This document, Ethiopia’s Climate-Resilient Green Economy, Climate Resilience Strategy: Water and Energy, is designed to meet the goal of Climate Resilience Green Economy (CRGE) vision of Ethiopia to become a middle-income country by 2025, through rapid economic growth that is resilient to climate change and result in no increase in carbon emissions. The Climate Resilience strategy sets out the implementation priorities for the Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Energy, building on the Green Economy Strategy.
Water and energy are both key to the CRGE and Ethiopia’s goals for economic growth and for poverty eradication. In total, sustainable water and energy supply plays a key role in around USD 7.2bn of planned GDP growth in the GTP period and the achievement of the MDGs through freeing up productive time and through improved health. Access to energy and water could prevent the loss of approximately 1.2m lives.
The response listed in this document is to strategize in multilateral divisions: power generation; energy access; irrigation; access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), and cross-cutting issues.
Strategic priorities about implementation will initially require at least $895m up to 2030. Further analysis is needed to identify the best way of implementing these priorities and for more comprehensive costing and credible implementation plans. Note that this sum does not include the significant capital investment needed to deliver the energy and water infrastructure. The Energy Sector Masterplan Study indicates that around $48bn of investment in the energy sector alone will be required over a 20 year period.