Ethiopia's commitment to curb GHG sets a high bar

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thiopia has made an ambitious commitment to curb its greenhouse gas emissions between now and 2030, according to Kelly Levin, David Rich and Eliza Northrop of the World Resources Institute.

They write on the Thomson Reuters Foundation website that Ethiopia, one of Africa’s most vulnerable nations, and the first least developed country to submit its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the U.N., has set a high bar for similar countries.

 Framework Conventionon Climate Change (UNFCCC), Ethiopia communicated its plans to cut emissions below 2010 levels from 150 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt CO2e) in 2010 to 145 MtCO2e in 2030.

“This represents a major shift,” the authors write, “since conventional economic growth would more than double Ethiopia’s greenhouse emissions by 2030.”

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