Climate Action Network - International (CAN) is a global network of over 1,300 environmental

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in over 130 countries working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced

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to ecologically sustainable levels.

Activities

It participated in the meetings of the

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) is the UN process for negotiating an agreement to limit dangerous climate change. It is an international treaty among countries to combat "dangerous human interference with th ...

. The group also published civil society's ECO newsletter presenting the views of civil society and communities around the world during the climate negotiations, and the satirical ''Fossil of the Day'' Awards. Adding to that, the group presented the countries who are blocking the progress at the climate negotiations in implementing the

United Nations Climate Change Conference The United Nations Climate Change Conferences are yearly conferences held in the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). They serve as the formal meeting of the UNFCCC parties – the conference of the par ...

. This group's members work to achieve the coordination of information exchange and non-governmental organizational strategy on international, regional, and national climate issues. They work for a healthy environment and development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (

Brundtland Commission The Brundtland Commission, formerly the World Commission on Environment and Development, was a sub-organization of the United Nations (UN) that aimed to unite countries in pursuit of sustainable development. It was founded in 1983 when Javier Pér ...

). With the vision to protect the atmosphere, the Climate Action Network opts for sustainable and equitable development worldwide. It was founded in 1989 by Michael Oppenheimer in West Germany, which quickly would reunify into Germany.About CAN

Regional and national networks

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CAN has formal regional and national networks called nodes which coordinate these efforts.

Regional Nodes

* CAN-Arab World * CAN-Eastern Africa * CAN Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (CAN-EECCA) * CAN-Europe * CAN Latin American (CANLA) * Pacific Islands CAN (PICAN) * CAN-South Asia (CANSA) * Southern African Region CAN (SARCAN) * CAN-South East Asia (CANSEA) * CAN West and Central Africa (CANWA)

National Network Nodes

* CAN-Australia (CANA) * CAN-Rac Canadian * CAN-China (informal) * * CAN-Japan * New Zealand Climate Action Network * CAN-South Africa (SACAN) * CAN-Tanzania * CAN-Uganda *US Climate Action Network (USCAN)

Climate Action Network Tanzania

Climate Action Network Tanzania is an environmental non-governmental and non-profit organization founded in 2011, with its headquarters in

Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam (, ; from ) is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania. It is also the capital of the Dar es Salaam Region. With a population of over 7 million people, Dar es Salaam is the largest city in East Africa by population and the ...

Tanzania Tanzania, officially the United Republic of Tanzania, is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It is bordered by Uganda to the northwest; Kenya to the northeast; the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to t ...

. It operates under the umbrella organisation Climate Action Network International. Since its inception, it has established partnerships with more than 50

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s across the country, as well as a number of government ministries and agencies including environment, local government,

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and

fisheries Fishery can mean either the enterprise of raising or harvesting fish and other aquatic life or, more commonly, the site where such enterprise takes place ( a.k.a., fishing grounds). Commercial fisheries include wild fisheries and fish farm ...

, energy (department of

renewable energy Renewable energy (also called green energy) is energy made from renewable resource, renewable natural resources that are replenished on a human lifetime, human timescale. The most widely used renewable energy types are solar energy, wind pow ...

and policy),

natural resource Natural resources are resources that are drawn from nature and used with few modifications. This includes the sources of valued characteristics such as commercial and industrial use, aesthetic value, scientific interest, and cultural value. ...

s and

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, water, work and finance especially the Planning Commission. It also works with the parliamentary standing committees and research institutions, in furtherance of implementing a Low Carbon Growth and the adaption to current climate change impacts

Objectives

Together with its stakeholders, Climate Action Network Tanzania works towards climate sustainability and poverty reduction through enhanced community livelihood activities and a climate-resilient economy. Promoting renewable energy, reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation programmes and the sustainable use of water resources, it is fostering a low carbon development. Moreover, its goal is to develop a networking structure in order to inform and empower the Tanzanian community, providing a platform for public dialogues, with the purpose of giving Tanzania a national voice in the international

debate and raise awareness to enforce a climate-resilient behaviour. Climate Action Network Tanzania targets the implementation of effective national policies, strategies and actions concerning climate change impacts. Furthermore, their mission is bringing the international climate agenda into the local context of Tanzania to embrace Agenda 2030 and the

Paris Agreement The Paris Agreement (also called the Paris Accords or Paris Climate Accords) is an international treaty on climate change that was signed in 2016. The treaty covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance. The Paris Agreement was ...

. In the interest of an accurate operation and socio-economic development Climate Action Network Tanzania undertakes scientific research on climate change and environment development in several areas throughout Tanzania. Its areas of work are: * Water resources * Renewable energy * Low carbon development * Climate finance * Poverty & livelihood * Capacity building * Agenda 2030 &

Paris agreement The Paris Agreement (also called the Paris Accords or Paris Climate Accords) is an international treaty on climate change that was signed in 2016. The treaty covers climate change mitigation, adaptation, and finance. The Paris Agreement was ...

* Adaption * Food and agriculture

Projects

Climate Action Network Tanzania organizes workshops and seminars among stakeholders from government institutions and ministries, the private sector, development partners, and civil society. It does this by discussing the current and future climate change as well as the environmental-related effects on community well-being and economic growth. Its projects, include: * Aligning

climate resilience Climate resilience is a concept to describe how well people or ecosystems are prepared to bounce back from certain climate hazard events. The formal definition of the term is the "capacity of social, economic and ecosystems to cope with a hazardou ...

, sustainable development and poverty reduction in Tanzania * Participatory and inclusive planning and implementation: A capacity enhancement approach for community resilience and sustainable development in western Kilimanjaro-

Lake Natron Lake Natron is a salt lake, salt or soda lake, alkaline lake located in north Ngorongoro District of Arusha Region in Tanzania with its far northern end crossing into Kenya. It is in the Gregory Rift, which is the eastern branch of the East A ...

ecosystem

Finance

Climate Action Network Tanzania is a

non-profit A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

and

non-governmental A non-governmental organization (NGO) is an independent, typically nonprofit organization that operates outside government control, though it may get a significant percentage of its funding from government or corporate sources. NGOs often focus ...

organization. It finances itself through sponsoring, donations, and financial backing from foundations. Its fundraising is based on its ethical fundraising strategy, which includes that it neither takes money from foundations whose ethics do not align with theirs nor accepts money bound to conditions that would modify their work or representation.

Member organizations

CAN has over 1,300 members in over 130 countries across various regions. * USCAN (US Climate Action Network)

Notes and references

External links

Climate Network official websiteClimate Action Network Tanzania

UNFCCC.int Non-State Actor Zone for Climate Action (NAZCA)
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