CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY: LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE Chris Reij - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

ROBUST PLANNING AND POLICY UNDER CLIMATE UNCERTAINTY: LEARNING FROM EXPERIENCE Chris Reij ESTABLISHED 1982

KEY QUESTION • WHERE HAVE HUMAN INVESTMENTS OVERRIDDEN THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE? • OR • WHERE HAVE FARMERS MANAGED TO ADAPT TO CLIMATE CHANGE?

• NORTHERN ETHIOPIA RESTORED MORE THAN ONE MILLION HA OF DEGRADED AGRICULTURAL AND FOREST LANDSCAPES. • IMPACTS INCLUDE: • IMPROVED FOOD AND WATER SECURITY, POVERTY REDUCTION

NATURAL REGENERATION AND TREE PLANTING IN CENTRAL TIGRAY (March 2014)

TERRACING IN ABR’HA WEATSBAHA TIGRAY (April 2010)

LARGE-SCALE RESTORATION OF STEEP SLOPES IN TIGRAY FORCES RAINFALL AND RUNOFF TO INFILTRATE AND REDUCES EROSION (March 2014)

SLOPES ARE GREEN AGAIN. MOST RAINFALL INFILTRATES, WHICH HELPS RECHARGE GROUNDWATER IN VALLEYS ALLOWING DRY SEASON IRRIGATION (March 2014)

DRY SEASON CULTIVATION IN THE TIGRAY REGION INCREASED FROM 40 TO 40,000 HA IN 20 YEARS

PLANNING AND POLICY CHALLENGES DEVELOP AND IMPLEMENT A SCALING STRATEGY FOR RESTORATION SUCCESSES CREATE ENABLING POLICIES AND LEGISLATION MAINSTREAM BEST PRACTICES INTO EXISTING PROJECTS