Global climate week in Tanzania

EWAT Chairperson

Introduction

Seal the Deal!Is a powerful campaign by the United Nations to encourage governments to agree to a fair, balanced and effective climate agreement when they meet in Copenhagen, December 2009.It is aboutmobilizing individuals and communities on an ambitious scale to raise a strong call for urgent and the global chorus calling on world leaders to seal the deal on a global agreement to combat climate change. It’s about YOU and your future, and the world we leave for our children. (Click on Speakers and Abstract on the right sidebar of your screen to read abstract)

Climate encompasses the statistics of temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, wind, rainfall, atmospheric particle count and numerous other meteorological elements in a given region over long periods of time normally not less than 30 years. Climate condition over many places in the world has experienced climatic shift period due to industrialization, deforestation, increase in fuel burning and other anthropogenic activities that cause alteration in the composition of the atmosphere and contributing to climate change.

Climate change cause severe impacts on human health, biodiversity loss, melting of glacier, change in agricultural practices which lead to unpredictable yield and affect social economy, living standards of the people, effect on national economy among others.

It is important to analyze the consequence that may be brought about by this problem before it is too late, EWAT being a potential partner in the fight against climate change, has organized Global climate week in Tanzania  starting from 20th – 25th September to open forum for discuss on impact of climate change on 25th September by inviting potential key stakeholders in Tanzania who are trying  to combat or invent ways to adapt to the impacts of climate change.

Goals and Objective

The goal of Seal the Deal Climate Week in Tanzania is to create awareness among Tanzanians about the impact of climate change, bring together experts, NGO’s representatives, key government stakeholders and the public in general.

This global climate week also has a focus on mobilizing individuals and communities on an ambitious scale to raise a strong call for urgent and united action on climate change in the country.

Implementation Plan

The workshop expects 70 participants on which 10 are from the Government, 10 representatives from different NGO’s in Tanzania, 10 Lecturers from different higher learning institutions in Tanzania and 40 EWAT members. Each key speaker will present about his/her experience or research that he/she has conducted on the field of climate change. Abstract and Biographies of these speaker are posted on this website to allow general public to leave their comments or ask  questions to our key speaker.

Global Climate Week in Tanzania is expected to take place at Sokoine University of Agriculture at Mazimbu Campus Morogoro on 14th November 2009 from 9:oo am to 4:30 pm.