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Zanzibar is comprised of the islands of Unguja and Pemba surrounded by numerous other
islets along the East African coast. Due to their geographical position and limited land area, Zanzibar
is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Sea level change, extreme events and sea
water intrusion into underground aquifers are important threats. Sea level rise for instance, is
anticipated to lead to coastal inundation in some places, reducing the already limited land area,
accelerating beach erosion, and degrading coastal resources like mangroves and coral reefs which
support and sustain fisheries and the tourism industry. Low adaptive capacity that emanate from the
government’s low economic capacity to respond to the impacts is not only a threat to the projected
achievement of sustainable development and poverty reduction but also has the potential to reverse
the modest social and economic development gains that Zanzibar has achieved so far.
This scooping report presents a baseline analysis of the policy, organizational and institutional
framework of Zanzibar in support of adaptation and resilience to climate change with a particular
focus on planning, decision-making, budgeting and M&E procedures and processes for local level
interventions where the impacts are most felt. |
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