In Tanzania, the Local Climate Adaptive Living Facility supported the development of the newly launched National Climate Change Response Strategy, NCCRS 2021 – 2026. At the forefront of that new strategy is the prioritization of access to climate finance for local government authorities working with communities to build their resilience to climate change.
The NCCRS 2021 – 2026, launched in June, builds on a review of the National Climate Change Strategy 2012 – 2018, a process led by the Vice President’s Office. The new strategy fully aligns with national and international development plans and the country’s Nationally Determined Contributions under the Paris Agreement and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

The NCCRS 2021-2026 development process provided an opportunity to prioritize climate change issues in the national development agenda through the Five-Year Development Plan III (FYDP III 2021/22 – 2025/26). Importantly, the strategy triggers the integration of climate change adaptation and mitigation issues into sector policies and plans by giving guidance for enhancing adaptation and resilience measures as well as harnessing of mitigation opportunities for economic and development growth.

Central to LCFI is the application of LoCAL’s innovative Performance-Based Climate Resilience Grants (PBCRGs), which use local systems and deliver finance from central to local government authorities for action. PBCRG include capacity building of local government teams, to ensure that climate change issues are mainstreamed into all planning and budgeting processes. With LoCAL, training is planned to help local government authorities in Tanzania access climate finances such as Green Climate Fund (GCF) and Adaptation Fund (AF) to promote and sustain gender equality responsive community-led adaptation initiatives.