Ethiopia: National Framework for Climate Services - Strategic Plan: 2021-2030

The vision behind Ethiopia’s National Framework for Climate Services (NFCS) Strategic Plan is “seeing Ethiopians whose livelihoods are resilient through climate-informed decisions.” More specifically, it aims to help five priority sectors (health, agriculture, disaster risk management, water resources and environment) achieve their development and adaptation goals in the face of a variable and changing climate. This will be accomplished by supporting decision-makers to use weather and climate information to understand, anticipate and manage climate-related risks. The NFCS Strategic Plan also strengthens climate services as an adaptation measure, contributing to Ethiopia’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP).

The NFCS Strategic Plan is guided by a theory of change which recognizes that Ethiopia’s development across climate-sensitive sectors will be more resilient to climate impacts if targeted decision-makers from local to national levels understand, anticipate, and effectively manage climate-related risks.