Tanzania is among the 175 United Nations member states that have signed the Paris Climate Change Agreement, which was reached under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in December 2015.
Addressing the United Nations meeting on Friday, Tanzania’s UN Permanent Representative, Ambassador Tuvako Manongi, pointed out that his country was among the first to submit their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) on both adaptation and mitigation.
“It was a demonstration of our strong commitment to fulfil our obligations under the Convention and the Paris Agreement,” said Ambassador Manongi. As a country, Tanzania is conscious that the fate and prosperity are inextricably linked to the effects of climate change.
This is the essence of the country’s INDCs on the adaptation and mitigation strategies. “We will take a climate resilient development pathway intended to address climate related disasters and significantly reduce the impacts of climate change to our productive sectors and ecosystems,” he noted.
Tanzania recognises the need to ensure economic growth that is sustainable and less emitting in keeping with the National Vision to become a middleincome country by 2025.
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