MSc. Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Secuirty
Mairéad Duffy
For the last 10 days in Ireland the temperatures have been approximately 30 °C which is very unusual. I have attached an article below which highlights that this weather is not common in Ireland but it seems to be occurring more often!!
https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-40344488.html
My thesis is going to be based on Policy Coherence in Ethiopia. First i will give you a brief background of Ethiopia.
Ethiopia, country on the Horn of Africa. The capital is Addis Ababa (Wubneh, 2013). Ethiopia is the largest and most populated country in the Horn of Africa and it is landlocked. Migration is a significant problem..Although some areas tend to benefit from migration other areas suffer due to the competition for limited resources. It has been noticed that in recent years that there has been more low skilled female migrants in Ethiopia (Zewdu, 2018). The climate has also been changing in the last number of years. The temperature has been increasing in Ethiopia and rainfall has been decreasing. This putting agricultural systems at risk (Zegeye, 2018).
Due to the problems posed and the threat of migration due to climate change the Government of Ethiopia has implemented policies that will which tackle climate change, migration and agriculture in the country. Some of these policies can be found on the WHO website which I will link below.
In a few days time i will decribe what policy coherence is and why it is important!
References
Wubneh, M. (2013) ‘Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Africa’s diplomatic capital’, Cities, 35, pp. 255-269.
Zewdu, G. A. (2018) ‘Ethiopian female domestic labour migration to the Middle East: patterns, trends, and drivers’, African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal, 11(1), pp. 6-19.
Zegeye, H. (2018) ‘Climate change in Ethiopia: impacts, mitigation and adaptation’, International Journal of Research in Environmental Studies, 5(1), pp. 18-35.
Website
Today in Ireland the EU directive that was agreed on in 2019 on single use plastics will come into effect.
The following will be banned from the Irish market from today
There wil be a number of further introductions in the years to come under the Directive.
By January 2023, producers of packaging of certain single-use plastics will be required to cover the costs of cleaning up the litter their products create
From January 2025, it will be a requirement for drink producers to have at a minimum of 25% recycled plastic in their single-use plastic bottles
I believe that this will help int the promotion of the circular economy in Ireland. and reduce the amount of wastes entering our oceans.
You can find out more about these about this directive on by clicking on the following link:
https://ec.europa.eu/environment/topics/plastics/single-use-plastics_en