Applying a gender and generation focused planning tool in mainland Tanzania and Zanzibar (original) (raw)

We work with policy and research partners to redress the balance by helping the poor and vulnerable in low and middle-income countries achieve climate resilience and development. We strive for fair deals for people exposed to increasingly severe and unpredictable climate that can destroy livelihoods and exacerbate poverty. In particular, we identify, generate, share and employ new knowledge that can be used to shape development polices, practices and programmes to address climate change. Climate change adaptation must be mainstreamed into local government planning in rural settings. Marginalised groups are especially vulnerable to climate change because it affects the natural resources that they rely on. Simple, affordable and inclusive tools that can identify their climate resilience priorities and unpack unequal power dynamics are needed by local climate practitioners. We share lessons from a project to co-produce a climate resilience planning tool sensitive to the needs of women and young people. Practical findings from case studies with pastoralist communities in Northern Tanzania and producer cooperatives in Zanzibar provide lessons for delivering positive, socially transformative local climate action. www.iied.org IIED ISSUE PAPER Contents Summary 4 5 Discussion Converging and differing priorities Lessons from using the tool 6 Implications for climate-resilient development at local level Incremental changes towards transformation Transformation requires long-term perspectives Looking forward References