Abstract:
Climate variability is recognized as one of the greatest challenges of our world today .It is
predicted to have adverse consequences on the world’s ecosystems, economies and societies.
The severity of adverse effects varies across countries, regions, and socio-demographic
groups due to differences in exposures, sensitivities and adaptive capacities. The thesis was
conducted on climate variability and municipal solid waste management in two kebeles of
Aweday town, East Hararghe zone, Oromia regional state, Eastern Ethiopia. The purpose of
this study was to assess climate variability, municipal solid waste management and their
association. To achieve the objectives set, appropriate data was collected from two sample
Kebeles, which were selected through purposive sampling method and 134 household heads
were selected from the two sample kebeles. The study were used a mixed research design, five
FGD were used as primary sources of information and the data were analyzed by Linear
Regression model. Based on the findings of this research, the households’ solid wastes
generation rate is measured to be 2.125kg/person/day. This made the daily total solid waste
generation of residential areas of the town (100,010kg) respectively. poor households’ solid
waste management practices resulted from improper handling of solid waste storage
materials, low level of solid waste separation and resource recovery activities, and illegal
solid waste disposal system. Solid waste management can have exacerbating effects on the
climate especially due to the emission of greenhouse gasses; climate change have some
positive impacts on wastewater management facilities such as waste stabilization pond and
septic tanks. Based on the findings the following recommendations are forwarded: provision of
climate information for people, execution of sustainable solid waste management systems (reuse,
recycle, composting, and incineration)
