Climate change is affecting cities and their residents,
especially the poor, and more severe impacts are expected as climate extremes
and variability increase. Cities are often already overwhelmed by the number
and complexity of services they need to provide. Adding climate change
mitigation and adaptation to the other challenges facing cities is an enormous
burden; and at the same time cities must accommodate another three million new
residents every week. Well managed, well designed, dense cities are also the
only way to meet emission mitigation targets, while providing an acceptable
quality of life for urban residents. In response to this challenge, Ethiopia
now has developed the Climate Resilient
Green Economy (CRGE) strategy with a vision to achieve middle-income status
by 2025 in a climate-resilient green economy, follow a green growth path that
fosters development and an action plan to create a green economy. This research
focuses on addressing uncertainty
(lack of information, knowledge and predictability of courses of events) and complexity
(systems components, differentiation and interdependence) in Addis
Ababa (Akaki Sub city) and Dire Dawa city. It dwells on a comparative public
policy, strategy, process and structure research in potential innovations in
adaptation strategies and technologies to the impact of climate-related risk
& uncertainty and develops a design for Climate Risk-Resilient Community.
Key words: Climate
change, Cities, Climate Risk, Complexity, Uncertainty, Resilient Community
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