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The '''[[Climate]] of [[Ethiopia]]''' is highly diverse, ranging from [[equatorial rainforest]] with high [[rainfall]] and [[humidity]] in the south and southwest, to [[Afromontane]] regions on the summits of [[Simien Mountains|Semien]] and [[Bale Mountains]] to desert region in northeast, east and southeast Ethiopia.
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Ethiopian [[Season|seasons]] are classified into three: the driest season is called Bega (October to January), Belg (February to May) and the rainy season Kiremt (June to September). This seasonal rainfall is impacted by the oscillation and migration of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) across the equator of northern region of the country in July and August, to its south bending its position over the southern Kenya in January and February.
Climate change is
==Features==
[[Ethiopia]]
==Seasons==
{{Main article|Seasons of Ethiopia}}
Ethiopia has distinct
Seasonal rainfall in Ethiopia
==Climate change effects==
{{main article|Climate change in Ethiopia}}
During the mid-1970s and the late 2000s, rainfall decreased during Belg and Kiremt seasons by 15–20% across parts of southern, southwestern, and southeastern Ethiopia. The area receiving sufficient rainfall for agriculture during the Belg season decreased by 16 percent in the twenty years up to 2012.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=April 2012 |title=A Climate Trend Analysis of Ethiopia |url=https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1860/A%20Climate%20Trend%20Analysis%20of%20Ethiopia.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170125195840/https://www.usaid.gov/sites/default/files/documents/1860/A%20Climate%20Trend%20Analysis%20of%20Ethiopia.pdf |archive-date=25 January 2017 |website=United States Agency for International Development}}</ref>
Ethiopia's climate
In response to experience, the [[Ethiopian government]] began developing a green economy policy to counter climate change under a single policy: the 2011 Climate Resilient Green Economy (CRGE) strategy. The strategy aimed to promote a [[green economy]] with economic development by curbing [[Greenhouse gas emissions|greenhouse]] gas emissions.<ref name=":2" />
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* [[Geography of Ethiopia]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}{{Ethiopia topics}}
[[Category:Climate of Ethiopia]]
[[Category:Geography of Ethiopia]]
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