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Fisheries Communities in Tanzania Develop Locally Led Climate Adaptation Plan
Climate change is increasingly threatening aquatic food systems around the world. Communities that depend on fisheries and aquaculture for food, income and employment are among the most vulnerable to its impacts.
Climate change is increasingly threatening aquatic food systems around the world. Communities that depend on fisheries and aquaculture for food, income and employment are among the most vulnerable to its impacts. Across the Lake Victoria Basin, more than 40 million people in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda face growing risks from climate-related hazards, including heavy rainfall, flooding, storms, droughts, shoreline erosion and fluctuating lake water levels.