It’s often said that going carbon neutral is only an option for countries that are rich enough to afford it. Well, Ethiopia seems to show it’s an option for one of the poorest nations too. Unlike many of its sub-Saharan neighbors, which have embraced economic growth at the expense of environmental protections, Ethiopia has embarked on one of the world’s most ambitious green growth and climate mitigation programs. The government’s climate agenda promises to hold Ethiopia’s greenhouse gases at 145 metric tons of CO2 equivalent per year over the next 15 years, while also lifting the country from among world’s poorest nations to achieve middle-income status by 2025. Here’s a fascinating report from Scientific American.
Ethiopia aims for economic growth while becoming climate neutral
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