Tanzania to push clean cooking, climate finance, and resilience agenda at COP30

Dar es Salaam. Tanzania will champion key climate and clean energy priorities, including the goal of ensuring that four out of five Tanzanians use clean cooking energy by 2034, during the 30th Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP30).

The conference will take place in Belém, Brazil, from November 10 to 21, 2025.

The Tanzanian delegation, expected to be led by the President of the United Republic of Tanzania, will represent the country at the global climate summit. Last year, the COP29 conference held in Baku, Azerbaijan, was attended by the Vice President.

Among other priorities Tanzania will advance are the mobilization of climate finance, institutional capacity-building for both government and civil society, and the adoption of innovative technologies to enhance climate adaptation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Other focus areas include carbon trading, climate resilience, loss and damage, and ensuring the operationalization of the Loss and Damage Fund so that vulnerable countries like Tanzania can access the resources they need.

Tanzania will also emphasize climate financing, blue economy opportunities, sustainable forest management, and inclusive participation to ensure that the voices of women, youth, children, and indigenous communities are heard in shaping climate solutions.

During the meeting, Tanzania is expected to carry both its national and continental priorities on addressing the impacts of climate change.

For Tanzania, COP30 is not merely a discussion platform it is a venue to forge partnerships and mobilize adequate resources to protect people, ecosystems, and build a resilient economy in the face of worsening climate impacts.

Speaking in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday, October 7, 2025, during the final preparatory meeting before the delegation departs for Brazil, the Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Vice President’s Office (Environment), Peter Msoffe, said Tanzania’s participation is guided by clear objectives and strategies in addressing climate change.

“Fortunately, most of the resolutions from the previous conference have already been implemented. More than 80 percent of the commitments made to support Tanzania’s environmental agenda have been fulfilled, including funding and project implementation,” he said.

Ambassador Noel Kaganda from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation said addressing climate change is a shared responsibility aligned with the 2050 vision.

“This conference carries a significant national agenda that emphasizes the importance of implementing global commitments such as increasing financial support, technology transfer, and forest conservation. It is therefore a great opportunity for our country to participate,” he said.

He added that Tanzania contributes very little to global carbon emissions and has great potential to use its forests as carbon sinks to offset the effects of greenhouse gases.

The Head of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in Tanzania, Clara Makenya, commended the Government of Tanzania for organizing a consultative meeting to foster a unified national understanding ahead of COP30, which brings together diverse environmental stakeholders.

“My appeal is that each stakeholder should identify their area of focus, whether it’s blue economy, energy, or another sector and prepare strategically. They should know what they are bringing to the global stage, which partners can support their agenda, and how we can all move forward as one country to achieve the expected outcomes,” she said.

Earlier, at the opening of the preparatory meeting on Monday, the Permanent Secretary in the Vice President’s Office, Engineer Cyprian Luhemeja, said Tanzania currently chairs the African Group of Negotiators (AGN), which gives the country a leading role in representing the continent in climate change negotiations during COP30.

The Executive Director of Climate Action Network (CAN) Tanzania, Dr Sixbert Mwanga, said the meeting was crucial in aligning all stakeholders under a unified position to ensure Tanzania achieves its intended goals at COP30.

The upcoming COP30 conference is expected to outline urgent measures to mobilize the estimated US$1.3 billion required globally to address the growing impacts of climate change.