a lack of awareness regarding international and continental gender-climate frameworks and a failure to maximize the use of existing tools for integrating gender into governance.

APA

Ayalew, M. M., & Mersha, L. (2020). Scoping report ETHIOPIA’S RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND GENDER. Climate and Development Knowledge Network. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Jun-20-Scoping-Report-Ethiopias-Response-to-Climate-Change-and-Gender-Final-1-2.pdf

Chicago

Ayalew, Mulugeta M., and Lealem Mersha. Scoping report ETHIOPIA’S RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND GENDER. Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2020. https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Jun-20-Scoping-Report-Ethiopias-Response-to-Climate-Change-and-Gender-Final-1-2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{ayalew2020scoping, author = {Ayalew, Mulugeta M. and Mersha, Lealem}, title = {{Scoping report ETHIOPIA’S RESPONSE TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND GENDER}}, institution = {Climate and Development Knowledge Network}, year = {2020}, month = jun, url = {https://cdkn.org/sites/default/files/files/Jun-20-Scoping-Report-Ethiopias-Response-to-Climate-Change-and-Gender-Final-1-2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }