GCCA Tanzania, Highlights Report 2015-2019

ECO-VILLAGES IN TANZANIA: A MODEL FOR CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

This is the final Global Climate Change Alliance (GCCA) Tanzania highlights report. It presents 

the results achieved by the 5 climate change adaptation projects that were implemented in

different agro-ecological zones in Tanzania in the period 2015 to 2019 with funding from the European

Union (EU) Global Climate Change Alliance. Through the application of the eco-village approach,

all projects contributed to building the resilience of local communities, working in close

collaboration with local government authorities. This report provides an overview of the main activities undertaken

by the 5 projects and the impact they have achieved in strengthening the livelihoods resilience of the

target communities and in preserving the natural resources on which they depend. The most promising

interventions are now included in local government plans and have been documented and shared

widely through policy briefs, social media and news outlets. The targeted local communities are now better equipped to deal with the extreme weather events that result from climate change. It’s with these people in mind,

the water-committees, the beekeepers, the tree-planters, the leather-tanners, the women’s groups to name a few, that GCCA Tanzania dedicates this report.