Tanzania plans to reduce gas emissions by 20pc in 2030

Tanga. Tanzania has planned to implement several climate change mitigation actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 10-20 per cent by 2030.
According to an official in the Vice President’s Office (Environment), Mr Freddy Manyika, mitigation actions will be undertaken in the energy, transport, forestry and waste management areas to achieve a low-emission growth pathway.
“These sectors are among the top contributors towards economic development in Tanzania and the intended contributions by these sectors are considered fair and ambitious in the light of Tanzania’s national circumstances and for achieving the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change objective,” he said.
The intended contributions in the energy sector include exploring and investing in the energy diversification system to ensure overall energy security for economic development through enhanced availability, affordability and reliability while contribution towards energy emissions intensity reduction over time.
Other contributions are the promotion of clean energy technologies for power generation and diverse renewable sources such as geothermal, wind, solar and renewable biomass.
Mr Manyika proposes that Tanzania expand the use of natural gas for power generation, cooking, transport and thermal services through improvement of natural gas supply systems.
It should also promote energy efficient technologies for supply, transmission/transportation and demand side as well as behavioral change in energy use apart from promoting rural electrification.

As for the transport sector, the country is required to promote low emission transport systems through deployment of mass rapid transport systems and investments in air, rail, marine and road infrastructures.
In other sectors, such as waste management the intended contributions include application of modern and practical way of managing waste including the enhanced use of engineered/sanitary landfills, promoting waste to energy programmes and promoting co-generation activities.
In forestry, Tanzania’s intends to enhance and up-scale implementation of participatory forest management programmes, facilitate effective and coordinated implementation of actions that would enhance contribution of the entire forest sector, including forest policies, National Forest Programs and REDD+ related activities.
Other contributions, according to Mr Manyika, are strengthening national wide tree planting programme and initiatives.
He mentioned other contributions in the forestry as strengthening protection and conservation of natural forests to maintain ecological integrity and continued benefiting from service provisions of the sector and enhancement and conservation of forest carbon stocks.
According to the Vice President’s Office, Tanzania has continued to undertake various efforts contributing to the global mitigation agenda.
Reports indicate that beyond enhancing carbon sinks through forest conservation, afforestation and reforestation, the country is embarking on enhanced use of natural gas.