After successful defense of his PhD thesis on Wednesday, 17th July 2013, Abate Mekuriaw Bizuneh from Ethiopia has been awarded the degree of a Philosophiae Doctor (Ph.D.).

Prof. Löwenstein, Abate Mekuriaw Bizuneh, Prof. Karl, Prof. Butzin

His thesis on "Climate Variability and Change in the Rift Valley and Blue Nile Basin, Ethiopia: Local Knowledge, Impacts and Adaptation" was supervised by Prof. Dr. Butzin and Prof. Dr. Löwenstein.