This Plan aims at making the Tanzanian health system resilient to climate change, by mainstreaming adaptation efforts into health policies. It focuses on vector-borne diseases, nutrition, water-related diseases and disasters (flood and drought frequency). The Plan sets a long-term target and a five-year implementation strategy.

The Plan also seeks to 1) guide health practitioners on the need to develop and operationalise a climate sensitive early warning system for diseases outbreaks, 2) advocate for the mobilisation and allocation of resources for adaptation to climate change in health sector, and 3) facilitate the integration of health priorities into the National Adaptation Plan and support the NDC implementation process.

The National Five Year Development Plan released in 2016 by the Ministry of Finance and Planning is a broad document setting the government's vision for development over the period 2016/17 to 2020/21. It identifies climate change as a further challenge to successfully implement development policies, notably due to induced distractions of infrastructure, loss of productivity in agriculture, and disease outbreaks. Both mitigation and adaptation are explicit policy goals, including supporting research programs to improve and develop new technologies, agronomic practices, information collection and dissemination for early warning. &nbsp; The document promotes renewable energy technologies, including biogas, liquefied petroleum gas, solar energy as well as geothermal and wind. It further acknowledges that alternative sources of renewable energy production are being developed, which is an encouraging trend given the increasing unpredictability of weather and the growing negative impact of climate change for hydro generation. &nbsp; &nbsp;Key targets to attain by 2020 include 1) accrued share of GDP to 10 % obtained from sustainable forestry, water and marine resources, 2) proportion of energy derived from renewable energy to 50 %, 3) increased natural forest cover by 130,000 Ha, and 100 million trees planted country wide, 4) 60% reduction in charcoal consumption in urban areas, 5) increasing the proportion of districts with climate change and disaster risk reduction strategies to 60%. &nbsp; &nbsp;A National Climate Fund is created to access and manage global climate change finance (including Green Climate Fund - GCF, Least Developed Countries Fund LDCF etc.) and facilitating access to the Global Climate Fund. Besides, development objectives stated internationally must be tied to climate change targets.

The National Energy Policy (NEP) was updated in December 2015 by the Ministry of Energy and Minerals. It aims at sustainably providing adequate, reliable and affordable energy to the Tanzanians. The NEP notably aims at scaling up the utilisation of renewable energy per se and to diversify the country's energy mix, using solar, biomass, wind, small-scale hydro and geothermal, including in buildings and industrial designs. Feed-in tariffs should be established and renewable energy integrate both the national and isolated grids. Alternatives to wood for cooking are also promoted. Besides, the document calls for a controlled use of new petroleum discoveries in the country. 
 
In terms of energy efficiency in the sectors of industry, residential commercial, agro-based, and transport, the NEP aims at 1) facilitating the establishment of standards and code of practice for energy management, 2) ensure energy uses are benchmarked to industry prudent practices, 3) facilitate efficient biomass conversion and end-use technologies, and 4) ensure the integration of energy efficiency aspects in housing policies and building codes. 
 
In transport, the NEP promotes a fuel switch to other forms of energy such as electricity, ethanol and compressed natural gas. 
 
The document also aims at strengthening institutional, legal and regulatory frameworks and developing human resource to ensure development of a sustainable Energy Sector, and promotes compliance with environmental, health and safety standards in the Energy Sector.

Subsequent to the National Climate Change Strategy (2012), the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Security, and Co-operatives (MAFC) sought to outline a sector specific response to climate change impacts. This plan aims to provide the crop-agriculture sub-sector of Tanzania with a risk-based analysis and, subsequently, a plan for meeting the most urgent challenges posed by climate change. 
 
Following from a risk assessment detailed in the Plan, three priority risks are identified: (i) amplified water stress; (ii) decreased crop yield, and (iii) increased vulnerability of smallholder farmers. Following from the risk analysis, the plan outlines four 'priority resilience actions:' (i) improving agricultural land and water management, (ii) accelerating uptake of climate smart agriculture (CSA), (iii) improving risk management to reduce climate-related shocks, (iv) strengthening knowledge and systems to target climate action. Specific policy highlights aimed at addressing the former include: the establishment of pest, disease, and early warning systems; the development of policy briefs and financial incentives to assist with mainstreaming CSA into agricultural programmes; the updating of irrigation master plans to consider availability and climate; incentivising the development of water management technologies. 
 
The plan estimates the cost of implementation is USD25m/year over 5 years, 80% of which will need to come from outside the government of Tanzania. The plan further commits the MAFC to establishing a climate change monitoring framework with reporting procedures, targets and milestones, reporting plans, and defined indicators.

