Abstract
This article assesses the contribution of the Global Framework for Climate Services Adaptation Programme in Africa (GFCS APA) in the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process for Tanzania. Different research project outputs (field survey and workshop reports) produced during the implementation of GFCS APA are reviewed to assess the contribution of GFCS APA programme in the establishment and implementation of NAP process in Tanzania. It is found that the implementation of GFCS-APA programme in Tanzania has improved the availability, accessibility, and applicability of climate information to different stakeholders. This has in turn attributed to significant use of climate information in planning and decision making in target sectors: agriculture and food security, disaster risk reduction, energy, health and water resource management. This has increased the adaptation capacity of vulnerable communities from the impacts of climate variability and change. Furthermore, it is evident that the aims and objectives of establishments of NAP process in Tanzania have been addressed through implementation of GFCS APA Programme. Moreover, since the GFCS APA in Tanzania is implemented within its five pillars namely: observation and monitoring, research, modeling and prediction, climate information systems, user interface platform and capacity development. The achievement made in each pillar contributed in enhancement of resilience of vulnerable communities to climate variability and change hence addressing the aims and objectives of NAP process in Tanzania. Therefore, it is recommended that achievements of GFCS APA Programme in Tanzania to be used as a guide to the development and implementations of the NAP process in Tanzania.
Highlights
Climate change is unequivocal, it is coming to us faster with lager impacts and bigger risks than even most climate scientists expected as recently as a few years ago [1] [2]
Since the Global Framework for Climate Services (GFCS) APA in Tanzania is implemented within its five pillars namely: observation and monitoring, research, modeling and prediction, climate information systems, user interface platform and capacity development
The achievement made in each pillar contributed in enhancement of resilience of vulnerable communities to climate variability and change addressing the aims and objectives of National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process in Tanzania
Summary
It is coming to us faster with lager impacts and bigger risks than even most climate scientists expected as recently as a few years ago [1] [2]. The objectives of the NAP process identified by COP includes: 1) To reduce vulnerability to the impacts of climate change, by building adaptive capacity and resilience and 2) To facilitate the integration of climate change adaptation, in a coherent manner, into relevant new and existing policies, programmes and activities, in particular development planning processes and strategies, within all relevant sectors and at different levels, as appropriate [5]. The [5] defined adaptation as a human-driven adjustment in ecological, social or economic systems or policy processes in response to actual or expected climate stimuli and their impacts or effects This is achieved through implementing new activities that are exclusively in response to climate change or adjust existing activities to make them more resilient to current and future climate change risks. It intends to provides developmental needs in other pillars and more generally to support the basic requirements to enable different activities within the framework to occur and support systematic development of the institutions, infrastructure and human resources required for effective delivery of climate services
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