Sustainable mountain development in East Africa in a changing climate

in much of Africa, East Africa’s predicted increase in rainfall means that the outlook for hydropower potential in the subregion is good. At the same time, it will be important for East Africa to ensure a diversity of energy sources (CDKN, 2014). According

example, cost an additional USD 42 million due to a massive landslide in 2008 (UNEP, 2014). While future reductions in rainfall due to climate change pose a threat to hydropower developments

to a World Bank-sponsored study (Ebinger and Vergara, 2011), East Africa’s over-dependency on hydropower for electricity, comprising over 80 per cent of the subregion’s electricity generation, makes it particularly vulnerable to climate change.

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