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It
always
seems impossible until its
done! This is how Nelson Mandela
summed up the ending of apartheid.
Those simple words combining
optimism and determination were
recalled in a June 2015 report
presented by Kofi Annan, Chair of
the Africa Progress Panel (APP),
urging Africa to take a leading role
in climate negotiations. The report
on Seizing Africas Energy and
Climate Opportunities challenged
African governments and their
international partners to raise their
ambitions for the crucial UN Climate
Change Conference opening in
Paris in November, 2015.
The impacts of climate change are
not evenly distributed. The most
vulnerable countries and regions
including Tanzania are often the
ones that have contributed least
to the problem of global warming
through greenhouse gas (GHG)
emissions. This is recognised by
the EU, which has long been in the
forefront of international efforts to
tackle climate change and aims to
become a highly energy-efficient,
low-carbon economy. It has some of
the worlds most ambitious climate
and energy targets, and is the first
region to have passed binding
legislation to ensure that they are
achieved.
The EU has committed to a reduction
of domestic GHG emissions of at
least 40% by 2030 compared to 1990

levels,
and extends its
commitment to support developing
countries in tackling climate change.
It has been a leader in the
provision of climate finance
through
bilateral
programmes
and multilateral funds. Fast-track
climate finance commitments by
the EU and its Member States
for the period 2010-2012 totalled
7.34bn, whereas in 2013 EU
and Member States contributed
some 9.5bn from public budgets
and other development financial
institutions. The EU has committed
to invest at least 20% of the EUs
budget between 2014-2020, both
domestically and internationally, to
incorporate climate considerations
into public and private investments
and support low-carbon and climateresilient projects. In addition, EU
Member States have so far pledged
more than US$4.7bn to the UNs
newly established Green Climate
Fund almost half of the total global
commitments so far.
A major vehicle for EU support in
developing countries is the Global
Climate Change Alliance (GCCA)
programme, established in 2007
to strengthen dialogue and cooperation on adaptation, mitigation
(with emphasis on emission
reduction from deforestation and
forest degradation), and disaster
risk reduction. The GCCA started
its work in just four pilot countries,
including Tanzania, and has
evolved today into a 300 million
programme including 51 actions

in38countries,eightregions
and sub-regions.
Furthermore, the EU has actively
promoted renewable energy and
energy efficiency. It has done so
via its investment facilities and
its geographical and thematic
programmes, as part of its
commitment to the Sustainable
Energy for All initiative. Around
180 million have been earmarked
to support the energy sector in
Tanzania for 2014-2020.
Strategic infrastructure projects
in areas such as transport, energy
and environment that include
low-carbon and climate resilience
considerations have also been
established through so-called EU
Blending Facilities. EU grants are
blended with finance from public
or private institutions
to mobilise
funds
for
The European Union
infrastructure
development policy, celebrated
and privatein 2015 with the European
s e c t o r
Year for Development, aims
development
at eradicating poverty and
(e.g.SME
promoting sustainable
development, good
access
to
governance, democracy
finance). Since
and human rights worldwide
2007
about
through technical cooperation,
480
million
political dialogue and trade.
in public grants
In this framework, a sound
has
been
and long-lasting partnership
has been established with
committed
the United Republic of
under
the
Tanzania for which significant
B l e n d i n g
funding is made available,
Facilities
to
notably under the European
more than 200
Development Fund (626
million in the period 2014climate-relevant
2020).
initiatives.

Tanzania, with 80% of its population relying on

climate sensitive, rain-fed agriculture for their
livelihood, is highly vulnerable to the impacts
of climate change. Strengthening resilience
is therefore crucial to ensure sustainable
socio-economic development and food and
nutrition security.
The EU and Member States promote climate
action through a wide range of initiatives
from top-down policy and institutional
development to bottom-up community based
projects in different areas of Tanzania.

I have learnt a lot

about adapting to
climate change. In the
past we were planting
traditionally but now
we have learned to
plant in measured
rows and we are
getting higher yields.
I used to keep my
chickens outside, and
the dogs and hawks
took them, but now
we keep them safe in a
chicken house. I used
to ask money from my
husband for things like
clothing, medicine and
school fees, but now I
dont; I can just catch a
chicken, sell it and get
money. Right now my
children are going to
school, and I can buy
cement for building my
new house.
Mary Mpili, Chololo
Village

water, energy and natural resources

management were tested, evaluated and
adopted, changing the lives of the 5,500
residents of this extremely vulnerable
community. On Pemba Island, Zanzibar,
pioneering replicable solutions to climate
change vulnerability were established in 18
at-risk communities through such means
as agroforestry, rainwater harvesting,
fuel-efficient cooking stoves. In the
highland communities up on the Uluguru
Mountains, the resilience of seven villages
has been strengthened through technical
interventions in sustainable agricultural
practices, fruit and forest tree nurseries,
tree planting, rain water harvesting and
natural resource governance. Building on
the positive impact of these projects, a
second phase of the programme is scaling
up and extending the eco-village integrated
approach to other villages in vulnerable
agro-ecological areas of Tanzania.

Capacity
strengthening
for
major
stakeholders in government, civil society
and private sector in implementing the
Tanzania National Climate Change Strategy
and Zanzibar Climate Change Strategy is
the focus of the UK Institution Strengthening
Programme, while sectoral support has
been provided by Germany and Finland, in
the water and forestry sector
respectively.
Germany
is The EU and Member States Other
activities
in
promote climate action
assisting the Ministry of Water
renewable energy and
through a wide range of
in the implementation of their
climate smart agriculture
initiatives
from top-down policy are supported by Belgium,
Climate Sensitive Integrated
Water Resources Management and institutional development Ireland,
Sweden,
the
to bottom-up community
Plan while Finlands Private
UK and the EU. Actions
based projects in different
Forestry
Programme
in
agriculture
include
areas of Tanzania.
directly contributes to the
research on pest and
strengthening of the framework for Reduction drought resistant varieties of important
of Emissions from Deforestation and Forest food and cash crops such as coffee, tea
Degradation (REDD+) in Tanzania. In the run- and cassava. Actions in renewable energy
up to COP21 in Paris, a number of climate- include support to decentralised systems for
related events are being organised by rural electrification and the supply of energy
France to raise awareness on the UNFCCC services for productive uses.
negotiations and the implications for
Tanzania.
During the period 2011-2015 under the EU
Rural Energy Programme and the EU-ACP
In the rural areas, under the EU Global Climate Energy Facility some 30 million have been
Change Programme, between 2011-2014 allocated for the introduction of solar power
three communities in Chololo village, Pemba and biogas systems and for the development
and Uluguru Mountains developed and of small-scale hydropower plants that are
introduced integrated adaptation approaches already providing electricity to thousands
aimed at increasing their resilience and of small scale businesses, households and
improving livelihoods. In Chololo, 25 public buildings like schools and dispensaries
innovations
in
agriculture,
livestock, in rural areas.

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