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• The Role of Renewable Energy on Industrialized Economy in Tanzania: Sustainable Development, Livelihood, And Poverty Reduction Perspective

  By Julius Peter Gontako

  Published on: September 2020

  Location: Dodoma, Tanzania

  Downloads: 100 | Views: 500

  At present, renewable energy development is emphasized for sustainable development goals accomplishment and the better realization of sustainable development globally. Tanzania, like other developing countries, is striving to adopt different ways of ensuring affordable and accessible energy supply to its socioeconomic and political sectors. Renewable energy resources if fully developed and utilized can be a veritable tool for poverty reduction and sustainable development in Tanzania. Poverty reduction is undoubtedly one of the highest ranking issues in the policy strategy of the Tanzania government. This policy brief explores the potentiality of renewable resource for poverty reduction and sustainable development attainment in Tanzania. It recommends that, the government must have a stand-alone renewable energy policy, harness the potentials of renewable energy resources that are abundant in various geographical zones of the country, complement existing policies and strategies to address issues related to renewable energy, enhance entrepreneurship and managerial skills development training programme, and provide a sound business and investment environment to local and foreign. The policy brief concludes that, given due consideration to both the technical, political and economic viability of its application, renewable energy can be utilized to meet the challenges posed by the present energy demand and climate change impacts.

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• Climate Change Impacts on Food Security in Tanzania: A Policy Perspective

  By Julius Peter Gontako and Aida Alli Gilla

  Published on: October 2022

  Location: Dodoma, Tanzania

  Downloads: 134 | Views: 683

  Climate change is one of the most important factors to be addressed in food security as it has great impacts on the productivity and availability of food. Like other countries, Tanzania is striving to adopt different measures that could help reduce the impacts of climate change and improve the food security status of its people. This policy brief explores the status of food security, policy and regulatory frameworks, and challenges facing food security as a result of climate change. It recommends that public and private institutions support the agriculture sector, develop clear land use plans and strategies, enhance climate change coping mechanisms, strive for community engagement, and mainstream climate change into agriculture policies and strategies.

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• Climate Services for Resilience: Addressing Farmers Barriers and Prospects in Tanzania

  By Julius Peter Gontako

  Published on: December 2019

  Location: Dodoma, Tanzania

  Downloads: 16 | Views: 371

  The increasing emphasis on climate change resilience and international development has steered to momentum for more inclusive approaches to planning for and coping to climate change impacts, disaster risk management, and defying comprehensive development challenges. Contained within the movement is an increased ambition on the use of climate and weather information in planning and decision making. This policy brief explores the basics, significance of climate services and issues that affect the use and value of climate services to farming communities. It calls for, an examination of the balance related with provision of climate information, provision of modern equipment and instruments to climate service provider, increased partnerships across areas of the climate services value chain, a combined weather forecasts with local climate data and knowledge, Civil society organizations(CSOs) to back up the operational provision of climate services, creation of a close relationship between climate expert advisors and users, and an enhanced training of local extension agents and traditional leaders.

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• Potentiality and Barriers of Renewable Energy in Tanzania; Electricity Services Access and Policy Perspectives

  By Julius Peter Gontako

  Published on: December 2019

  Location: Dodoma, Tanzania

  Downloads: 64 | Views: 130

  Access to electricity services is still a major challenge to the majority of people living in the rural areas of Tanzania with connection and access still at low level compared to urban areas. Efforts to electrify villages and rural communities is commendable, though more drive to utilize renewable energy (RE) is recommended. There has been more focus on large hydropower and thermal power projects leaving other sources of RE underexploited. Climate change and unpredictable high fossil prices necessitate the shift into RE. Tanzania has great potential of RE which could supply more of the electricity needs at an affordable cost. This policy brief elaborates the potentiality of RE in the context of electricity services access and policy implication in Tanzania and calls for promotion and capacity building on issues of RE in government, financial institutions and communities, Research on RE affordability, mobilization of smaller energy access supplier, setting minimum quality and safety standards, and support the development of bespoke RE installation infrastructure has to be done by the government. involvement of RE issues exploitation in policies, strategies and plans to all levels. Enhancing the role of Public Private Partnership (PPP) could be a solution for RE financing bottleneck.

