WRI’S WATER PROGRAM IN ETHIOPIA

The WRI Water Program in Ethiopia focuses on three strategic areas: analyzing water risk through modeling and mapping, promoting healthy watersheds via nature-based solutions, and enhancing urban water resilience in cities like Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa. The program collaborates with Ethiopian government entities, including the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy, to integrate water and climate constraints into national development planning and to protect ecosystems that secure long-term water supplies.

• WRI is addressing Ethiopia's water insecurity—driven by uneven resource distribution, drought, climate change, and watershed degradation—by developing models to assess water supply, sectoral demand, and projected water risks based on growth and climate scenarios.
• To secure long-term water supplies and combat land degradation, WRI is promoting nature-based solutions, such as reforestation and soil and water conservation, specifically within the Tana sub-basin in collaboration with the Abbay Basin Development Office.
• WRI is enhancing urban water resilience in Addis Ababa and Dire Dawa through the Urban Water Resilience in Africa initiative, focusing on land use planning and multi-stakeholder action to manage scarcity and flooding.
• In Addis Ababa, WRI is developing a toolkit featuring 15 nature-based solution options to mitigate heat and water risks, while working with local agencies to improve the planning and monitoring of urban green spaces and forests.
• The program is exploring innovative financing for watershed restoration, including payment for ecosystem services schemes designed to reduce sedimentation in hydropower dams while providing livelihood benefits.

APA

World Resources Institute (n.d.). WRI’S WATER PROGRAM IN ETHIOPIA. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2021-09/WRI%20Water_Ethiopia_Brief_2021.pdf

Chicago

World Resources Institute. WRI’S WATER PROGRAM IN ETHIOPIA. n.d. https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2021-09/WRI%20Water_Ethiopia_Brief_2021.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{worldresourcesinstitutendwris, author = {{World Resources Institute}}, title = {{WRI’S WATER PROGRAM IN ETHIOPIA}}, institution = {World Resources Institute}, url = {https://files.wri.org/d8/s3fs-public/2021-09/WRI%20Water_Ethiopia_Brief_2021.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }