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— ForumCC (@forumcc) July 23, 2014As floods threaten, Tanzania aims to build a Megacity that works
DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzania’s largest commercial city - one of the fastest-growing in Africa - has redrawn its master plan to try to become a megacity prepared for climate change, and not a city of worsening urban sprawl and flooding.
The plan, which looks ahead to 2036, aims to transform the city of over 4.5 million people and proposes creation of a Metropolitan Development Authority to oversee planning and major infrastructure development, including transportation and utilities.
It calls for measures to mainstream climate change adaptation into existing urban development policies, for instance constructing better storm-water drainage systems for a city increasingly hard-hit by flooding, and relocating residents from areas with high flood risk.
The authority would have powers to veto planning decisions by lower municipal councils that are inconsistent with land-use policies for the city.
The plan, which looks ahead to 2036, aims to transform the city of over 4.5 million people and proposes creation of a Metropolitan Development Authority to oversee planning and major infrastructure development, including transportation and utilities.
It calls for measures to mainstream climate change adaptation into existing urban development policies, for instance constructing better storm-water drainage systems for a city increasingly hard-hit by flooding, and relocating residents from areas with high flood risk.
The authority would have powers to veto planning decisions by lower municipal councils that are inconsistent with land-use policies for the city.
TANZANIA IKO TAYARI KUPOKEA NA KUTUMIA PESA ZA MISAADA ZA KUKABILIANA NA MABADILIKO YA TABIANCHI?
Tanzania ni miongoni mwa nchi za Kiafrika ambazo zimekuwa zikiyataka mataifa makubwa duniani kuwa na utashi wa kisiasa katika kutekeleza ahadi za misaada ya kifedha itakayoziwezesha nchi zinazoendelea kukabiliana na athari za mabadiliko ya tabianchi.
Hii inatokana na ukweli kuwa pamoja na bara la Afrika kuzalisha kiasi kidogo cha hewa ukaa bara hilo limekuwa ni muathirika mkuu wa athari zitokanazo na mabadiliko ya tabianchi hivyo ni budi kwa nchi tajiri kulihakikishia bara la Afrika vyanzo vya uhakika na endevu vya fedha, teknolojia pamoja na ujuzi wa kukabiliana na athari hizo.
Mataifa yaliyoendela yamekuwa yakitumia kigezo cha nchi zinazoendelea kutokuwa na utayari katika matumizi ya pesa hizo za misaada jambo ambalo linachangia kucheleweshwa kwa utekelezaji wa ahadi za mataifa hayo katika kutoa misaada ya kukabiliana na mabadiliko ya tabianchi
Shirika la Umoja wa Mataifa la Maendeleo (UNDP) kwa kushirikiana na ForumCC hivi karibuni limeandaa mkutano wa wadau ili kupitia na kujadili ripoti ya awali inayotoa tathmini ya utayari na uwezo wa Tanzania katika kupokea na kutumia fedha za misaada za kukabiliana na athari za mabadiliko ya tabianchi.
TUSIWEKE MZAHA KWENYE VITA YA MABADILIKO YA TABIANCHI
Dunia imeshuhudia ukuaji wa kasi wa maendeleo ya kiuchumi yaliyotokana na mapinduzi ya viwanda, pamoja na mambo mengine hususani katika nchi zilizoendelea.
Mapinduzi haya ya viwanda yamesababisha uchafuzi mkubwa wa mazingira (hewa, maji na udongo) na matumizi makubwa yasiyoendelevu ya maliasili.
ForumCC imekuwa mtari wa mbele katika kutoa elimu kwa jamii juu ya mabadiliko ya tabinachi na athari zake ili kukuza uelewa na umakini kwa jamii katika kupambana na janga hilo ambalo linazidi kuleta maafa nchini na ulimwenguni kwa ujumla.
Afisa Mradi wa ForumCC Fazal Issa anaeleza dalili za mabadiliko ya tabia nchi ambazo ni pamoja na Kuenea kwa hali ya jangwa na Ukame, Mvua zisizo za kawaida na zisizotabirika, Mafuriko na Vimbunga visivyo vya kawaida.
Mapinduzi haya ya viwanda yamesababisha uchafuzi mkubwa wa mazingira (hewa, maji na udongo) na matumizi makubwa yasiyoendelevu ya maliasili.
ForumCC imekuwa mtari wa mbele katika kutoa elimu kwa jamii juu ya mabadiliko ya tabinachi na athari zake ili kukuza uelewa na umakini kwa jamii katika kupambana na janga hilo ambalo linazidi kuleta maafa nchini na ulimwenguni kwa ujumla.
Afisa Mradi wa ForumCC Fazal Issa anaeleza dalili za mabadiliko ya tabia nchi ambazo ni pamoja na Kuenea kwa hali ya jangwa na Ukame, Mvua zisizo za kawaida na zisizotabirika, Mafuriko na Vimbunga visivyo vya kawaida.
Outreach on the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
The Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) launches its Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) in 2013-2014. The IPCC launches its Assessment Reports only every few years; the last one was in 2007. This Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) is released in three parts: the report of Working Group I on the physical science (September 2013), followed by the Working Group II report on impacts, adaptation and vulnerability (March 2014) and the Working Group III report on mitigation (due mid-April 2014). The IPCC’s synthesis report of all the three will be issued in October 2014.
The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) has been commissioned by the UK Department for International Development (DFID) to communicate the findings of IPCC AR5 to decision-makers in developing countries
As floods threaten, Tanzania aims to build a megacity that works
DAR ES SALAAM – Tanzania’s largest commercial city - one of the fastest-growing in Africa - has redrawn its master plan to try to become a megacity prepared for climate change, and not a city of worsening urban sprawl and flooding.
The plan, which looks ahead to 2036, aims to transform the city of over 4.5 million people and proposes creation of a Metropolitan Development Authority to oversee planning and major infrastructure development, including transportation and utilities.
It calls for measures to mainstream climate change adaptation into existing urban development policies, for instance constructing better storm-water drainage systems for a city increasingly hard-hit by flooding, and relocating residents from areas with high flood risk.
The authority would have powers to veto planning decisions by lower municipal councils that are inconsistent with land-use policies for the city.
The plan, which looks ahead to 2036, aims to transform the city of over 4.5 million people and proposes creation of a Metropolitan Development Authority to oversee planning and major infrastructure development, including transportation and utilities.
It calls for measures to mainstream climate change adaptation into existing urban development policies, for instance constructing better storm-water drainage systems for a city increasingly hard-hit by flooding, and relocating residents from areas with high flood risk.
The authority would have powers to veto planning decisions by lower municipal councils that are inconsistent with land-use policies for the city.
COUNTING EACH DROP: CORPORATE CONCERN MOUNTS ABOUT WATER SUPPLIES
As droughts and floods become more frequent and extreme
around the world, companies from food and beverage makers to the mining and
energy industries are beginning to scrutinize their operations for
vulnerability to water problems that could increase their costs or disrupt
production.
The concept of “water risk” is catching on as a way of thinking
about potential exposure not just to shortages or deluges, but also pollution,
regulatory troubles or increases in the prices of water and water-dependent raw
materials.
“Businesses manage risk, that’s one of the main functions of
management,” said Adrian Sym, executive director of the Alliance for Water
Stewardship, a group that promotes the responsible use of water.
Je Tumejipanga Kiukabiliana na Mafuriko?.
Tumeshuhudia Watanzania wengi wakiadhirika na janga la mafuriko. Je serikali yetu imeweka nia ya dhati ya kukabiliana na Mafuriko ambayo ni matokeo ya Mabadiliko ya Tabianchi.
Message for World Population Day
By Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, United Nations Under-Secretary-General and UNFPA Executive Director
Today’s 1.8 billion young people are a powerful force, individually and collectively. They are shaping social and economic realities, challenging norms and values and building the foundation of the world’s future.
Governments and the international community are increasingly conscious of the importance of providing resources and opportunities for all young people to reach their full potential as individuals and citizens. They recognize that investing in young people and enabling them to exercise their human rights not only benefits young people themselves, but can also help their countries reap a demographic dividend.
Investing in Young People
2014 Theme: Investing in Young People
As the world population edged to 7 billion people in 2011 (up from 2.5 billion in 1950), it has had profound implications for development. A world of 7 billion is both a challenge and an opportunity with implications on sustainability, urbanization, access to health services and youth empowerment.
In 1989, in its decision 89/46, the Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme recommended that, in order to focus attention on the urgency and importance of population issues in the context of overall development plans and programmes and the need to find solutions for these issues, 11 July should be observed by the international community as World Population Day.
Today’s 1.8 billion young people are shaping social and economic realities, challenging norms and values, and building the foundation of the world’s future. Yet too many young people continue to grapple with poverty, inequality and human rights violations that prevent them from reaching their personal and collective potential.
On 2014 World Population Day, we call for investments in support of the largest-ever generation of youth.
Collective African Effort Needed in Addressing Climate Change
PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete recently reiterated on the need for African countries to work together and speak with a common voice on how to adapt and mitigate effects of climate change. Addressing the meeting of the Committee of African Heads of State and Governments on Climate Change (CAHOSCC) in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, President Kikwete underscored enormous challenges posed by climate change on the continent. "At this point in time, the issue before the world is not about why climate change is a threat and who is to blame for it.
"The most important matter before us now is about how to adapt and how to mitigate climate change effects," Mr Kikwete told delegates to the CAHOSCC meeting. He said things were getting bad with each passing day, but noted that the world could still combat climate change by stemming the decline and reversing the trend.
"What nations are required to do is to muster political will and raise their collective ambition to achieve a carbon neutral world in the second half of the century. "Africa, too, has no choice other than join hands to adapt and mitigate the effects of climate change. However, Africa can make a choice on how it can adapt and mitigate and when it can do so in terms of timeframe and pace.
"The most important matter before us now is about how to adapt and how to mitigate climate change effects," Mr Kikwete told delegates to the CAHOSCC meeting. He said things were getting bad with each passing day, but noted that the world could still combat climate change by stemming the decline and reversing the trend.
"What nations are required to do is to muster political will and raise their collective ambition to achieve a carbon neutral world in the second half of the century. "Africa, too, has no choice other than join hands to adapt and mitigate the effects of climate change. However, Africa can make a choice on how it can adapt and mitigate and when it can do so in terms of timeframe and pace.
Climate Change - Is There a Will for Afforestation?
ONE of the biggest environmental challenges of the 21st century is climate change. And, climate change is poised to undermine national efforts, not only to attain the MDG's, but also places poverty reduction efforts in jeopardy. The impacts of climate change on various sectors became the driving force for the preparation of the inaugural Tanzania National Adaptation Programme of Action (NAPA) in 2007. The main challenges is to walk the NAPA talk, otherwise Tanzanians will stitch nine.
The 'Where the Rain Falls' field research in Tanzania, conducted in three villages (Bangalala, Ruvu Mferijini and Vudee) in the Same District, finds out water scarcity is the most commonly identified problem by the residents of this area.
The research by Care International identified that local agriculture, in turn, is highly reliant on local rainfall, either directly or via local irrigation systems. The systems, including 'ndiva', micro-dams based on the concept of traditional local water reservoirs, show a high degree of variability and unpredictability. Despite the fact that the villagers' livelihoods, according to the research, among other factors, are almost entirely dependent on the local natural resource base, the degradation of the local environment was on higher side.
The 'Where the Rain Falls' field research in Tanzania, conducted in three villages (Bangalala, Ruvu Mferijini and Vudee) in the Same District, finds out water scarcity is the most commonly identified problem by the residents of this area.
The research by Care International identified that local agriculture, in turn, is highly reliant on local rainfall, either directly or via local irrigation systems. The systems, including 'ndiva', micro-dams based on the concept of traditional local water reservoirs, show a high degree of variability and unpredictability. Despite the fact that the villagers' livelihoods, according to the research, among other factors, are almost entirely dependent on the local natural resource base, the degradation of the local environment was on higher side.
KIKWETE FOR JOINT CLIMATE CHANGE ACTION
President Jakaya Kikwete has called on African nations to join hands and intensify efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change. Officiating at the Summit of 11 African States making up the Committee of African Heads of State and Government on Climate Change (CAHOSCC), President Kikwete, who also chairs the committee, said:
"Climate change in Africa is a real challenge but also an opportunity because if we decide wisely, we will benefit from the different strategies available to reduce effects of climate change."
He urged African nations to take climate change issue seriously, stressing that current situations indicate that immediate actions must be taken to mitigate effects of climate change. Countries making up CAHOSCC include Tanzania as the chair, Algeria, Ethiopia, Congo- Brazzaville, Kenya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique and Uganda.
The committee is tasked with leading African nations in finding best possible strategies to tackle climate change and its effects in the African continent and to use the challenges brought about by climate change development. The committee stressed that African nations need to improve capacity of getting important report at all levels, improve communication and transportation, use modern technologies to reduce floods, increase financial capacity and urban planning for the benefit of future generation.
The CAHOSCC Chairman said the African continent needs education for its public in general on effects of climate change and how to mitigate them. President Kikwete added despite the fact that the African nations contribute a small percentage to climate change; the continent must push for more actions from developed nations to contribute more to efforts to mitigate effects of climate change.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
"Climate change in Africa is a real challenge but also an opportunity because if we decide wisely, we will benefit from the different strategies available to reduce effects of climate change."
He urged African nations to take climate change issue seriously, stressing that current situations indicate that immediate actions must be taken to mitigate effects of climate change. Countries making up CAHOSCC include Tanzania as the chair, Algeria, Ethiopia, Congo- Brazzaville, Kenya, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique and Uganda.
The committee is tasked with leading African nations in finding best possible strategies to tackle climate change and its effects in the African continent and to use the challenges brought about by climate change development. The committee stressed that African nations need to improve capacity of getting important report at all levels, improve communication and transportation, use modern technologies to reduce floods, increase financial capacity and urban planning for the benefit of future generation.
The CAHOSCC Chairman said the African continent needs education for its public in general on effects of climate change and how to mitigate them. President Kikwete added despite the fact that the African nations contribute a small percentage to climate change; the continent must push for more actions from developed nations to contribute more to efforts to mitigate effects of climate change.
Source: Tanzania Daily News
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