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• The Role of Renewable Energy on Industrialized Economy in Tanzania: Energy Access and Policy Perspective

  By Julius Peter Gontako and Lydia Mugarula

  Published on: September 2018

  Location: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

  Downloads: 56 | Views: 575

  Access to energy is still a challenge to the majority of people living in the rural areas of Tanzania. There has been more focus on large hydropower and thermal power projects leaving other sources of Renewable Energy underexploited. Climate change and unpredictable high fossil prices necessitate the shift into Renewable Energy. Tanzania has great potential of Renewable Energy which could supply more than 50% of the electricity. This policy brief elaborates the potentiality of Renewable Energy on the context of industrization economy in Tanzania. It calls for promotion and capacity building on issues of Renewable Energy both in schools and community, a stand-alone Renewable energy policy, involvement of the topic of Renewable Energy exploitation in policies, strategies and plans to all levels. And Public Private Partnership (PPP) as a solution for RE financing.

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• Climate Change and Nuclear Power: Evaluating Tanzania's Potential

  By Julius Peter Gontako and Rovina Frank Semundi

  Published on: 08-07-2023

  Location: Dodoma, Tanzania

  Downloads: 120 | Views: 424

  Nuclear power technology is among the best for producing energy because it emits clean energy while preventing greenhouse gas emissions from entering the atmosphere. Nuclear energy now provides about 10% of the world's electricity from about 440 power reactors. There are several areas in Tanzania where Uranium has been discovered (Namtumbo, Bahi, Galapo, Songea, Simanjiro, Tunduru, Madaba, and Nachigwea). This policy brief explores Tanzania's legal environment, the use of nuclear energy to combat climate change, nuclear power potential, and obstacles to the construction of nuclear power facilities. It recommends that the government make more efforts and a strong commitment to establishing nuclear power plants, enhance community awareness, research, and training, establish a stand-alone Uranium policy, and optimize for small modular reactors. It concludes that there is a potential to use the Uranium that is currently available to meet energy demand and significantly reduce climate change.

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• Water Pollution and Control Measures in Urban Areas of Tanzania: Status and Prospects

  By Queen Elias Mwita, Majaha Malongo and Sospeter Godbless Maya

  Published on: September 2022

  Location: Dodoma, Tanzania

  Downloads: 105 | Views: 547

  Water pollution in urban areas is an issue of global concern. Tanzania has experienced the problem of urban water pollution at an alarming rate. This policy brief addresses the status of water pollution in urban areas of Tanzania. It explores the causes, policy and legal framework, and challenges of urban water pollution. The policy recommends that the Tanzania government enhance investment in rehabilitation and expansion of water supply and sanitation infrastructure reform, emphasize the integration of systematic monitoring and assessment of the status and enforce the legal framework; promote a holistic and Sector Wide Approach to Planning (SWAP); promote effective and appropriate stakeholder participation; promote low-cost wastewater treatment technologies; train technical and professional staff; and provide awareness provision to the community.

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• E-Waste Status in Urban Area of Tanzania: A Policy Perspective

  By Steven Theodori Bakari, Emmanueli John Chodo, and Majaha Malongo

  Published on: August 2022

  Location: Dodoma, Tanzania

  Downloads: 12 | Views: 124

  Rapidly expanding the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) across the world brings high demand for electric and electronic equipment (EEE) even in remote areas. This makes electronic waste more rapidly than in the years of the 1900s. In Tanzania, the 2012 Population and Housing Census (PHC) indicated that, six in ten households (61.6 percent) owned a radio, and 63.9 percent of households owned a mobile or land line phone. In addition, 15.6 percent owned television, 10.0 percent owned electric irons and 6.8 percent owned refrigerators. The 2012 PHC report also indicated that, about 2.7 percent of households owned a computer or a laptop and 4.7 percent of households had access to internet. This policy brief explains the status of e-waste in urban areas of Tanzania. It highlights the policies, laws, and legislation, the management methodologies, and challenges for e-waste management. The policy recommends that there is a need for a stand-alone e-waste policy and regulations, the presence of community awareness programs, and capacitating the local government in terms of finance and technologies for e-waste management.

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