Ethiopia - Addis Abeba
The Urban Pathways Implementation Tracker is tracking the Projects Progress
Addis Ababa
Pilot and Demonstration Action Car Free Days in 2019 The aim of the project “Scaling up safe street design in Ethiopia” is to strengthen the capacity of Ethiopia to better design and implement policies that prioritize the needs of pedestrians and cyclists. The project is on- going and will provide technical support to officials in Addis Ababa in their ongoing efforts to upgrade over the coming year more than 50 km of footpaths and introduce new bicycle lanes; to build on the government’s ongoing focus to better design and implement policies and make investment decisions that prioritize the needs of pedes- trians and cyclists. The project is funded through the UN Road Safety Trust Fund. Urban Pathways supported the proposal in October 2018. Budget: 200,000 USD |
In its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) communicated to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC),Ethiopia commits to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 64% of the business-as-usual (BAU) scenario by 2030; translating into a reduction of 255MtCO2e. Ethiopia’s INDCs are founded from the country’s Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) Strategy, which prescribes strategies and defines objec- tives to tackle the effects of climate change inEthiopia. As indicated in the INDC, Ethiopia aimsto attain carbon-neutral development in the long term. To be able to achieve these, the following sectors require some interventions in addressing climate change: Agriculture, Forestry, Transport,
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