Climate Change

Since the international community increased open dialogue on climate change over the past year, a new collaboration of civil society organizations in Tanzania came together to establish ForumCC -- the Tanzania Civil Society Forum on Climate Change. ForumCC receives endorsement from a wide range of groups that agree on the need for more coordination, information sharing and engagement between civil society, government and the private sector around policies, positions and national implementation of responses to climate change.

Climate change affects community rights and environmental conservation across a range of issues in Tanzania. Communities living near forests, around wildlife areas, near marine resources such as oceans and lakes, and leading both pastoralist and sedentary livelihoods are particularly vulnerable to the impact of climate change. Climate change exacerbates existing natural resource conflicts and ForumCC calls for civil society to pay extra attention to governance systems and management procedures.

TNRF supports ForumCC by providing web space, administrative and advocacy support. This website is devoted to ForumCC goals, activities and membership, as well as resources the forum makes publicly available.