Environment, Forest and Climate Change Commission
The Environment Forest and Climate Change Commission (EFCCC) is established under proclamation number No 916/2015. It is a Federal institution for managing the Environment of Ethiopia. EFCCC is responsible to ensure the realization of the environmental rights, goals, objectives and basic principles enshrined in the Constitution and the basic principles set out in the environmental policy of Ethiopia.
It is mandated to formulate or initiate and coordinate the formulation of strategies, policies, laws and standards as well as procedures and up on approval monitor and enforce their implementation. It is also responsible for the synergistic implementation and follow-up of international and regional environmental agreements. Including those pertaining to hazardous chemicals, industrial wastes and anthropogenic environmental hazards in which Ethiopia is a party.
EFCCC has official government structures from Federal to woreda level; however, there are some differences in the structure of the offices as it goes down from region to woreda level. EFCCC is one of core members of the NOHSC. The commission utilizes the Ethiopian Environment Forest Study Institute, and Addis Ababa Environmental study laboratory for investigation of pollution and other hazards. The organization has a wide range of technical staff (such as environmentalists, chemists, biologists, social scientists, geographers).
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