Climate services for resilience: the changing roles of NGOs in Ethiopia

This study traces the emergence of climate services as a core element of resilience programming and explores how development NGOs are contributing to the climate information services system in Ethiopia. It examines when, and how, the emergence of resilience programming has affected programme partnerships and activities in the country, tracing the high-level changes that have occurred since 2002. The study approaches climate information services as a value chain, looking systemically at the range of entry points where NGO engagement has had an impact.

More specifically, the study is focused and structured around three areas of inquiry:

1. Understanding the climate services landscape in Ethiopia: How has it evolved over time and why?
2. NGO contributions to the climate services system: How have development and humanitarian NGOs contributed to the design and delivery of climate services? Have their roles changed over time? How?
3. Changes in NGO practice: Has NGO engagement in the design or delivery of climate services (particularly under the banner of resilience) led to wider changes in organisational practice?