Climate Action Network

Activities

It participated in the meetings of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The group also published civil society's ECO newsletter presenting the views of civil society and communities around the world during the climate negotiations, and the satirical Fossil of the Day Awards. Adding to that, the group presented the countries who are blocking the progress at the climate negotiations in implementing the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

This group's members work to achieve the coordination of information exchange and non-governmental organizational strategy on international, regional, and national climate issues. They work for a healthy environment and development that "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" (Brundtland Commission). With the vision to protect the atmosphere, the Climate Action Network opts for sustainable and equitable development worldwide. It was founded in 1989 by Michael Oppenheimer in West Germany, which quickly would reunify into Germany.

Regional and national networks

thumb|[[Tasneem Essop]] gives the Scottish First Minister a "Ray of the Day" award at COP26 - other countries were given Fossil of the Day.

CAN has formal regional and national networks called nodes which coordinate these efforts.

Regional Nodes

• CAN-Arab World
• CAN-Eastern Africa
• CAN Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (CAN-EECCA)
• CAN-Europe
• CAN Latin American (CANLA)
• Pacific Islands CAN (PICAN)
• CAN-South Asia (CANSA)
• Southern African Region CAN (SARCAN)
• CAN-South East Asia (CANSEA)
• CAN West and Central Africa (CANWA)

National Network Nodes

• CAN-Australia (CANA)
• CAN-Rac Canadian
• CAN-China (informal)
• CAN-Japan
• New Zealand Climate Action Network
• CAN-South Africa (SACAN)
• CAN-Tanzania
• CAN-Uganda
• US Climate Action Network (USCAN)

Climate Action Network Tanzania

Climate Action Network Tanzania is an environmental non-governmental and non-profit organization founded in 2011, with its headquarters in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. It operates under the umbrella organisation Climate Action Network International. Since its inception, it has established partnerships with more than 50 civil society organizations across the country, as well as a number of government ministries and agencies including environment, local government, agriculture, livestock and fisheries, energy (department of renewable energy and policy), natural resources and tourism, water, work and finance especially the Planning Commission. It also works with the parliamentary standing committees and research institutions, in furtherance of implementing a Low Carbon Growth and the adaption to current climate change impacts

Objectives

Its areas of work are:

• Water resources
• Renewable energy
• Low carbon development
• Climate finance
• Poverty & livelihood
• Capacity building
• Agenda 2030 & Paris agreement
• Adaption
• Food and agriculture

Projects

Climate Action Network Tanzania organizes workshops and seminars among stakeholders from government institutions and ministries, the private sector, development partners, and civil society. It does this by discussing the current and future climate change as well as the environmental-related effects on community well-being and economic growth. Its projects, include:

• Aligning climate resilience, sustainable development and poverty reduction in Tanzania
• Participatory and inclusive planning and implementation: A capacity enhancement approach for community resilience and sustainable development in western Kilimanjaro-Lake Natron ecosystem

Finance

Climate Action Network Tanzania is a non-profit and non-governmental organization. It finances itself through sponsoring, donations, and financial backing from foundations. Its fundraising is based on its ethical fundraising strategy, which includes that it neither takes money from foundations whose ethics do not align with theirs nor accepts money bound to conditions that would modify their work or representation.

Member organizations

CAN has over 1,300 members in over 130 countries across various regions.

• USCAN (US Climate Action Network)
• NOÉ21 (Geneva)

References

1. CAN website: http://www.climatenetwork.org
2. Hadden, Jennifer. (2015). "Networks in Contention: The Divisive Politics of Climate Change". Cambridge University Press.
3. See ECOs here http://www.climatenetwork.org/eco-newsletters
4. (2 November 2021). "COP26: Scotland wins award after creating £1 million fund for developing countries hit worst by climate change".
5. Tom Ambrose. (2 November 2021). "UK given ‘Fossil of the Day’ award after Cop26 queues and access issues". [[The Guardian]].
6. "About CAN — Climate Action Network".