This document presents the Government’s policy on the provision of subsidies in the energy sector. Its objectives are to provide citizens with affordable power sources across the whole country, reform the market, improve the development and use of local renewable sources, take into account broad environmental aspects in all energy-related activities, increase energy efficiency and energy education.

This Act establishes the Tanzania Agricultural Research Institute (TARI) as a body corporate and provides with respect to its functions, powers, administration, etc. The Act also establishes the Agricultural Research Development Fund and provides for registration of agricultural research projects and service providers. A person shall not provide or carry out agricultural research service under this Act, unless that person is registered by the Institute as an agricultural research service provider.
Climate change resilience is included as one of the research topics.

This Act provides guidelines and measures for disaster prevention, preparedness, mitigation and response measures and establishes the Disaster Management Agency and the Disaster Management Fund. The Agency is established as a body corporate and shall be managed by the Disaster Management Council. The Act also designates Regional, District, Ward and Village Disaster Management Committees. The Agency shall, with approval of the Minister, prepare and maintain the Disaster Management Plan.

This Act makes provision with respect to matters of public health in Tanzania including control of (communicable) diseases, water pollution in ports, control of mosquitoes, sanitation, solid, liquid and hazardous waste management, control of gasses, sanitary control and quarantine in ports, sewerage and drainage, food safety and hygiene and supply of safe water. It includes provisions related to the adoption of regulations with regard to Climate Change in Art. 171 subsection (m).

Note: The EMA is currently under review and expected to be finalsed in early 2018. 
 
The EMA provides for a legal and institutional framework for sustainable management of the environment. It also outlines principles for management, impact and risk assessments, prevention and control of pollution, waste management, environmental quality standards, public participation, compliance and enforcement. It goes on to establish a basis for the implementation of international instruments on environment, as well as providing for the implementation of the National Environment Policy, repealing the National Environment Management Act of 1983 and advocating the continued existence of the National Environment Management Council. The EMA provided for the establishment of environmental units in all sectors and ministries as conduits of linkage and collaboration in spearheading rational utilization of environmental and natural resources. 
Finally, it provides for establishment of The National Environmental Advisory Committee to oversee other related matters. 
 
EMA establishes the following government bodies with respective powers and responsibilities: 
 
- The Ministry for Environment is established within the Office of the Vice- President, and is responsible for overall co-ordination and policy articulation of environmental management in the country and provision of the central support functions; 
- The National Environmental Advisory Committee (NEAC) advises the Minister responsible for environment and other bodies of government; 
- The National Environment Management Council (NEMC) is responsible for enforcement of EMA; 
- Sector Environment Sections deliver oversight and management of environmental sectors regarding EMA; 
- Regional Secretariats are empowered to designate Regional Environmental Management Experts (REMEs); 
- The Regional Environmental Management Expert (REME) is responsible for advising and overseeing implementation and enforcement of EMA at the regional level; 
- Local Government Authorities (City, Municipal, District, Township) are empowered to designate or appoint Environmental Management Officers; 
- Environmental Management Officers are responsible for oversight of implementation of EMA at the local levels; 
- Environmental Committees are established at different LGAs levels with responsibility for oversight and implementation of the EMA within their jurisdiction. 
 
The Act gives the Local Government Authorities mandate to ensure environmental compliance in their areas of jurisdiction. Additionally, local authorities are charged with drafting Environmental Action Plans relevant to their geographical areas, in compliance with the National Environmental Action Plan. 
 
The EMA also specifically addresses areas directly or indirectly relevant to climate change. The Act instructs the Minister for Environment (and relevant sector ministries) to take measures to address climate change, with a particular focus on the impacts of climate change and adaptation measures. The Act also manages forests in accordance with the Management of Forest Resources Act of 2002. Furthermore, the Act authorises the Minister and relevant sector Ministries to establish land management guidelines and land planning directives, and allocates responsibility for protection, improvement and nourishment of land to its users and occupiers. Finally, all developers of projects are required to carry out an environmental impact assessment to be reviewed by the National Environment Management Council. Bills, regulations, policies, strategies, programmes and plans that may impact the environment or natural resources are required to conduct and submit a Strategic Environmental Assessment Statement that outlines the likely effects.

United Republic of Tanzania First NDC (Updated submission), Nationally Determined Contribution from Tanzania in 2021

United Republic of Tanzania First NDC (Archived), Nationally Determined Contribution from Tanzania in 2018

United Republic of Tanzania. National Communication (NC). NC 2., National Communication from Tanzania in 2015

National Energy Policy, 2015

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