Facing Climate Change in Mountainous Ethiopia

Facing Climate Change in Mountainous Ethiopia

By Dr. Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher
Director General,
Environmental Protection Authority

I personally feel gratified to become part of this celebration of the International Mountains Day for 2 reasons.

The first reason is personal. I remember putting a lot of personal energy into the Agenda 21 negotiations to include mountains as a part of our biosphere that requires a special attention and a special programme. Those who, like me, argued for the mountains won. Today's gathering is the proof of our formal success.

I say formal because I am not sure that Agenda 21 has had the impact that we had then believed it would have, and action and not celebrations was our aim.

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